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Secret UK Plan To Appoint "Pirate Finder General"

Posted by Soulskill on from the arrr-me-hearties dept.

mouthbeef writes "A source very close to the UK Labour government just called me to leak the fact that Secretary of State Lord Mandelson is trying to sneak a revision into the Digital Economy Bill that would give him and his successors the power to create future copyright law without debate. Mandelson goes on to explain that he wants this so he can create private copyright militias with investigatory and enforcement powers, and so he can create new copyright punishments as he sees fit (e.g., jail time, three strikes)."

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  1. You need more by elucido · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But you need more than new politicians. You need "your" politicians. You need more influence, and it will only change when people who profit from peer to peer are financing campaigns and getting people elected. It will only change when the political atmosphere changes. The old timer curmudgeons rule the political arena and until you put new minds not just new faces into these positions it will not change. Keep in mind that bribery/quid pro quo is how things get done and corruption is how things work.

  2. Re:WTF? by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...what does the government think they're doing appointing Sith Lord Mandleson?

    Has it ever occurred to you that they might know exactly what they're doing?

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    Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.