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French President Busted For Copyright Violation
An anonymous reader writes "ZeroPaid has an interesting take on the story of Nicolas Sarkozy being accused of copyright infringement. The irony, of course, is Sarkozy's pushing of a 3-strikes law — disconnecting from the Internet those accused of file sharing — in France and across the EU. The French president had apparently offered to settle the copyright infringement accusation for one Euro, but the band rejected the offer, calling it an insult. The article notes that each year since 2006, a high-profile anti-piracy entity has been on the wrong end of a copyright infringement notice. In 2008, Sony BMG was sued for software piracy. In 2007, anti-piracy outfit BASCAP received a cease and desist order related to pirated software. And in 2006, the MPAA was accused of pirating 'This Film is Not Yet Rated'."
There are collapsing paradox waves at work here.
What if someone else opposed to hypocrisy is found to be a hypocrite?
Would you continue to advance your anti-hypocritical agenda, or abandon it on principle?
Great, now I've even confused myself.
I know what you did last summer. Just kidding, I don't work at the NSA.
All right.
XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve the problem, use more.
The French president getting busted for copyright infringement is not ironic. It is simply hypocritical. Please use the word correctly, lest ye hasten the destruction of the English language as we know it.