On Thursday 25 Mar 2010, Sean Gibbins wrote: > Apparently the LibDem ammendment to the bill was copied almost verbatim > from a BPI document. > > http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/bpi-drafted-web-blocking
They can try all they like; all the evidence shows that they are flogging a dead horse: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/record-industry-ignore-that- french-piracy-study.ars Every time the media industry puts in place new measures to counteract the pirates, the pirates route round it. Not only that, they lose credibility and most of all, respect. As a result, even law-abiding citizens begin to believe that its OK to rip off copyrighted material, simply because they think the bigger crooks are the media industry. > Just because you're a conspiracy theorist doesn't mean they are not > conspiring... Yes. But who are they conspiring against? Another study that was quoted in the BBC programme on the bill said that people who illegally download buy more music legally than those who don't. They are biting off their nose to spite their face. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
