yes I know ACTA is real.. I was just pointing out that a lot of people don’t believe true stories when they are next to fake ones. And I would like more people to know and believe what is happening around us.

Read about tomorrows copyrightlaw changes already today on p2pnet.net

Unfortunately those Contentcriminals seems to get their ideas truely from stuff that was ment as spoof or parody.

There are plugins available for Wordpress, such as Cforms and TDO Mini Forms, that allow the creation of custom submission forms. (P2Pnet might already be using one of these plugins. )

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cforms/

In fact, I already have a links tab ready to start. It’s the last one on the right on the main menu bar.

It’ll have to sites rather than stories, and it’ll have separate pages for headings such as news, humour,’ and so on.

I just haven’t gotten around to officially launching it. That’s the trouble with being a one-man site

But your idea is a good one.

Most news sites have a webpage submission form where readers can submit news articles directly. The submission page has several fields for the submitter to fill in, such as story title, URL, message body, etc.

A good example is at http://www.techdirt.com/submitstory.php (though I personally think this submission page should have included a separate field for the URL, it being the most important element)

Having a webpage submission form is generally a lot more reliable than having to depend on spam-ridden email.

A footnote: I believe in helping out the “little guy” and as such prefer to frequent sites not run by big corporations. Unfortunately, the email service of small independent sites is often unreliable.

ACTA is real while this is a parody, and quite a funny one really

You can read more about copyright (or copywrong) in general at TF,Ars and ezee.se

Cheers!

No, it’s 100% real; Lifeguards and crossing guards can now shoot to kill if they suspect someone of having unauthorized content on their iPod.

“Fortunately, the clause was dropped thanks to the opposition of consumer advocacy groups like the Media Access Project, Public Knowledge, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.”

But yet the clause allowing them to seize and forfeit equipment used in copyright infringement, even if it’s a family’s computer, survived intact. Frankly, I’d be more worried about that, since the content company would have had to win a lawsuit to get the higher penalties, but it’s never been a requirement that people even be charged with a crime before authorities can start forfeiture proceedings.

Enlighten me (and I’m not being sarcastic).

Cheers! And thanks …

Just saw another story ** an excellent commentary ** about Big Media’s push to contaminate the government’s legislative process in their never-ending attempts to turn ordinary citizens into criminals:

**** http://www.mercurynews.com/chris_obrien/ci_9400941 ****

“” … The latest attempt by the music labels to stiffen penalties for illegal downloads has failed. But the mindset it represents is troubling: The recording industry remains obsessed with criminalizing the behavior of its audience.

This has to be one of the worst public relations strategies in history. It needs to stop. Instead of wasting time and resources fighting the people they want to be their customers, industry officials should focus that energy into figuring out how to engage them.

Instead, the music labels are pushing things like the “compilation clause” that was part of an intellectual property bill introduced in Congress in December. The clause would have assessed penalties based on each song pirated from a compact disc. Currently, pirating can result in one penalty per CD. The effect would have been to dramatically multiply financial penalties.

Fortunately, the clause was dropped thanks to the opposition of consumer advocacy groups like the Media Access Project, Public Knowledge, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. On May 8, the House passed by a vote of 410-11 a watered-down version of the bill known as “The Prioritizing Resources & Organization for Intellectual Property Act,” or HR 4279.

“I think the worst fears have been resolved satisfactorily,” said Andrew Jay Schwartzman, who has run the Media Access Project for almost 30 years. “We can live with this.”

The original draft and its provision for increased penalties had consumer groups and the blogosphere howling from the start. The provision was championed by, among others, the Recording Industry Association of America. ….. “”

complete article at http://www.mercurynews.com/chris_obrien/ci_9400941

(I included link twice to make sure it gets sent to the moderation queue and site staff reads it – as a substitute for sending email when my mail service is down. BTW: I wonder when this site will install a page for submitting story links [badly needed, IMO] as many other sites do?)

BTW, most people where I work don’t even believe the DMCA is true, think of those people.

I still respect your work Jon, keep up.