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Nick Cotter  //  Wired, tired, and tedious to know.

Feb 24 / 1:34am

We're all copyright infringers

‘73 per cent of British consumers are “never quite sure what is legal and illegal under current copyright law”‘

Pretty much every time we rip a CD into iTunes, it's breaking copyright law, at least in the UK. So new legislation like the Digital Economy Bill, and ACTA, which dangerously equate copyright infringement, counterfeiting and piracy (which involves weapons and a boat, OK?), tarring everyone involved with the same "bad guy" brush, will take us into disaster territory.

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Feb 3 / 4:42am

Some fixer-uppers

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Feb 2 / 7:18am

US Budget Abyss

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Jan 28 / 10:46am

Australian convicted for possession of drawings of cartoon children having sex

The images included characters from The Simpsons, The Powerpuff Girls and The Incredibles.

Note to judge - no actual human beings involved. No victim, no crime.

Apologies to Australians, I'm really not stalking you today, but you kinda walked into this one.

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Jan 27 / 2:58pm

Davos Tag Cloud

"Climate" is in there somewhere, just under "Eccentrica Gallumbits".

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