(Hat-tip to harrismint for this one) On Torrentfreak there is a report of an EU vote (481 in favour, 25 against and 21 abstentions) to accept a report about fundamental freedoms on the Internet. For the third time in a year the European Parliament has spoken out against tougher anti-piracy legislation that would allow alleged [...]
Those crazy Holloway kids are up in arms about S92a, and you don’t mess with artists in arms! They’ve started a new foundation, the Creative Freedom Foundation, and I’m delighted to support it.
According to PM Helen Clark on TV3′s Sunrise (about 3m21 in) this morning, Judith Tizard is working on a new business model for online copyright. Yeah, right. Full marks to Ollie Driver for pointing out that the Act only requires allegations, not convictions, to trigger enforcement (and a hat tip to Nat Torkington for picking [...]
There’s now a Facebook group for supporters of change to section 92a – if you’re part of the insidious New Social Order (and, for my sins, I am), go there, join up and tell all your friends. Earlier this year Canadian Prof. Michael Geist organised a similar group against the C-61 copyright bill and forced [...]
..over on Public Address System. It started two weeks ago in a post of Russell’s about the Internet Debate on TV and so Russell set up a specific thread to discuss copyright. There’s been some very interesting (if occasionally heated) debate about the origins and future of copyright. Check it out.