Comments on: UK Conservatives Plan to Extend Copyright

By: stepdown

stepdown — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:01:19 +0000

[quote]The problem is one of degree , whilst racial hatred is always illegal, as is child abuse, is all music you can download infringing copyright?[/quote]The problem is not one of degree. You would have to view the contents of racist webpages or MP3s to verify their content to be racist, just as you would need to verify other MP3s are copyrighted.

The fact is that it would be just as easy to police copyright infringement if it was deemed as immoral as racism or child molestation.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:19:27 +0000

This guy has no idea. He proved this by alienating his core voters by dismissing Grammar schools. Now he’s pissing off young voters by proposing Chinese style internet controls.

Gordon Brown is looking better everyday.

By: Ben Jones

Ben Jones — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:45:33 +0000

I think you’ll find the article linked in the piece ( http://piracyisnotacrime.com/timetravel.php ) does point out that ms McCarthey’s claims are based in fantasy, as the bombing took place some 3-4 years before the first DVD player went on sale, requiring both time travel and excellent salesmanship.

By: doing my math

doing my math — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:12:12 +0000

Jasper: your father bought DVDs in 1993?
so he was an engineer for phillips in .nl or something like that?!

And how the hell could those bloddy pirates that are responsible for kiddyporn and the layoffs of thousands of workers in the musicindustry finance terrorism with piratede DVDs when there were not even legal ones in the marked before 1993!
Nice catch indeed, Damon!

Maybe when this oviously bought british politico uses BS claims from the industry himself he should look up when the technology was in commercial use and when not!

press release for agreement to DVD specs. 8.December 1995!
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/1995_12/pr0802.htm

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:11:16 +0000

Unfortunate truth is that most people don’t know or care about said issue, and sadly the conservatives do stand a good chance of winning the next general election.

By: Jasper van Weerd

Jasper van Weerd — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:48:58 +0000

[quote comment="130117"]“sales of pirate DVDs in European cities financed the World Trade Center bombings in 1993″

Who the hell bought DVD’s in 1993?!?[/quote]

nice one

my father, but I think he was the only one. and he bought legal ones. he still does.

By: Damon

Damon — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:10:05 +0000

“sales of pirate DVDs in European cities financed the World Trade Center bombings in 1993″

Who the hell bought DVD’s in 1993?!?

By: Torry Loser

Torry Loser — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:25:39 +0000

David Cameroon

By: Torry Loser

Torry Loser — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:24:25 +0000

Another reason why the Conservatives
will not get elected into govournment.

The conservatives are unelectable with a clown like James Cameroon
in charge.