Towards a kinder, gentler "three strikes" for file-sharers

“Three strikes” may be controversial when applied to Internet disconnections for copyright infringement, but I suspect broad agreement could be had on applying the principle to the dreaded “car analogy.” Draw three infelicitious and inaccurate parallels between an automobile and a copyright question, and you lose the right to publicly make analogies for a year. The Honourable John Robertson, a UK Member of Parliament who takes the lead on many communications issues there, earned his first strike last week when speaking at a major DC tech policy conference (watch the panel here ).

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Towards a kinder, gentler "three strikes" for file-sharers

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