"Three Strikes" To Go Ahead In Britain 294
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from the follow-the-money dept.
from the follow-the-money dept.
David Gerard writes "Lord Peter Mandelson has carefully ignored the Gowers Report and the Carter Report, instead taking the advice of his good friend David Geffen and announcing that 'three strikes and you're out' will become law in Britain. The Open Rights Group has, of course, hit the roof. Oh, and never mind MI5 and the police pointing out that widespread encryption will become normal, hampering their efforts to keep up with little things like impending terrorist atrocities. Still, worth it to stop a few Lily Allen tracks being shared, right?"
Three Strikes on /. (Score:5, Funny)
Can we also have a 3 strikes law on Slashdot for dupes??
they need something based on the rules of cricket (Score:5, Funny)
The US 3-strikes rule is based on a concept from baseball, and as a result probably makes little sense in the UK. I'm surprised they didn't go with something more appropriate, like a "bowled, leg-before-wicket, or hit-wicket" and you're out rule.
makes sense. (Score:1, Funny)
-anything- is worth it to stop folk listening to Lily Allen
Re:they need something based on the rules of crick (Score:5, Funny)
Not a good idea, it'd take 5 days to make a decision and probably end in a draw.
Re:they need something based on the rules of crick (Score:3, Funny)
And that old favourite, "ban quashed due to bad light".
I don't mind this.... (Score:3, Funny)
Tempting... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hey Britons (Score:5, Funny)
Re:they need something based on the rules of crick (Score:5, Funny)
I'd been trying to make this joke all week, but despite reading the wiki page on Cricket, I couldn't write the joke to make it sound like I knew what I was talking about. Three strikes and I suppose now *I'm* out.
Re:Seriously, write to them (Score:4, Funny)
I'd have to agree. I think what we are seeing is the full taking of power of the Banking-Content complex with banks and entertainment industries calling almost all the shots in government.
Look, banks are getting Hundreds of Billions of dollars thrown at them and NASA can't even make a case of increasing funding by single billions of dollars.
The Military will eventually be cut back dramatically, the leading edge of this is the new weapons systems, which is whats putting the aerospace and defense contractors in a bind.
I know I've brought up before, but theres a hell of a lot of engineers and scientists being thrown out of the M-I complex right now, but the politicians are stressing 'science and engineering' education. My response to this is what the fuck are they doing this for? Specifically the Banking-Content complex has absolutely NO value for science and engineering (I count the quants as complete sellouts so they don't count and lord knows that the content industry has NO ONE who understands technology at all).
Look, banks are getting Hundreds of Billions of dollars thrown at them and NASA can't even make a case of increasing funding by single billions of dollars.
The Military will eventually be cut back dramatically, the leading edge of this is the new weapons systems, which is whats putting the aerospace and defense contractors in a bind.
I know I've brought up before, but theres a hell of a lot of engineers and scientists being thrown out of the M-I complex right now, but the politicians are stressing 'science and engineering' education. My response to this is what the fuck are they doing this for? Specifically the Banking-Content complex has absolutely NO value for science and engineering (I count the quants as complete sellouts so they don't count and lord knows that the content industry has NO ONE who understands technology at all).
We are in an age where those who handle the money and sell sight and sound think they're the only game in town. The Industrial part of the complex is completely gone.
3 strikes (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Seriously, write to them (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, but damn...
Re:And one for Mandleson? (Score:3, Funny)
Don't worry, he's only had two strikes - he's in the clear until he gets a third.