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Thought you might find my latest contribution to the debate interesting.
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/5091
posted by Russell McOrmond on 12 November 2009 at 2:33 PM
Thanks for posting that Russell. The ongoing lockdown on any form of intellectual property is disturbing, to say the least. In fact, the insistence of the ACTA push has forced me to examine my own considered position on intelelctual property, and I was surprised to discover that I don't think it exists objectively *at all*, being instead a sort of pragmatic kludge that artificially inflates the market for ideas. With reputation and social media becoming more a part of the Internet's fabric, you'd think we could rapidly get back to the way we used to do things before Victor Hugo came along with the Berne convention - social deprecation for presenting another's ideas as your own. You can read my EConsultation submission here, if you're so inclined: http://bit.ly/fARsg
posted by tehowe on 13 November 2009 at 3:19 PM
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I try to educate my family and friends about this issue. I find when people find out about the 3 strikes they are very upset. We would have big brother spying on us. I have two teenagers that have their friends over with their laptops, I will have to make sure I'm in the same room with them... Jesse I have heard that New Zealand has the 3 strikes. Why don't we hear more about this in the Media? Is it even possible for a ISP to run? Could we not use a proxy, if yes then why bother with the 3 strike rule?
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