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Comment on Supplementary Submission on the Filesharing Bill Part 2 – Independent Studies by On the Gripping Hand / Supplementary Submission on the Filesharing Bill Part 1 – Business Models

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:54:43 +0000

[...] a couple of questions about alternative business models and independent studies and here (and the next post) are my supplementary [...]

Comment on Supplementary Submission on the Filesharing Bill Part 1 – Business Models by On the Gripping Hand / Supplementary Submission on the Filesharing Bill Part 2 – Independent Studies

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:52:38 +0000

[...] Following on from my previous post: [...]

Comment on That BoingBoing Thing by Rob Beschizza

Rob Beschizza — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:19:13 +0000

JohnCJ’s comment was just pointed out to me. We don’t ban people for disagreeing with us. Disagreement is the engine of discussion on almost every politics-related thread. I can’t actually see any bans on July 10 or thereabouts in the system, except for someone who wrote “you are simply an under-educated but loud celebrity hypocrite of the type that thrives so well in our current society.” We do ban people for Arnold Rimmer impressions.

Comment on That BoingBoing Thing by mark

mark — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:55:48 +0000

That’s a shame. I’m not altogether surprised, but there you go.

Comment on That BoingBoing Thing by JohnCJ

JohnCJ — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:21:58 +0000

As I just found out, you can be banned from boingboing for disagreeing politically with them. Even in a politically-themed post.

Comment on Submission on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill by mark

mark — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:39:15 +0000

It’s a good point to make about DRM. The industries have been their own worst enemies. Thanks for reading.

Comment on Submission on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill by Russell McOrmond

Russell McOrmond — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:54:54 +0000

Great submission. I’m Canadian and we dealing with a different bill here, but have some of the same issues.

I note to policy makers that the rise of technologies to more cheaply share content (both lawfully and unlawfully) came at the same time as the rise of technological measures that alleged to reduce this infringement (AKA: DRM). The industry statistics used to claim harm from infringement do not differentiate between losses from infringement, losses from misapplied technological measures, or losses from other perfectly legitimate/legal changes in the marketplace. I challenge policy makers to conduct independent studies studies, especially before providing legal protection in copyright law for technical measures which may be a larger source of harm to these industries than infringement.

Comment on Submission on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill by Where Is The Evidence That Kicking People Off The Internet For File Sharing Is Needed? | Tech Geek

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:39:18 +0000

[...] reader Mark Harris (a technologist and actor in New Zealand) alerts us to the submission he made to the government concerning the proposed new copyright law that would effectively create a three strikes rule in [...]

Comment on Submission on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill by Where Is The Evidence That Kicking People Off The Internet For File Sharing Is Needed? | Technology News and Information for Geeks

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:00:33 +0000

Comment on Submission on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill by Where Is The Evidence That Kicking People Off The Internet For File Sharing Is Needed? — NabinPradhan.Com

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:37:21 +0000