So much noise but so quite?

If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.

This may not be connected to copy right but an unpublished list and tracking

You invent a weapon that you and your buddies may-not use but it will be eventually and by people that may-not hold your intentions.

If such a law is to get off the ground it has to be entirely about protection of property rights at any cost.

I think you are right in most cases petal but you picked exactly the wrong example in this case.
I would prefer to live unlawfully before having to carry around any “National ID Card” Smart or otherwise.
But, by putting a persons photo on a license, it removes one big reason for any authority to introduce said ID cards.

You’re just chilled out and ready to hit the pit (that would be order to get up in the morning and go to work Phil) and the deadbeat yobbo political neandertal duckman chimes in to remind us not only what a complete and utter arse he is, but also what the last 9 years were like. If he had half a brain he would lie low so we can try and forget all about him. At least then he and his cronies would have half a chance next time round. But no, he’s too stupid and arrogant to figure out that he should just quietly fuck off into the shadows.

Banning them from using the internet will also mean losing their jobs, as many people who are capable of downloading work with computers with internet access. If the infringing was at home will an employer have to ensure that one employee has no internet access?

It’s a **standard** technique, and you must be weary of it.

How do you get a population to accept an unpopular something, called A?
Simple. Also push for a much more outrageous something, called B.
Populace all up in arms about B.
Government “caves in” on B, gets A accepted
Government smiles
Population thinks “they won”

Ok, you need a forinstance, ok.

Introduction of credit card picture drivers’ licenses.
Unpopular idea, because of privacy and big brother concerns, probably not going to fly
Introduce option B at the same time: NATIONAL ID CARD FOR EVERYONE
Oh my gawd – it IS true, they ARE trying to introduce Nazi like Government control!
“Cave in” on compulsory national id card idea
Accepted: picture drivers license, the original aim.
Public thinks they won. (of course not, as this is a national id card for 95% of all adults)

Now that you know, you can use this for your own life

1. recognise it when it is happening to you, and learn to derail option A also
2. use it yourself (school board, club committee, meetings at work) to get option A through

Someone once said to me “never ask a question you don’t already know the answer to”

Have fun, and be sure to send Miss Petal a postcard

And even if there is, one is prosecuted for that offence, not denied a mail service.

Why stop at cutting of the internet? Better also cut off electricity so I can’t burn CDs and listen to them.

Do we want to end up like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goEEbsEDEM4&feature=player_embedded

NZ Post can’t search letters if they think there’s something illegal going on.

If rights holders have evidence of breaches of the law then they should go to police – enforcing the law is the police’s job, not ISPs or rights holders.

How will a RH know if there is a repeat infringement? They will only see the IP address, and that can change each time a user reboots their ADSL modem. The RH will have to rely on the ISP’s to identify 2nd infringements. But, that does not seem to be addressed.