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Irish Court Rocks My Anti-Piracy World

01.10.2010

Copyright, Culture, Music Business, Piracy

I have wondered aloud about the futility of fighting software piracy. Certainly, I’ve given up on any personal relief (ie. within the next 5-10 years.) But the recent ’3 Strikes’ ruling by the Irish High Court, has given me a possible new way to think about the issue that does offer some glimmer of hope. I call it… The Anti-Smoking Campaign People don’t smoke nearly as much anymore—well, at least in ‘the west’. Like our use of fossil fuels we’ve pretty much had our fun and realised that there’s a price to pay. So most people don’t smoke anymore; or [...]

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    I Have A Confession

    12.30.2009

    Copyright, Music Business, Piracy

    Confession? Get it? Catholic joke. I was recently screamed at about my selective ethics. About intellectual property no less! For years I have been a subscriber to NetFlix. Love it. Sometimes, I can’t watch the videos when they send ‘em to me—I’m out of town or whatever. So I rip ‘em. Yep I do. And then, perhaps a month later, I watch ‘em. But then I toss ‘em. This is bad, if for no other reason that I’m contributing to the toxic waste problem. But more to the point, it’s also a violation of federal law that states that no [...]

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      An Interesting Post On Copyright

      03.4.2009

      Copyright, Music Business, Piracy

      This is Joe Clark, a writer in Toronto, working on a very interesting book on copyright reform. It refutes a lot of the extreme points of view on both sides of the ‘great divide’.

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