[Nottingham] Is it theft to be live alive? (Was: Media Centre Linux distro?)

[Martin]

On 09/05/12 17:21, Martin wrote:
> On 09/05/12 09:00, Michael Erskine wrote:
>> Is it theft to hum a TV theme tune in the street or remember a good
>> joke from a TV program and tell it to someone who doesn't have a
>> license? :)
> 
> Reminds me of:
> 
> George Orwell: 1984
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
> 
> Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farenheit_451

And so it begins:


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Queen unveils draft internet super-snoop bill - with clauses

Her Maj opens Parliamentary session with clear nod to CCDP

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/09/queen_speech_ccdp/

The Queen has detailed the government's upcoming programme of law-making
on a grey day darkened by the gloom of a double-dip recession and plans
to massively increase surveillance of the internet in the UK.
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As ever, the comments make for as good reading as the irreverent article.

As for "National Security"... Even just the collecting of such data is
itself a threat due to the danger of misappropriation by just any one
rogue or greedy Sys Admin... All your secrets are theirs and become open
to everyone, for abuse or otherwise.


What was that phrase from Star Wars for the death of the Old Republic?


Only in the UK,
Martin


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