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The movie industry uses someone's music without authorisation in an anti-piracy video.  They first refuse to deal with it then try and cream money from any deal. The irony weeps from every pore!

Op-ed on why DRM and anti-piracy movements are doomed to fail and the invasion of privacy and reduction of human rights that legislation allows, and why people should accept that the times they have a changed ...

Short post detailing frustration at DRM and the 'anti-piracy' propaganda that is spewed forth.

Some backstory to new copyright law in NZ, the file-sharing amendment.

Interesting article by Cory Doctorow on why the anti-piracy drive is harming the Internet. 

Guardian Article. "As the demise of the Sopa anti-piracy act showed, established arguments for protecting the rights of content creators are almost impossible to apply to a digital world"

This controversial anti-piracy legislation is all about studios and other corporations making excuses for their technological backwardness and looking out for their short-term profit