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Smit targets Lions payback
Graham Jenkins
November 26, 2008
Smit is hoping to be in the front line of the action when the Lions touch down in South Africa in 2009 © Getty Images
South Africa captain John Smit is determined to avenge his country's 1997 series defeat to the British & Irish Lions when the two sides go head-to-head next year.
Fresh from leading his side to successive victories over Wales, Scotland and England on their end of year tour, the Springboks skipper wasted no time in setting his sights on the Lions who will take on South Africa in a three Test series next summer.
"It's a massive motivating factor for every South African," Smit told Scrum.com. "The past two Lions series have not meant much to us because we have only been able to recollect the series 12 years ago which we have had to deal with every day since then."
Smit got first hand experience of the 1997 Lions when as a fresh-faced 19-year-old he was thrown into action for Natal against the elite tourists. He has since established himself as one of the most highly-respected players in world rugby and has steered his country to both Tri-Nations and Rugby World Cup successes but that brush with the Lions remains clear in his memory.
"I was a young guy, trying to make his mark as a professional player, I was lucky in my second first-class game to pack down against Jason Leonard and he gave me his shirt, which I've still got, which was a very special moment.
"To think that I'm sitting in this chair thinking about actually doing it again 12 years later and for South Africa is even more special. It [1997] was a difficult series to lose due to the profile that a British Lions tour has in South Africa and also because of the importance and tradition associated with it. We treasure it back home due to the passion we have for the game. And to have the opportunity to play against them again next year has been the motivating factor to come back to South Africa so that I can be available for selection."
The Springboks can lay claim to an early victory in the psychological battle ahead of the tour by securing hard-fought victories at the Millennium Stadium (20-15), Murrayfield (14-10) and most emphatically at Twickenham (42-6) last weekend. Smit was pleased his side and coach Peter de Villiers were able to answer their critics in the best possible way.
"We came over here and realised quite quickly that the world champions' scalp was highly coveted," recalled Smit. "We had challenges in the first game where we lifted our foot of the gas at 20-3, and then going in ten points down at half-time at Murrayfield was another challenge we had to learn from. Thankfully the team came through and was able to deal with all that criticism and put in a good performance in our last game, at the end of our season, I think the boys can go home and put their feet up and feel good about it."
Smit, who featured at tighthead and hooker during Springboks' recent tour, had a front row view of many players hoping to board the plane for South Africa next summer and admitted a couple caught his eye.
But Smit refused to accept that Wales will provide the bulk of the Lions side that lines up in the 1st Test at Kings Park in Durban on June 20.
"It's difficult to say right now, there's a number of players from all the teams, the English have got a lot of guys who have worn that red shirt before which you cannot discredit. I think this autumn series will be forgotten quite quickly once the Six Nations is here and people will get a clearer idea then of who the role players will be when it comes to the Lions tour."
Smit has had a mixed year personally with much of it blighted by injury but thinks that may well benefit him come 2009.
"I've been very fortunate over the last couple of seasons, I haven't played a hell of a lot of rugby this year with two injuries and have spent about four or five months on the couch, but I think it will stand me in good stead in the season or two to come. I've been lucky, when I have played I've played in a Top 14 final with Clermont, and lost that, and then in a Currie Cup Final with Sharks and won that, and obviously coming over here and being undefeated on our end of year tour is something that hasn't happened for a long time."
Smit admitted to being blown away by the prospect of tens of thousands of Lions fans descending on South Africa next summer but promised that a feast of rugby awaited anyone making the trip.
"It is going to be the most wonderful rugby experience, a four or five week tour with so many different towns in a wonderful country with a wonderful climate - two of the most historic and teams in an old-school three-Test series - even if I don't get selected or am not part of it, just to be in South Africa alone will be a gift!"
John Smit was speaking at an HSBC Lions event in Wales. HSBC is the Principal Partner of the British & Irish Lions Tour to South Africa next summer. For more information - www.lionsrugby.com
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If I Should Die delivers a stunning, deeply satisfying conclusion to the international bestselling Die for Me trilogy by Amy Plum.
Kate is devastated. Her boyfriend Vincent is a revenant who waited lifetimes to find her. But once he did their future together was shattered almost immediately. They were betrayed by their trusted ally, Violette. She killed Vincent and destroyed his body so that he could not be reanimated.
