Just a note to wish you and your families a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I have made an executive decision not to post to this weblog for the next couple of weeks unless something amazing happens between now and then. I have a had a big year that among many other activities has included two international conferences, attending an Australian conference, and I am teaching Intellectual Property Law at the moment (summer semester). Thank you for reading my site and your support, I hope you have found it interesting, informative and on the odd occasion a little entertaining. Best wishes for the holiday season and I hope you will return next year to follow more of the major developments in the music/internet scene.
Sal
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Dan Bull - Dear Mandy
Here is a recent clip from Dan Bull in relation to proposed legislative changes to copyright law in the UK which may well see the introduction of a three strikes policy. This is a great clip in which Bull reflects on the stupidity of many of the changes due to be introduced by the Digital Economy Bill.
Further Reading
TechDirt, Dear Peter Mandelson... Dan Bull Sings His Opposition To Kicking People Off The Internet (30 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091130/0445237119.shtml> at 9 December 2009
TechDirt, UK Record Label Boss Resigns From BPI/IFPI Committees Due To Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill (4 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091204/1128277207.shtml> at 8 December 2009
TechDirt, UK Politicians Pushing Back On Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill (3 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091203/0906507179.shtml> at 8 December 2009
BBC News, Web giants unite against Digital Britain copyright plan (2 December 2009) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8390623.stm> at 8 December 2009
ArsTechnica, UK "Pirate Finder General" law innocuous now, could get ugly (22 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/uk-pirate-finder-general-law-innocuous-now-could-get-ugly.ars> at 2 December 2009
ArsTechnica, Queen: We sank the Armada, we can sink some P2P pirates! (19 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/queen-we-sank-the-armada-we-can-sink-some-p2p-pirates.ars> at 21 November 2009
TechDirt, UK Digital Economy Bill As Bad As Expected; Digital Britain Minister Flat Out Lies About ISP Support (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091120/1137337023.shtml> at 21 November 2009
guardian.co.uk, Mandelson seeks to amend copyright law in new crackdown on filesharing (19 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/19/mandelson-copyright-filesharing-murdoch-google> at 21 November 2009
The Register, Ofcom talks to spook firm on filesharing snoop plan (19 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/ofcom_detica/page2.html> at 21 November 2009
TechDirt, UK Gov't Official: Innocent People Won't Get Kicked Off The Internet; Trust Us (12 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091111/1412276902.shtml> at 14 November 2009
The Register, UK.gov denies innocent will be hit by filesharing regime (10 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/10/simon_filesharing/> at 12 November 2009
The Register, EU block to Mandelson's filesharing laws removed (5 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/telecoms_package/> at 7 November 2009
Electronic Frontier Foundation, UK and Three Strikes: What Not to Do in an Election Year (28 October 2009) <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/uk-and-three-strikes-what-not-do-election-year> at 1 November 2009
Digital Music News, British Legislators Soon Voting on Three-Strikes... (29 October 2009)
<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/102809uk> at 1 November 2009
guardian.co.uk, TalkTalk threatens legal action over Mandelson's filesharing plan (29 October 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/29/talktalk-threatens-legal-action-mandelson> at 1 November 2009
TechDirt, As Expected, Mandelson To Introduce Plan To Kick File Sharers Off The Internet
(28 October 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091028/0501446707.shtml> at 28 October 2009
The Register, Mandy declares 'three strikes' war on illegal file sharers (28 October 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/28/mandelson_three_strikes_file_sharing_clamp_down/> at 29 October 2009
Further Reading
TechDirt, Dear Peter Mandelson... Dan Bull Sings His Opposition To Kicking People Off The Internet (30 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091130/0445237119.shtml> at 9 December 2009
TechDirt, UK Record Label Boss Resigns From BPI/IFPI Committees Due To Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill (4 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091204/1128277207.shtml> at 8 December 2009
TechDirt, UK Politicians Pushing Back On Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill (3 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091203/0906507179.shtml> at 8 December 2009
BBC News, Web giants unite against Digital Britain copyright plan (2 December 2009) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8390623.stm> at 8 December 2009
ArsTechnica, UK "Pirate Finder General" law innocuous now, could get ugly (22 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/uk-pirate-finder-general-law-innocuous-now-could-get-ugly.ars> at 2 December 2009
ArsTechnica, Queen: We sank the Armada, we can sink some P2P pirates! (19 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/queen-we-sank-the-armada-we-can-sink-some-p2p-pirates.ars> at 21 November 2009
TechDirt, UK Digital Economy Bill As Bad As Expected; Digital Britain Minister Flat Out Lies About ISP Support (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091120/1137337023.shtml> at 21 November 2009
guardian.co.uk, Mandelson seeks to amend copyright law in new crackdown on filesharing (19 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/19/mandelson-copyright-filesharing-murdoch-google> at 21 November 2009
The Register, Ofcom talks to spook firm on filesharing snoop plan (19 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/ofcom_detica/page2.html> at 21 November 2009
TechDirt, UK Gov't Official: Innocent People Won't Get Kicked Off The Internet; Trust Us (12 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091111/1412276902.shtml> at 14 November 2009
The Register, UK.gov denies innocent will be hit by filesharing regime (10 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/10/simon_filesharing/> at 12 November 2009
The Register, EU block to Mandelson's filesharing laws removed (5 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/telecoms_package/> at 7 November 2009
Electronic Frontier Foundation, UK and Three Strikes: What Not to Do in an Election Year (28 October 2009) <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/uk-and-three-strikes-what-not-do-election-year> at 1 November 2009
Digital Music News, British Legislators Soon Voting on Three-Strikes... (29 October 2009)
<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/102809uk> at 1 November 2009
guardian.co.uk, TalkTalk threatens legal action over Mandelson's filesharing plan (29 October 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/29/talktalk-threatens-legal-action-mandelson> at 1 November 2009
TechDirt, As Expected, Mandelson To Introduce Plan To Kick File Sharers Off The Internet
(28 October 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091028/0501446707.shtml> at 28 October 2009
The Register, Mandy declares 'three strikes' war on illegal file sharers (28 October 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/28/mandelson_three_strikes_file_sharing_clamp_down/> at 29 October 2009
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