EU suggests reason and logic behind ACTA

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in Civil Liberties, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »

I've just finished reading the ACTA Fact Sheet, updated November 2008.  Here is some preliminary information: ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The subtitle "Fact Sheet" is footnoted, "This fact sheet purports ...

Are there benefits to “piracy”?

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Video Games | 1 Comment »

The pro-copyright, pro-DMCA, anti-counterfeit lobby groups would have you believe that all unauthorized reproduction (and distribution), colloquially known (inaccurately) as piracy, is horrid for the industries concerned, and is destroying them.  They go so far as to call it theft, ...

RIAA and MPAA hijack the border (or someone like them)

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Civil Liberties, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »

Cyberion, at Tazzu, posted a link to the Vancouver Province story on the threatened border checks (ACTA) on the legitimacy of electronic media. (Cyberion's post) I had some rather strong feelings, and ranted the following: This is one of the nastiest ...