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

[James Moore]

On 10/05/2012 00:45, Martin wrote:
> 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.
> #####
>
>
> 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
>
>

"So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause."
  - Padmé Amidala to Bail Organa

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