Interesting article

[mymatedave10]

I just read an interesting article on the development of copyright treaties by Cory Doctorow, he's always informative and amusing and, I think, right on the ball.


Big Entertainment Wants to Party Like It's 1996

An informative and mildly optimistic post.

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[tassosss.livejournal.com]

This article made me think Constant Vigilance! The internet has become such an organizing tool that when it's threatened people aren't going to sit back.

I especially liked these: When the dust settled, the treaty was dead, and the entertainment giants who'd spent years and millions trying to get this bit of favorable international law passed were defeated by the proverbial band of plucky underdogs using the power of the Internet to subject them to withering scorn and ridicule.

and

I was allowed to attend these, but only by promising nondisclosure. No problem: I stumped up and down Europe, saying, "There's a crazy, evil DRM thing coming that's really bad and it's so bad they won't even let me tell you about it!" That was a lot simpler than explaining what was wrong with it.