Secret UK Plan To Appoint "Pirate Finder General"

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 19, 2009 @04:22AM 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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Re:If it were anyone else, I'd scoff at this "leak by apmonte · 2009-11-19 05:18 · Score: 0, Troll

He is the #1 threat to individual rights and freedoms in the UK and possibly in the whole of Europe. Think Palpatine, only with fruitier ties.
It's too bad you folks in the UK let them take your guns away, or you might have other options available to you. (At the very least, the UK government might fear the people instead of the other way around)