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ISP Filters & Copyright Extension Defeated In EU

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Last November, EU regulators in the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education began looking at how culture affects the economy and recommended a 'balance between the opportunities for access to cultural events and content and intellectual property' saying that 'criminalizing consumers so as to combat digital piracy is not the right solution.' Industry lobbyists, of course, immediately sprang into action to try to turn that around, writing amendments that would set up mandatory ISP copyright filters and extend EU copyrights to match the USA's life-plus-70 term. Thankfully, the committee rejected all of those amendments: 'Clearly, they're not going to let the ITRE or the European recording industry push them around, which is great news for Europeans. Now if we could only get the US Congress to show as much spine as the French (ouch).'"

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  1. NIGGER TIME! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stop. Niggertime!

    Ron Paul, MD

  2. In the USA, we're more concerned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    with defeating niggers.

    RON PAUL '08

  3. ISP filtration by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If only we had reality filters.
    Then I wouldn't have to be exposed to niggers.

    I hear Steve Mann's mediated reality might allow for this. Can't wait for the future.

  4. The EU Parliament. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They have to be the most ineffectual monolithic government on the planet, surpassing China's.

    The only conceivable way it could be less efficient is if it were somehow conquered and then run by niggers.

    Dr. Ron Paul

  5. Let me guess... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...you've never produced any creative work worth selling ever in your life.

    Let me take a second guess... you're a greedy, selfish pirate as well.

  6. HEATH LEDGER: KILLED BY NIGGERS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Grok this:

    Niggers sell drugs.
    Heath Ledger died of a drug OD.

    Anyone else seeing the link there??

    Ron Paul

  7. Heath Ledger: buttfucking in Heaven by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    RIP Heath. At least you won't have to deal with niggers anymore.

  8. Re:Oh, to die young, rich and buttfuckingly hot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Allah be praised that Heath Ledger was not in real life a homosexual and so avoids an eternity of burning in fiery hell.

    God is great.

  9. Re:You obviously have no children by ardle · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ok, first off, take a look at this. How should the law follow nature in this situation?
    Everyone would like to know that their children will be ok after they're gone.
    If your copyrighted work is worth anything to society, then your children - and/or maybe their children - can benefit from that, for a start.

    Which bothers you more, the idea of life being relatively hard for your children or the idea of strangers profiting from your work at your at your children's expense?