Fascinating, the moment I am reading your post, an e-mail arrives:

effective 1st March 2012
http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/

Lets not forget that in recent years the US courts have ...

- ruled that US companies need never worry about their IP rights going public domain. In the past after a set period like 50 or 60 years copyright expired. Disney won a case a few years back in the US that means US companies can keep renewing their rights forever. If that had been law in the past we would still be paying massive royalty to Mozart, Bach and Beethoven's descendants to perform any of their music even now 100's of years later.

- started to grant world wide rights to US companies for extremely basic and simple things. Apple recently were awarded some really stupid ones including apparently patenting the idea that whilst still on a phone call you can click icons to do other stuff on the phone. Seemingly before apple thought up people thought you had to hang up the phone before playing with any other settings or apps.


It actually would not matter so much if other countries such as must of Western Europe and the UK did not bend over backwards to suck up to US corporate bullying and exploitation.

Let's try to keep this on the topic of government intervention with internet. If the US passes this kind of legislation you can say what you will, but the rest of the world will follow. Like domino falling in rows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghfg7t5g7KE

I suggest anyone that can build websites, make your thoughts known through websites. There are all kinds of cheap website building kits available. Almost all people that host websites have free site builder tools.

You can make youtube videos as well. I don't know what the average number of views for video actually is, but I've been amazed at how some of the stupid stuff gets thousands of views. The stupid video above has 7,735 views when i posted it here.

The UK has signed an extradition treaty with American, meaning I could "commit a crime" against America here in England and be sent to jail in America....

Wonder which other countries have this treaty.

That doesn't make sense to you?

With world wide communication and ability to deal with nations while you aren't in the nation you are transacting with is common.

Think through this... What if you arranged to kill someone in America from England, then your hitman did kill, got caught and told who ordered the hit.

Who is guilty the person that ordered the kill or the contract killer?

Okay I'll jump in and defend America...You guys must understand what's at stake. I'm sure deep inside you is understood, that it is indeed all about stopping thieft that is at the core of these bill's. Because of measures like this being taken, we will all suffer with some loss of privacy, mainly because a bunch of jerks write these bills...It's all about stopping the robbing of peoples ideas, inventions, and creative expressions, what’s called intellectual property. Everything from trade secrets and proprietary products and parts to movies and music and software. (Il-2 anyone)
It’s a growing threat especially with the rise of digital technologies and Internet file sharing networks. And much of the theft takes place overseas, where laws are often lax and enforcement more difficult. All told, intellectual property theft costs U.S. businesses billions of dollars a year and robs the nation of jobs and lost tax revenues. They are trying to specifically focus on the theft of trade secrets and infringements on products that can impact consumers' health and safety, such as counterfeit aircraft, car, and electronic parts. It's estimated that 1/2 of all the Windows OS in China are pirated...so what's Bill $gates to do??...how would you address this problem I ask.:grin:

Market the product in a fairer or more innovative way ... provide better service and support to give people something for their money ... actual compete with rather than buying out and/or closing down your competitors .... many things

I find it quite disgusting that over 3/4 of the total cost of a basic (non gaming) PC with office installed is the MS software and only 1/4 the hardware. Especially when its the hardware companies that are struggling to make money not the software/media giants.


Aside from anything else the tactics used in this area are disgusting. Have a look at this typical example of how these corporations behave ...

http://games.on.net/article/14729/Wi...o_Target_iiNet

There are a myriad of ways to stop piracy...

Software developer releases new version, but it's buggy. Upon registration updated competent version is downloaded and installed by the software developer on the computer. The developer harvests the MAC address during this process, which is a unique number burned into all computers.

The trouble in China and other countries is... the governments are gangsters.

I suggest you google "change mac address";)

Yeah, you may think that, but its not really true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...#Manufacturing