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Study Deconstructs Canadian Copyright Lobby Deception
An anonymous reader writes "A new Canadian study deconstructs how copyright lobby groups manipulate public opinion by laundering proposals through seemingly independent groups. The study started after the Conference Board of Canada was shown to have plagiarized several of its IP reports and now shows the connections that all lead through the MPAA and RIAA. Michael Geist writes, 'It is not just that these reports all receive financial support from the same organizations and say largely the same thing. It is also that the reports each build on one another, creating the false impression of growing momentum and consensus on the state of Canadian law and the need for specific reforms.'"
It stands to reason that if you can mashup web content, you can also demashup.
What's newsworthy? This news will be forgotten. What will be remembered is that IP is violated on a large scale. This will fuel incentives towards more grotesque punishments of the violators.
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No, the captain only commands one ship -- the head of the whole pirate bay would be a commodore. Fat lot of good watching all those pirate movies did you ...
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It is also that the reports each build on one another, creating the false impression of growing momentum and consensus...
So it's pretty much like Global Warming Theology, then?
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
If only there were a way to watch some pirate movies quickly.
I see you are unfamiliar with the pirate ranking system, it's captains all the way down.
But... the future refused to change.
HAW! You told him, motherfucker! And wouldn't deconstruction make a mashup a mash-down?
Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. Try my wife's pussy, it tastes of fish.
Then why doesn't the article have any "Aaarrgh"s in it?