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Billy Bragg, Charlie Angus, on digital culture
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The outgoing British Labour government wants to leave as its legacy a law to victimise members of the P2P communities, including children, who share with each other online. “Initially the Government will aim to educate and those identified as downloading unlawfully, will be sent letters,” says the Telegraph . “If this proves insufficient, technical measures will be introduced — including the powers to disconnect pirates.” The ‘graduated response’ Three Strikes plan, touted as separate ‘initiatives’ by individual governments such as Britain’s, is in fact a major component of a massive global entertainment industry scheme to acquire the net as an exclusive corporate marketing and distribution vehicle.
Continue reading »Hawaiian princess no ‘barbarian’
Hawaiian princess Ka’iulani traveled to England in 1888 at the age of 12, “to escape the impending turmoil in the Kingdom of Hawai’i as a result of rebel American forces trying to take over,” wrote Kawehi Haug in the Honolulu Advertiser back in March, going on »»» The princess returned to Hawai’i after the overthrow in 1893 to try to restore the monarchy. She traveled to the mainland to meet with President Grover Cleveland to seek his support. The tentative title of the film is “Barbarian Princess,” which is a reference to the paparazzi of the time who dubbed Ka’iluani “the barbarian princess.” The media portrayed her as such until she traveled to the mainland and conducted her business there with poise, strength, intelligence and honor.
Continue reading »UK unions sign up with Hollywood, Big Music
|| Politics:- Some British trades unions have joined entertainment cartel vested interests in a bid to force the UK government into taking on the role of a taxpayer funded corporate copyright enforcement agency. Yesterday French president Nicolas Sarkozy embarked on the latest of his many unsuccessful attempts to impose Hollywood- and Big Music-inspired Three Strikes anti-P2P, anti-file sharing legislation on the citizens of France. Under it, “ISP customers alleged to be sharing with each other online will receive two warnings to stop and if they don’t, they’ll have their accounts cut off,” said p2pnet .
Continue reading »Giving in to short-term greed …
|| Politics:- The Canadian government is nearly at the end of a project under which it’s using the net to solicit data on how Canadians feel about copyright. At this point, 6:18 am Pacific, Schwartz is cited in Copyright Consultations as having the ‘Highest Rated Comments’. Among other things, he says »»» Imagine a world where you wouldn’t let your friend borrow your screwdriver because you bought it for you and that after 3 uses of it you would have to call the company to reactivate it.
Continue reading »25 Great Pirate Bay Alternatives
Replacing The Pirate Bay is easier said then done. The tracker is currently responsible for approximately half of all public torrent transfers, which represents a significant percentage of global Internet traffic. However, history has shown that BitTorrent users are an adaptive species that simply migrates to the next site when their home bases become uninhabitable.
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