Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted January 31, 2012 More news on the relentless campaign by the entertainment industry to shut down the Internet if it does anything they don't like. Last year, Bill C-11 was introduced; this is a re-hash of Bill C-32 from the previous parliament, which never passed as it ran out of time before the last election. But the re-vamped version has just been made far more draconian as a result of pressure from the music industry. It's the usual story: they want to be able to take anyone offline purely on the basis of an accusation made by them, with no opportunity for the accused to defend themselves. They'd also like to be able to prevent many things that are legal and considered fair use now. If they get their way then you won't be able to jailbreak your iPhone and use it with another phone company that dips its hand in your pocket less often. You won't be allowed to rip a CD you bought so you can also listen to it on your iPod. Anything on your PVR will be deleted when they want it to be; if you hadn't quite gotten around to watching it yet, tough. That's not all, but it'll do for now. Of course, laws like this don't just screw things up for everyone; they also deter investment in countries that pass them. And in other shitty news, look what's just happened in Europe. The pigopolists have a huge built-in advantage there, as they can just have the unelected European Commission write the laws they'd like rather than having to go through elected legislatures that, being accountable to the electorate, might have to give any weight to what voters think... at least this one still has to go through the European Parliament, and their rapporteur to the Commission has just quit in disgust at the way this has been done. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
