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Jan. 9th, 2010
I'm quite curious how they would get this money back in to the hands of artists and creators of pirated goods. There is no way on Khod's green li'l earth that they could equitably determine how much anyone could get.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/08/0247248/France-Considers-Pirate-Tax-For-Online-Ads?art_pos=32
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/08/0247248/France-Considers-Pirate-Tax-For-Online-Ads?art_pos=32
This will be ever so effective at improving security in the US as the Shoe Bomber and the Underwear Bomber both got on the plane in foreign countries.
Yet more security theater. Of course, spending money on intelligence operations, such as discovered the liquid explosive ring in England, is far too impractical as it doesn't give money to companies who make security equipment.
These scanners are definitely effective, but you're just going to have to accept that you'll have zero privacy if you fly. I don't think there's any way they're going to be able to digitize the naughty bits and maintain the security, especially after this last guy stuffed explosives into his underwear.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/08/0245200/Full-Body-Scanners-Violate-Child-Porn-Laws?art_pos=35
Yet more security theater. Of course, spending money on intelligence operations, such as discovered the liquid explosive ring in England, is far too impractical as it doesn't give money to companies who make security equipment.
These scanners are definitely effective, but you're just going to have to accept that you'll have zero privacy if you fly. I don't think there's any way they're going to be able to digitize the naughty bits and maintain the security, especially after this last guy stuffed explosives into his underwear.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/08/0245200/Full-Body-Scanners-Violate-Child-Porn-Laws?art_pos=35
"Legislators around the world are demanding more information on the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. US Senator Ron Wyden demanded answers in a letter to the USTR (PDF) this week, ACTA arose in the UK House of Commons yesterday, and French Deputy Nicolas Dupont-Aignan raised ACTA questions in the National Assembly late last year. All of this comes on top of earlier efforts from Swedish Member of the European Parliament Jens Holm, as well as New Zealand MP Clare Curran, who has repeatedly raised concerns about ACTA, and NDP MP Charlie Angus, who posed questions about ACTA in the Canadian House of Commons late last year."
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/01/09/0341208/Politicians-Worldwide-Asking-Questions-About-ACTA?art_pos=2
Negotiating an international copyright treaty: not good. I'm very glad to hear that there are some people in power questioning it.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/01/09/0341208/Politicians-Worldwide-Asking-Questions-About-ACTA?art_pos=2
Negotiating an international copyright treaty: not good. I'm very glad to hear that there are some people in power questioning it.