Now Vincent is doomed to roam the earth as a spirit. But Kate isn't willing to accept life without her true love. She'll risk anything to save him, even as Violette, their friend-turned-enemy, begins to wage a war to rule over France's Immortals.
Amy Plum created an intricate, original mythology for her YA paranormal series. The books, set in Paris, the City of Lights, introduce readers to revenants, undead beings who must sacrifice themselves again and again to save the lives of strangers.
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I have learned Something About Ethical Hacking But I could Not get what do this realy mean.. What is "Ethical Hacking"
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I have learned Something About Ethical Hacking But I could Not get what do this realy mean.. What is "Ethical Hacking"
This topic is a great one, but I'm warning up front, please do not post links or other "how to hack" etc things. It's a great topic and I'd hate to have to close or delete it.
One instance of the classical ethical haking i'd guess would be to find then point out security flaws to people, without taking afvantage of them.,
I think most people here would agree that hacking is not what you are talking about. Hacking is simply experimenting with computers and computer-related stuff, playing with gadgets, etc.
Cracking is the exploration of networks and stuff related to that. Ethical cracking means not doing anything malicious, not stealing important information (credit card numbers, SS#s, etc.), and informing the right person when you find a security flaw or a hole in a system.
Hope that helps.
Ethical hacking is hacking to gain a positive outcome for anothers benifit. Such as pointing out Secureity holes, helping companies secure, helping people make programs that stop these things.
Basically any form of hacking that is constructive is ethical.
*steps down*
//edit: agreed hill, agreed.
someone who participates in the linux project, bsd project or any of the multitude of open source project
someone who investigates computers for security holes and notifies the people at risk before releasing the exploit to the masses
basically someone who tinkers with their computers for positive outcomes
these hackers are know as white hats... and just to clear something up most hackers never refer to themsleves as such other refer to them as hackers...
Yea i agree, if someone says "i'm a hacker" just smile and say "i'm bill gates : )".
are you bill gates?
anyway, if it is illegal to hack/crack, does that make it ethical?
Just because you do no harm, it is still illegal, and how it is ethical is beyond me.
This needs clarification-is it ethical in YOUR mind, or the minds of the people whose networks that have been cracked. Personally I dont think people do it for ethical reasons, just personal gratification.
Mind, does that STILL make it ethical-i dunno
Personally, I'm an ethical breaker and enterer (is that a noun?)
i believe some companies pay hackers to try to 'hack' into their comptuers and find faults, would that be ethical hack/cracking?
I remember a few years ago I saw the rise in news reports on hacking, mainly russians and isralis getting into government computers.
I even reading somewhere that in america they take this very seriously and in some cases involve riot police.
I and a few mates got a little nuts with netbus when it came out.
drove people at collage crazy when we gained control of there mouse or re booted there system :)
guess hacking is only as good or bad as the person doing it.
It's a shame the hacker is protrade as a teenage anti social boy who wants to bring down the whole economy.
Its not hacking unless they dont have permission to do it...Quote:
i believe some companies pay hackers to try to 'hack' into their comptuers and find faults, would that be ethical hack/cracking?
v. hacked, hack·ing, hacks
v. tr.
To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows: hacked down the saplings;
To break up the surface of (soil);
To alter (a computer program);
To gain access to (a computer file or network) illegally or without authorization;
>To gain access to (a computer file or network) illegally or without authorization;<
Wow, some dictionary calls that hacking...what a surprise. Some dictionaries also call weed a very strong narcotic.
Ethical hacking is "hacking" according to ones (or a groups) own ethics and morals.
Most people believe different things about everything, while no people believe the same thing about nothing.
Here is an example of an ethical crack...
... there are several related articles about the case, search the site if you are interested.
Yes I agreed With You.. I have also read in an Interview of an Indian Hacker Ankit Fadia Who wrote a book about ethical hacking also works for 2 American Companies for Ethical Hacking..Quote:
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i believe some companies pay hackers to try to 'hack' into their comptuers and find faults, would that be ethical hack/cracking?
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Pope Benedict put the late Archbishop Fulton J Sheen, seen as the world's first televangelist because of his popular programmes in the 1950s-1960s in the United States, on the road to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
The pope signed a decree recognising that Sheen lived a life of "heroic virtues", an early step in the path that can lead to sainthood.
