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Old 07-11-2011, 08:03 AM  
gideongallery
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the real danger of draconian copyright protection

consumer groups, individuals, business and academics all align against and basically call for the exact opposite

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In their contributions, most individual citizens called for removing copyright protection against file-sharing, arguing that the free exchange of information would help spread culture as well as increase creativity without having detrimental effect on industry and society as a whole; such free exchange should therefore be supported rather than considered as infringing copyright law,? the European Commission writes.
http://torrentfreak.com/isps-academi...lation-110711/

personally i believe this other side is equally wrong, but given the massive errosion of rights (presumption of innocents) that these new laws if there is a only a choice between the two, this one should win. Money should never trump human/civil rights.
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