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G8 Summit Aims To Kill International Piracy

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-can-only-end-well dept.

arcticstoat writes "Next week, the G8 summit will discuss proposals for new international piracy laws, which include border controls and cooperation from ISPs to identify pirates. The laws will also prevent ISPs from being liable for copyright infringement. If the G8 summit were to agree on these measures and enforce them through international cooperation, could they really cut down piracy, or would they be impractical to enforce?"

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  1. Huh?! by c0l0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What the ....?! I thought G8 were working actively _AGAINST_ global warming, and now THIS?!

    Outrageous!

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  2. I'm so happy that by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Piracy is taking precedence over energy conservation, alternative energy, weapons proliferation, violent crime, inflation, commodity prices and a couple permanent wars. Hooray. Let's choose an IMPORTANT topic for this year's G8 meeting. After all, quadrillions of dollars are being lost and billions of people are put out of work every day/starve to death because little Johnny watched a Britney Spears video on Youtube!

    To the world's politicians: WHAT THE FUCK??? SERIOUSLY!

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    1. Re:I'm so happy that by dwiget001 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Well, from the G8 viewpoint, you are missing the bigger picture. By keeping "the masses" entertained *and* making them pay through the nose for that entertainment, "the masses* could not possibly have the time or wherewithal to do something effective to counter the outright wholesale removal and denial of their rights. So, from the G8 point of view, all of this will help keep society stable running as the G8 intends.

  3. Best of luck, fellas! by mmell · · Score: 5, Funny
    Given the technical literacy of the US government, they'll be lucky if they can even find the internet.

    Don't tell 'em it's hiding in my basement. I downloaded it last week, and had a plummer come and remove the pipes afterward just to keep its location secret.

  4. Religious Persecution! Mod parent FUNNY by querist · · Score: 5, Informative

    The parent post neglected to clarify the reference.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster#Pirates_and_global_warming

    For those who believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Pirates are considered divine beings and the decrease in the number of pirates in the word (acording to followers of the FSM) id the true cause of global warming. Ergo, this can be seen as religious persecution!

    This, of course, is a religious view which I will neither refute nor defend in this forum.

  5. News Flash by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Rich people come together to discuss ways of solving problems that annoy rich people, while ignoring those problems that are genuinely harmful to most people.

    The very questionable belief that anything that is problematic for a rich person ultimately winds up harming the poor is once again offered as justification.

    The more things change, the more they stay the same.