[LINK] Music industry backs down on piracy

[David Boxall]

On 6/06/2011 4:19 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> The Age today:
>
> Music and film industries split over pirates
>
> ... film studios, represented by the Australian Federation Against
> Copyright Theft (AFACT), are still ...
> arguing protection of intellectual property is a human right. ...

Cough, splutter.

Intellectual property a human right? I'd argue that the terms 
'intellectual' and 'property' in this context both stretch credibility, 
but calling it a human right is downright perversion. What they're 
talking about are privileges. Privileges that natural justice would see 
more easily lost than Internet access.

The Yanks are nuttier than any fruitcake on the subject. Their behaviour 
risks eroding _real_ human rights.

Yes, I know the article's Australian. Does anyone doubt that it's Yankee 
wankee behind the scenes?

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