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EFF Co-founder Faces Copyright Heavyweights At EG8

Posted by Unknown on from the death-to-filthy-pirates dept.

ndogg writes "EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow faced down copyright heavyweights ... on a panel he described as 'the Lions Den' discussing issues of intellectual property. He was the lone dissenting voice ... Mitterand had commented that copyright debates had grown so calm now that everyone agreed upon the ground rules."

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  1. Blame FPTP by Nicolas+MONNET · · Score: 3, Interesting

    First-past-the-post voting systems are a parody of democracy, and that's how conservative, or more accurately fascists like Sarkozy get their "majority."

  2. Re:Conroy vs. Sarkozy by NeutronCowboy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Including Marine Le Pen? That's how we got her dad into the second round, you know....

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    Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.
  3. Re:Frederic Mitterrand ? by umghhh · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Note that while you bashing Polanski you miss out on the fact that alleged rape victim does not mind Mr Polanski and the whole issue was probably cause by hysterical and publicity hungry public attorneys in a country where an orals sex between two consenting individuals may lead to a political tremors. This said Mitterand is an asshole there is no question about it.

  4. Re:amusingly by HaeMaker · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Perhaps this is why Cory Doctorow refused to speak. The contract he had to sign was too draconian to make a difference, and he assumed (correctly?) that they would just censor him from the record.