Comments on: UK Government says no to term extension http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/ Protecting your rights in the digital age Fri, 16 May 2008 04:25:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: lajoes http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-163373 lajoes Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:29:45 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-163373 New Western Digital Drive Blocks File-Sharing Hey, has anyone heard anything new about this effort to censor us, the PC User, that appeared on PC World.com? Digital Rights technology built onto some My Book drives restricts users from sharing certain files. Jonny Evans, Macworld UK Sunday, December 16, 2007 10:00 AM PST http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140479/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws New Western Digital Drive Blocks File-Sharing

Hey, has anyone heard anything new about this effort to censor us, the PC User, that appeared on PC World.com?

Digital Rights technology built onto some My Book drives restricts users from sharing certain files.

Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Sunday, December 16, 2007 10:00 AM PST

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140479/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws

]]> By: Lajoes http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-163370 Lajoes Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:45:59 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-163370 Now you know why hackers and P2P sites are so valuable. Why are the the music and movie industries able to bribe and buy government officials to pass "protectionist laws" to protect their corrupt and greedy business model while the rest of us "have to joing the global economy" (i.e., lower our standard of living)? Now you know why hackers and P2P sites are so valuable.

Why are the the music and movie industries able to bribe and buy government officials to pass “protectionist laws” to protect their corrupt and greedy business model while the rest of us “have to joing the global economy” (i.e., lower our standard of living)?

]]> By: The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » Copyright commotions 101: Free event at LSE next month http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-163162 The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » Copyright commotions 101: Free event at LSE next month Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:35:08 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-163162 [...] UK has already come out against copyright term extension. To find out why copyright term extension is a non-starter for the UK’s creative economy, [...] [...] UK has already come out against copyright term extension. To find out why copyright term extension is a non-starter for the UK’s creative economy, [...]

]]> By: The Musings of Harry » Blog Archive » No term extension in the UK http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-89890 The Musings of Harry » Blog Archive » No term extension in the UK Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:53:17 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-89890 [...] Huzzah! ORG reports that the Dept. of Culture, Media & Sport have rejected the HoC Culture Committee’s recommendation to extend copyright terms on sound recordings. [...] [...] Huzzah! ORG reports that the Dept. of Culture, Media & Sport have rejected the HoC Culture Committee’s recommendation to extend copyright terms on sound recordings. [...]

]]> By: Sam Morris http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-89811 Sam Morris Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:29:12 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-89811 Interesting that the Reuters article parrots statements from the BPI, but does not quote any of the actual response from the government, including the reasons _why_ the copyright term will not be extended. Interesting that the Reuters article parrots statements from the BPI, but does not quote any of the actual response from the government, including the reasons _why_ the copyright term will not be extended.

]]> By: robmyers » links for 2007-07-24 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-89727 robmyers » links for 2007-07-24 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:20:28 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-89727 [...] The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » UK Government says no to term extension “Today the Department of Culture, Media and Sport have responded to the Culture Committee, and the good news is they’ve rejected the recommendation to extend term.” (tags: ip-maximalism free-culuture government term-extension org) [...] [...] The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » UK Government says no to term extension “Today the Department of Culture, Media and Sport have responded to the Culture Committee, and the good news is they’ve rejected the recommendation to extend term.” (tags: ip-maximalism free-culuture government term-extension org) [...]

]]> By: Ian Brown http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-89680 Ian Brown Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:42:22 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/07/24/uk-government-says-no-to-term-extension/#comment-89680 Government responses like this make campaigning for sane public policy worthwhile :) GO ORG! (As American undergrads would say ;) Government responses like this make campaigning for sane public policy worthwhile :) GO ORG! (As American undergrads would say ;)

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