Now a miracle must be attributed for him to be beatified, which is the last step before sainthood.
Sheen, who died in 1979 at the age of 84, was one of the most famous Catholic Church figures in the United States for nearly half a century.
He had a hugely popular radio show in the 1930 called "The Catholic Hour". He moved to television in the 1950s, where he used his show" Life Is Worth Living," which drew audiences of tens of millions, to denounce communism during the Cold War.
Sheen used television as a tool for evangelisation so successfully that he won an Emmy award in 1952.
Time magazine called Sheen, who wrote some 80 books, the first televangelist and put him on its cover.
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Afternoon analysis 29.07.2015:
The dollar increased ahead of a key FOMC meeting. The Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Greece got commitment for debt relief. The zloty declined.
In a radio interview the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said, that he has got commitment for debt relief from the nation's international creditors. The decision is expected in November after the first assessment of the reform program.
Earlier it was not clear, whether the nation will win a similar commitment. The European countries, especially Germany, were against any nominal debt relief. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said however, a decision on debt relief may be considered in the future, if Greece meets its obligations stemming from the bailout program.
In contrast, the International Monetary Fund's stance has been different. The Washington-based institution Chief Christine Lagarde said she will not support any bailout program which does not include some form of debt relief.
It turned out, that some form of compromise has been obtained. The most likely solution will be a maturity extension and a reduction in interest. However, there will be no nominal debt haircut.
Obtaining a commitment for debt relief from the international creditors has been the major goal of the Greek government since the very beginning. However, the nation will not get a nominal debt reduction. And the success was very expensive as the general economic condition deteriorated and the banking system was devastated by capital controls. Finally, a compromise in January would have included a similar debt relief without the need of capital controls and the recent decline in the economic activity.
The Greek stock market is going to be open again. A spokeswoman for the Athens Stock Exchange said the European Central Bank has paved the way for restarting trade. The decision of the finance ministry is expected soon.
Waiting for Fed
The major factor to watch on Wednesday is the statement from the Federal Reserve. If the US central bank says it is ready to rise rates, the dollar will likely gain. However, the move will be limited as the dollar has already priced in the expectations.
In contrast, the volatility may increase, if the Fed refrains from signaling a hike in September. If that is the case, the dollar will decline. Moreover, the stock markets and the emerging market currencies will increase (including the zloty). More on the expectations concerning the Fed's statement in our morning commentary.
Zloty declined
On Tuesday, the oil price rebounded from the lowest level since March. It managed to keep recent gains on Wednesday. It helped the commodity currencies. The ruble and the Norwegian crown gained. Moreover, the Russian currency was strengthened by the central bank's decision to stop intervening to weaken the domestic currency.
All in all, the Federal Reserve is expected to take a step in the direction of interest rate hikes. A similar outcome will hurt the zloty. The Polish currency, like the other emerging market currencies, will decline. However, the zloty will drop mainly against the dollar.
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Ah, trailer teasers. I'd call them super annoying and stupid if it weren't for the fact that sometimes they do legitimately make me more excited for the release of a theatrical trailer. As we learned yesterday from the official Facebook page, the first ever trailer for director Gavin Hood's highly-anticipated adaptation of Ender's Game will be arriving online in May 7th, ahead of its theatrical release showing with screenings of Star Trek Into Darkness. But today, as you can see above, Summit has delivered a special sneak peek at the movie to get you ready.
I actually had the chance to watch the badass trailer at CinemaCon last month, where I got to see the shots of students floating around in the Battle Arena and Sir Ben Kingsley as Mazer Rackham on the big screen. It should be no surprise to anybody that the studio wants to push Kingsley's presence in the movie given that he's been getting such great reviews from his performance in Shane Black's Iron Man 3. You may remember that his character was also given the spotlight in a recent still released for Ender's Game. Not an accident.
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By JON PARELES
Published: September 5, 2005
George Clinton
''How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?''
