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www.stallman.org (http://www.stallman.org) - Political Notes - Richard Stallman - 12-Jul-2010
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Dinosaur Economy Act (http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-may-aug.html#12%20July%202010%20%28Urgent%20Note:%20Di nosaur%20Economy%20Act%29)
UK citizens: tell Ofcom how you think it should enforce the Dinosaur Economy Act (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_188124).
Ofcom has asked a large number of rather narrow questions: it seeks suggestions about details of an activity that is fundamentally wrong. But you need not limit yourself to answers that Ofcom will consider helpful, and you need not base your answers on the supposition that the Dinosaur Economy Act's malicious intentions ought to be carried out. I suggest responding to each question in a sincere way based on your ideas of how to achieve the results that would be good for society.
You could also talk about this perverted advice (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshealthandsafety/Internetsafety/DG_071136) on "internet safety" for chidren.
That page is full of lies; for instance, it says that copyright infringement is legally the same as theft. It then tries to blame] file sharing for various unrelated risks of internet use — like saying masturbation will make you go blind. Reputable free software for file sharing does not pose any risk of these problems.
But the dishonesty at the heart of that page is that it pretends to help you to protect your family, when its real purport is to threaten your family. It "protects" your family the way the mafia "protects" your business.
This page says how to send in your response. (http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/copyright-infringement/howtorespond/)
It is an outrage for a government to ask people to send Microsoft Word files. In effect, this means the UK government promotes Microsoft. So send your response in email, using plain ASCII (they won't have any difficulty reading that), and explain why you diregarded a very bad suggestion.
If you email your response to mailman@lists.stallman.org it will be visible in http://stallman.org/dinosaur-economy.
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Dinosaur Economy Act (http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-may-aug.html#12%20July%202010%20%28Urgent%20Note:%20Di nosaur%20Economy%20Act%29)
UK citizens: tell Ofcom how you think it should enforce the Dinosaur Economy Act (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_188124).
Ofcom has asked a large number of rather narrow questions: it seeks suggestions about details of an activity that is fundamentally wrong. But you need not limit yourself to answers that Ofcom will consider helpful, and you need not base your answers on the supposition that the Dinosaur Economy Act's malicious intentions ought to be carried out. I suggest responding to each question in a sincere way based on your ideas of how to achieve the results that would be good for society.
You could also talk about this perverted advice (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshealthandsafety/Internetsafety/DG_071136) on "internet safety" for chidren.
That page is full of lies; for instance, it says that copyright infringement is legally the same as theft. It then tries to blame] file sharing for various unrelated risks of internet use — like saying masturbation will make you go blind. Reputable free software for file sharing does not pose any risk of these problems.
But the dishonesty at the heart of that page is that it pretends to help you to protect your family, when its real purport is to threaten your family. It "protects" your family the way the mafia "protects" your business.
This page says how to send in your response. (http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/copyright-infringement/howtorespond/)
It is an outrage for a government to ask people to send Microsoft Word files. In effect, this means the UK government promotes Microsoft. So send your response in email, using plain ASCII (they won't have any difficulty reading that), and explain why you diregarded a very bad suggestion.
If you email your response to mailman@lists.stallman.org it will be visible in http://stallman.org/dinosaur-economy.
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