EU IP Enforcement Directive Criticized
wiredog writes "A commentary at ZDNet UK concerning the proposed EU IP Enforcement Directive describes it as being as bad as, or possibly worse than, the American DMCA. Some snippets: 'You want to change the tyres on your 2006 model Ford Prefect? Anything other than genuine Ford tyres -- with the genuine Ford ID chip -- will disable your car. In the brave new world of the Directive, singing ... in public with your hat on the floor would be a crime,... You can imagine how much the police are going to enjoy having to cope with that.' It closes with the observation that "intellectual property is verging on thought crime."" Civil liberties groups have sent a letter to EU urging that the proposal be rejected.
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Look at the date when this monster is going in front of the European Parliament: September 11th.
Should we laugh, or cry?
Auto-reply to ACs: "Truly, you have a dizzying intellect."
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All future first posters will have their asses sued off, diced up, and served with a fine wine.
We already do blame Bush for this. Because he's GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY!
that really matters.
this fauxking avoidance of the planet/population rescue project (previously unknown as the oil for babies program), & failing to fess up on the stock markup swindles, is disheartening, to say the leased, robbIE. you sure spouted off A LOT before you became won of those phonIE Godless payper liesense stock markup billyonerrors. same with va lairIE, & his whoreabull patentdead PostBlock(tm)/SourceForgerIE kode stealing/censoring devices.
no matter. back on task.
as to the free unlimited energy plan, as the lights come up, more&more folks will stop being misled into sucking up more&more of the infant killing barrolls of crudeness, & learn that it's more than ok to use newclear power generated by natural (hydro, solar, etc...). of course more information about not wasting anything/behaving less frivolously is bound to show up, here&there.
cyphering how many babies it costs for a barroll of crudeness, we've decided to cut back, a lot, on wasteful things like giving monIE to felons, to help them destroy the planet/population.
no matter. the #1 task is planet/population rescue. the lights are coming up. we're in crisis mode. you can help.
the unlimited power (such as has never been seen before) is freely available to all, with the possible exception of the aforementioned walking dead.
consult with/trust in yOUR creator. more breathing. vote with yOUR wallet. seek others of non-aggressive intentions/behaviours. that's the spirit, moving you.
pay no heed to the greed/fear based walking dead.
each harmed innocent carries with it a bad toll. it will be repaid by you/us. the Godless felons will not be available to make reparations.
pay attention. that's definitely affordable, plus you might develop skills which could prevent you from being misled any further by phonIE ?pr? ?firm? generated misinformation.
good work so far. there's still much to be done. see you there. tell 'em robbIE.
the europeeons are laughing/crying at/for US in sympathy/disgust, as we fall/jump into the daze of the georgewellian corepirate nazi life0cide, whilst criticizing their ip gangsters, which are also members of the walking dead.
All you atheists! Think before you talk! Where do you think this planet has come from? TELL ME THAT! All the planets in the sky and the sun??? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM??? Is that just imagination??? WHO DESIGNED HUMAN BRAINS??? what??? THINK BEFORE YOU TALK!!!
Ever thought that the human beings might have congitive understanding?? Just like birds can never understand how to make a pizza we humans might not be able to EVER understand the mystery of the universe. Well, not a mystery to me. I believe in God.