(The C Kunspryruhzy)
When George Clinton asks ''Brother, can you paradigm?'' on his new album, ''How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?'' (The C Kunspyruhzy), it's not as if he hasn't dispensed a few paradigms himself. While leading Funkadelic and Parliament -- the same band under various contracts -- in the 1970's, Mr. Clinton expanded funk from a rhythm to a philosophy. His funk found liberation in carnal pleasures and rebellion in humor, and it embraced rhythm-and-blues, psychedelic jams, jazz and metal. The slow, swampy grooves of Parliament-Funkadelic (shortened to P-Funk) have been recycled constantly by hip-hop. In June, Mr. Clinton regained the rights to widely sampled Funkadelic albums, including ''One Nation Under a Groove'' and ''Hardcore Jollies,'' of which he had been deprived for 15 years.
Mr. Clinton has started his own label, The C Kunspyruhzy, and he's inaugurating it with a double album billed as George Clinton Presents the P-Funk Allstars. It's not a grand statement, though; it's a hodgepodge.
Throughout the album, Mr. Clinton is the producer and songwriter, and often the grizzled-voiced singer. The two CD's toss together studio productions and live recordings, minimal tracks and elaborate experiments, new songs and remakes of oldies. It's unified only by its love for marijuana and the female rump: ''Look at this view/ Oooh-wee, girl got a future behind her,'' Mr. Clinton leers in ''I Can Dance,'' an overlong 15-minute strip-club chronicle and collage. Other songs include ''Butt-a-Butt'' and ''Booty.''
The album has its moments. ''Paradigm'' is toned up by Prince's guitars and voice; ''Su, Su, Su'' wallows in jealousy and Bernie Worrell's viscous keyboards. A remake of the Spaniels' 1954 doo-wop hit, ''Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight,'' meshes vocal harmonies with breakbeats and synthesizers, and ''Viagra'' sets a rap by Del tha Funky Homosapien over a seething electric-guitar jam. There's straightforward funk in ''Bounce 2 This'' and oddball polytonal experimentation in ''Because/Last Time Zone'' and ''Whatchamacallit,'' a plea for phone sex.
But most of the album is rambling, second-rate P-Funk, apparently dredged from the archives. With his own label, Mr. Clinton can release whatever he wants; perhaps this is just housecleaning. JON PARELES
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Jonas Brothers Announce Album Title
Think of a number one through 10. Is your number five? If so, then you've succesfully identified the title of the Jonas Brothers' upcoming album!
Keeping with the popular trend of naming your album after a number or Roman numeral (see Beyonce's '4' or Chris Brown's 'X'), the Jonas Brothers have announced the name of their upcoming album as 'V.'
The JoBros are having quite the busy week. In addition to announcing their new album title, Kevin and his wife Danielle announced that they are expecting their first child. On top of that, they also kicked off their tour in Chicago. But wait! There's more — at said show in Chicago, they premiered four new songs! It's all happening at once!
The tracks included 'Found,' 'The World,' 'Don't Say' and our personal favorite, the very dark sounding, 'What Do I Mean to You.' Nick Jonas, the mastermind behind most of the band's tracks on this upcoming LP, has clearly gotten darker on 'V,' and we're lovin' it!
The new tracks (due out this fall!) definitely give heed to Kevin's assessment that the new album will "be much more of a party than things were, even in the past."
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Could Europe be drafting a new law to disconnect suspected filesharers from the internet? MEPs have already signalled their condemnation of this approach. But last-minute amendments to telecommunications legislation could bring the so-called "3 strikes" approach in by the backdoor. If you want your MEP to stick to their guns on 3 strikes, write to them today to voice your concerns.
Back in February, we reported that the UK Government was considering a law to ban illicit filesharers from the 'net. A promised consultation on proposed legislation is yet to materialise (although we're still hoping it will appear before the Summer recess). Meanwhile, pressure on ISPs and rightsholders to come to a voluntary arrangement has had some effect, with both Virgin and BT recently starting to "educate" those customers they believe are infringing copyright in their use of p2p networks.
As we pointed out at the time, neither the voluntary nor the statutory approach will put a penny in artists' pockets unless accompanied by viable legal alternatives that deliver consumers what they want. A recent survey commissioned by British Music Rights [pdf] indicates that 80% of those currently downloading music would pay for so-called "legal p2p" - properly licensed and competitive filesharing alternatives. Rumours that industry is close to developing such an offer are yet to be confirmed. But without it, any enforcement move is likely only to drive illicit filesharing further underground.
