More Stupidity on Copyright
The drive to "protect" intellectual property is getting dumber, and it's not limited to the US - Look at what's happening in New Zealand:
The Government's Copyright Amendment Act comes into force today and anyone caught downloading copyrighted content illegally could face fines of up to $15,000 and have their internet cut off.
So say you run a Starbucks in New Zealand, and someone decides to download a few songs via bittorrent while they have a latte. That leaves Starbucks open to the penalties.
The unintended consequences of this are going to be really, really bad.
