Friday, June 09, 2006

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight Home | Hollywood and the hackers

Motion Picture Association President Dan Glickman locks horns with Electronic Frontier Foundation's John Perry Barlow over big media's war with the internet.

(wow)JPB: I've got good news and bad news and good news. And the good news is that you guys have managed to buy every major legislative body on the planet, and the courts are even with you. So you've done a great job there and you should congratulate yourself.But you know the problem is - the bad news is that you're up against a dedicated foe that is younger and smarter that you are and will be alive when you're dead. You're 55 years old and these kids are 17 and they're just smarter than you. So you're gonna lose that one.But the good news is that you guys are mean sons of bitches and you've been figuring out ways of ripping off audiences and artists for centuries..... Read more at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/pro...

House rejects Net neutrality rules | CNET News.com

The slaves among us.

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Friday, June 02, 2006

YARR! Swedish police site broadsided after Pirate Bay raid

Time to wake up. I think people in sweden still have some self respect.

Read more at arstechnica.com/news.ar...