Over in France, President Nicolas Sarkozy (who also took over the European presidency yesterday) has put his weight behind legislation proposed by the Olivennes report. The bill, which has been delayed until the Autumn, will mandate termination of internet connections. It goes without saying that it is the subject of much controversy across the Channel.
La Quadrature du Net - a French pressure group - have been actively campaigning on the issue. They're also tracking the progress of the Telecoms Package, a review of European telecoms law currently in the European Parliament. Ordinarily this bill would deal with network infrastructure, universal service and other purely telecoms matters.
But as La Quadrature du Net announced yesterday:
"One week before a key vote in the reform of European law on electronic communications ("Telecom Package"), La Quadrature du Net (Squaring the Net) denounces a series of amendments aimed at closing the open architecture of the Internet for more control and surveillance of users..
…this set of amendments creates the unprecedented mechanism known as graduated response in European law; judicial authority and law courts are vacated in favour of private actors and "technical measures" of surveillance and filtering. According to rules set forth by administrative authorities and rights holders, intermediaries will be forced to cooperate in monitoring and filtering their subscribers, or they will be exposed to administrative sanctions"
If you want to voice your concerns about 3 strikes legislation brought in through the backdoor in Brussels, you have until 7 July, the date of the vote in IMCO and ITRE committees, to contact your MEP and inform them that the "Telecoms Package" amendments could bring in disproportionate and ineffective law.
You can find details of your MEPs here. Suggestions for topics to raise in your letters are here and analysis and commented amendments with other resources about the Telecoms Package are also available.
[...] This Monday, European Parliament will vote on a new telecoms bill that would make it possible to disconnect people from the Internet, [...]
[...] in July, we asked you to write to your MEP about worrying last minute amendments to the EU Telecoms Package. Now, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), an independent supervisory authority devoted [...]
[...] Rights Group is also covering the story: Could Europe be drafting a new law to disconnect suspected filesharers from the internet? MEPs [...]
[...] full interview. For more information about the European "three strikes" legislation, visit the Open Rights Group. Tags: c61, Canada, charlie angus, DMCA This entry was posted on Sunday, July 6th, 2008 at [...]
[...] under: Machinima, WoW MoviewatchIf you live in Europe, you should be really concerned right about now. A small group of MEPs are trying to sneak in a law that could punish you even if [...]
[...] reported elsewhere (Open Rights Group, Boing Boing), there is a set of back-door amendements to a European Telecoms law that will [...]
[...] giving away > paying customers to the competition. France is pushing a new law across Europe: http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/...-the-backdoor/ And if Europe isn't enough, how about the whole world: [...]
This is why I vote Non to Lisbon
Brian (ireland)
I finally had a response from my MEP, here it is:
"Thank you for your email regarding the vote on 7th July 2008 on the
Telecoms package in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
and Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) committees in the European
It was widely reported that some of the amendments proposed will damage
the openness of the Internet and reduce the rights of internet users.
This is incorrect as the legislation does not propose the monitoring of
individual customer usage of the internet or contain any provisions on
Copyright Law enforcement. MEP's voted in favour of a series of
amendments that enhance users´ rights in electronic communications, with
copyright issues being restricted to public service information only.
Some of the key points of the Telecoms package are summarised below:
- Users will now be informed by operators, before contracts are
concluded, about any restrictions on access to services.
- Market demand and competition between operators will decide whether
they see any point in restricting access. It does not give governments
new powers to decide that, or to make applications illegal.
- Where handsets or other terminal equipment are included free, or at a
subsidised price, users must be informed of the cost of terminating
their agreement early.
- Number porting (the process of keeping a number when switching
networks) will now take one day (while it has previously taken up to one
- Promotion of the European 112 emergency call number across the EU, and
measures to speed up the availability of mobile caller location when
emergency calls are made. This is complementary to existing national
emergency numbers.
- Disabled users will have equivalent access to communications with
special terminal equipment for their needs.
- The need to keep the Internet open by empowering regulators to
intervene if a carrier discriminated against a particular service
provider - for example, by blocking or slowing traffic.
