In Response to Ewan Morrison’s Sky is Falling Piece on ACTA’s Death

After ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) was killed in Europe, many were applauding the secretive agreements demise. One ACTA supporter, Ewan Morrison, took to writing an article in the Guardian to say that everything from journalism to movie making is going to be devastated by this development. We respond to these comments. When I first read this article on the Guardian , my first thought was, “Is he for real?”. I went digging around looking for other profiles about him. I dug through, trying t find a personal website which linked to the article saying, “Ha ha! Look at the hilarious satirical piece I wrote in the Guardian!” Either my Google-Fu is failing me today, or this guy was actually serious.

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In Response to Ewan Morrison’s Sky is Falling Piece on ACTA’s Death

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