[LINK] Music industry backs down on piracy

[Frank O'Connor]

Even more ironical ... human rights accruing to artificial business 
entities (corporations etc)

Media industry lawyers and PR hacks live on a different planet to the 
rest of us.

					Regards,
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At 8:35 AM +1000 on 7/6/11 you wrote:
>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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