- Regulators would be given enabling powers to allow standardised public
service messages to be delivered to users. These service messages could
include security protection advice, and advice on harmful or unlawful
uses of the Internet, and their potential consequences. The information
would be sent to all users, not to targeted individuals and not based on
individual usage. Copyright infringement is just one of the areas that
might be covered, but it will be up to public authorities to supply the
Under Parliament's rules, the IMCO Committee also accepted, without a
vote, a set of amendments from the Civil Liberties Committee on data
protection. These include significant new requirements for operators to
inform subscribers in the event of any breach of their personal data
through electronic networks.
I do not sit on either the IMCO or ITRE Committees and so did not vote
on this report last week. However, I understand from my colleagues on
both these committees that there is cross party support for this line.
I hope that this information helps clarify elements of the Telecoms
package and puts your mind at rest.
Yours sincerely
Liz Lynne MEP"
For your infomation, the MEP is a Lib Dem
[...] fuckery is this? It looks like the French government, having failed to impose an awful record-industry inspired snoop.... The so-called "3 strikes" law foresaw that ISPs would be required to cut off service [...]
I recently ammended the letter due to a few errors and has sent that to my MEP. I hope she doesn't mind. So here is the amended letter:
"Dear Liz Lynne,
This is a amended letter of the last one i sent you, due to the fact i made a few mistakes. Please accept my apologies for
this. I am getting fed up on constantly having to sound out the so called "anti-pirates" and their affiliates for who they
really are. I want to spend more time setting up and running a business and basically live life to the full, rather than
being worried about what the state of the world is.
I am writing to you concerning the proposed "Telecoms Package". I ask you and other MEPs to reject the "Telecoms
Package" and any further efforts for a "3 strikes and your out process" for if this goes ahead, it could cause a dangerous
precedent for the econamy, the creative industries and the Internet. It is also a damage to civil liberties (including ones
in the EU itself, which are supposed to be non-negotiable, presumably to prevent another world war from happening in
The proposed "Telecoms Package" will only benefit large corporations, who have recently thought of themselves as a
elite bunch. Now they have got politicians on their side, including Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy and Lord Tresman to
push their nefarious campaign of presumed hate and technophobia which if it continues, Small and Medium Businesses,
and consumers (regardless of their involvement in filesharing) will be severely targeted by the large corporations in a
bigger way than they are now. The large corporations who are trying to get the "Telecoms Package" though use the
guises of "Protecting Creativity" and "Protecting Industry" but all they are really doing is protecting their large sums of
money, and preventing others to benefit in many ways. They may have even violated laws of the UK, presumably the
"Computer Misuse Act 1990" (Concerning the shutting down of OiNK) and the "Companies Act 1985" (Since the BPI,
FACT, FAST and ELSPA are actually Limited Companies, registered on Companies House yet not complaining with the Act
which presumably states that their full trading name has to be show on Business Stationery, Advertising and their
website"). They even misrepresented themselves as a union, and a representative of a industry. Just several of the
many dark actions they have done since 2000.
The "Telecoms Package" is just a spin word, Like "The Worlds Creative Hub" and "Olivennes". Its doublethink for making
something bad to the world, look like something good. The "Telecoms Package" also violates Net Neutrality and destroys
innovation or severely restricts it to a "elite class". I don't think I need to say how dangerous that is. I could say it could
even damage the UK's status as a democracy.
Efforts should be made in reforming copyright into a more balanced form, and legalizing filesharing though voluntary
means or though a reformed TV Licence.
If you need more info, please refer to the following websites:
http://www.savetheinternet.com/ (A similar Net Neutrality campaign in the US)
There is already a massive condemnation of the "Telecoms Package" and its related stuff worldwide. From consumers to
human rights groups to even some large companies themselves like Talk Talk and BT (Despite the Phorm incident), even
unions like the ISPA have condemned it.
Also, if you want to see how deadly a three strikes policy is, look no further than Youtube's "Gatling gun policy" (As a
former user of Youtube said), three removals of content from your account due to so called "Copyright violation", and you are suspended. And it could be for anything, even saying something bad about a company. That's how bad copyright is, it has become a "God card" for holders to do what they want to consumers and basically get away with it.
I apologize for the length of this letter, but I needed to stress the importance of why you and other MEPs (As well as
MPs, both in the Lib Dems and out) need to reject the "Telecoms Package" and other similar proposals. And to
encourage more sane ideas. I fear for what might happen to the world if things like the "Telecoms Package" are allowed
to pass. Because since when did bullies like the IFPI and BPI be allowed to rule the UK and other countries?"
