Slashdot | Germany Accepts Strict Piracy Law

By , March 26, 2006 8:14 am

Slashdot | Germany Accepts Strict Piracy Law
From the article: ‘Germans risk two years in prison if they illegally download films and music for private use under a new law agreed yesterday. Anybody who downloads films for commercial use could be jailed for up to five years.’ Many politicians defended the new law, amongst them Günther Krings, the Christian Democrat legal affairs spokesman, who claimed: ‘There should be no legal distinction between stealing chewing gum from a shop and performing an illegal download.'”

Makes me wonder how many of the idiots involved in voting for this stupidity have investments in prison housing and or construction and or supplying materials for the many new facilities that will soon be needed.

journal of a writing man

By , March 26, 2006 7:59 am

journal of a writing man
Check out the pix of the “Sausage, egg, chips and beans” part way down the post. Makes me want a breakfast like that! NOW!

Boing Boing: Steve Jobs, 2002:

By , March 26, 2006 7:56 am

Boing Boing: Steve Jobs, 2002: “You need the right to manage music on all devices”

Don’t you just love it when past words come to light and bite someone on the ass like this?

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