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Re: [News] UK Government Lets MAFIAA Run the Web and Spreads DRM

  • Subject: Re: [News] UK Government Lets MAFIAA Run the Web and Spreads DRM
  • From: Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:46:45 +0100
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  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: A poorly-maintained Debian GNU/Linux InterNetNews site
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  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:753638
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>
>
>
> Is The UK Turning The Policing Of File-Sharing Over To The Copyright Cartel?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The UK released its "Digital Britain" report a couple of months ago, and it 
>| was derided not just because it was very vague, but also because it caved to 
>| the interests of the recording industry. The extent to which that's the case 
>| is slightly staggering. The British government has now released some details 
>| on part of the plan that would create a "Digital Rights Agency" -- a 
>| government-backed industry body to tackle file-sharing.     
> `----
>
> http://techdirt.com/articles/20090317/1228084154.shtml
>

And what happened to democracy?  When did it die?

When we burn a Guy on the 5th of November and send up our fireworks,
perhaps we should also burn a scroll, in his hand, in the name of magna
carta, so that we can mourn both the saving of parliament, and the death
of our democracy.

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