[...] to do with policing the Net, but got 80 changes in the last phase) right before summer holidays. Write your EU politicians and protest against this, before we don't even have full Internet access [...]
Yeah, a copy of the letter would be handy, thanks.
[...] Via the Open Rights Group: [...]
"Three strikes laws" are for morons,
whose the politikal ninny who came up with this idea?
You think that's really going to work?
Stupidity does cross International boundries after all.
Let's go after the source of the problem.
The corporations who created these file sharing programs
and the companies who profit from it.
What are you people scared of a lawsuit?
These corporations are all about making a buck
off the expense of the average person.
Go after the corporaions and not the peoples.
[...] Open Rights Group page on the issue (includes action links) [...]
[...] Även Slashdot skriver om detta: "ZeroPaid is reporting that ISPs could be turned into the copyright police through European legislation that received a number of 'intellectual property' amendments. Many of these amendments can be found here. Judging by the amendments, ISPs could be mandated to block legitimate traffic in an effort to 'prevent' illegitimate traffic. To help stop this legislation, you can check out the action page. Additional coverage can be found on EDRI and Open Rights Group." [...]
Already written to Liz Lynne MEP, West Midlands
Does anyone want a copy of the letter?
from email@example.com
to firstname.lastname@example.com
date Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 1:35 PM
subject Re: Telecom Package amendments 7 July
I will be voting against. Graham Booth
Ah, thanks for explaining. I had interpreted the video as accompanying the story it was with, as you realised. In a different context (the one you give), it comes across differently. But you can understand why in this context I felt it risked playing to those promoting these laws who try to present it as a simple issue of copyright infringement rather than something potentially much father reaching.
I wrote to my MEPs with pretty much the points you suggested in your second and last paragraphs. Two of the South West MEPs are from UKIP (!) so I don't know if they actually bother attending committee meetings, but you never know. ;) No acknowledgment as yet, but we will keep hope for Monday, I guess. Thanks for the full reply - much appreciated.
[...] Write to your MEP: say no to "3 strikes" through the backdoor Could Europe be drafting a new law to disconnect suspected filesharers from the internet? MEPs have already signalled their condemnation of this approach. But last-minute amendments to telecommunications legislation could bring the so-called "3 strikes" approach in by the backdoor. If you want your MEP to stick to their guns on 3 strikes, write to them today to voice your concerns. [...]
[...] would have avoided, but which is more than appropriate in this case - "What fuckery is this? It looks like the French government, having failed to impose an awful record-industry inspired snoop.... The so-called "3 strikes" law foresaw that ISPs would be required to cut off service to anyone [...]
[...] Även Slashdot skriver om detta: "ZeroPaid is reporting that ISPs could be turned into the copyright police through European legislation that received a number of 'intellectual property' amendments. Many of these amendments can be found here. Judging by the amendments, ISPs could be mandated to block legitimate traffic in an effort to 'prevent' illegitimate traffic. To help stop this legislation, you can check out the action page. Additional coverage can be found on EDRI and Open Rights Group." [...]
I've just watched the video and I'm not sure this would convince anyone other than the convinced. The message I get from it as a neutral party is "we're swapping copyrighted music and how dare the studios send us letters telling us to stop." The suggestion of a legal sharing network sounds, again to a neutral party, like "if you want us to stop ripping off your music, you'd better offer us a better deal."
Now I'm no doubt preaching a contrary message in this crowd, but logically who is this video addressed to? People who share music or those who don't? If it's the former, then people already agree with you or (mostly) just don't care. The majority share music because it's easy and will grumble and shuffle off if it becomes difficult. The latter... well the message is firstly a confession of "guilt" and a refusal to stop. It even offers some encouragement when it says these efforts will just "drive file sharing deeper underground." This is SUCCESS for the big labels and studios. Deeper underground = Harder to find / use. I don't think this is the defiant message that was intended.
There are serious issues with these amendments that are being proposed in the EU, but they are more to do with the appointment of private businesses as judge and executioner without recourse (the three strikes legitimisation) and the misrepresentation of file sharing as copyright infringement. I dread the day I lose my job (which requires Internet access) because some automated software at Virgin saw me torrenting a perfectly legal Debian ISO.
What is the real aim of campaigning against these laws? Because this video makes me believe it is principally about ensuring a continued ability to share copyrighted music. It may be a shock in this community but there is an entire world of people out there (including many who vote and who make laws) that see that as wrong. If the aim is propose a different distribution model, a less partisan presentation would be more effective. Though I have my own concerns about the technological measures that would be required to establish a blanket "music tax" that people could opt in or out of.
Sorry to be so confrontational / critical on this.
[...] napja még csak francia viszonylatban kommenteltem, most már minket is elér ez a [...]
[...] Open Right Group [...]
Thanks for your comments. I think it was confusing for us to have put the video up there in the first place, as it isn't strictly about the Telecoms Package at all. We've taken the video down and may put it up in a separate post later. You can still view it here: http://www.friction.tv/ftv_debate.php?debate_id=3532
The aim of campaigning against the Telecoms package amendments is that the 3 strikes measures they could bring in are disproportionate and lack consumer safeguards, turning ISPs into private police at the behest of rightsholders.
Yesterday, a voluntary scheme was in the news in the UK, where on ISP (Virgin) send subscribers "educational" letters about filesharing based on evidence supplied to them by a music industry group (the BPI). No threat of disconnection is made in this scheme...yet. So that's what the video was about - sorry for the confusion.
I do think it's valid to point out that neither the 3 strikes nor the voluntary scheme being tried in the UK is going to put a penny more in artists' pockets - and when you're at a stage where around 6 million UK citizens are filesharing illicitly, I think you can start talking about market failure without sounding like you're blackmailing anyone. I disagree that driving filesharing underground is going to make it harder to use in the long run, as those who are technically able enough to use encryption or IP masking will soon develop interfaces that let the technically less-able use these tools too.
In the end, we are campaigning against overly-punitive / disproportionate measures aimed at illict filesharers which have the potential to adversely affect all internet users in a number of ways. Although it's right to point out why the laws are bad, it's also useful to point out that such laws won't achieve their stated aim - to reward artists. Your comments have reminded me that it's important to get the balance right between these two approaches, so thanks!
[...] For the full low-down on his thoughts, check out the full interview. For more information about the European "three strikes" legislation, visit the Open Rights Group. [...]
[...] Pentru aprofundari: la quadrature, open rights group [...]
I'm going to have to retract my earlier comments about UKIP (blast!). I've had two responses so far from the MEPs I wrote to (I have five in my area). The Conservative one (Neil Parish) is for the amendments and I'll raise the things he said on the discussion list when I've had a chance to type up my own comments on it. One of the two UKIP ones (Roger Knapman) I got a reply from (well, his office) to inform me that he will oppose the amendments. So that's gratifying at least. Um, go UKIP? :/
[...] Link [...]
Does anyone know of sites for non-UK EU nationals to find their MEPs, i.e. the equivalents of writetothem.com? I'm assembling a list to accompany a campaign being organised in the machinima & online gaming community.
If you could reply via comments in my blog, I'd be extremely grateful.
[...] protection agency lobbied against it. Now, on the second day after taking the European Presidency, Sarkozy pushes the same failed bill to become part of the European Telecoms Package, a law that local lawmakers will happily implement pretending they are not in a position to defy [...]
I've just received this reply from Syed Kamall, which isn't as clear as I'd hoped it would be:
Mon, 2008-07-14 at 23:25 +0200:
I believe that you may be referring to two sets of amendments by me and
by my Conservative colleague Malcolm Harbour. My amendments were simply
intended to allow traffic data to be processed to ensure the security of
electronic communications networks, services and equipment. It was not
my intention with my amendments, for "the security of an electronic
communication equipment" to be interpreted as "the security of DRM
preventing, detecting, or intercepting IP infringements" as suggested by
some. However, I asked for legal clarification on whether a possible
unintended consequence of my amendment would be to allow DRM and
interception of IP infringements. Since I did not receive a
satisfactory answer I asked to withdraw the amendment in order to
re-introduce it at plenary with a clarification on the definition of
"security". I was unable to withdraw it, so recommended a vote against.
In the event, IMCO committee did not vote on my amendment.
Malcolm Harbour is very clear that his amendments are not designed to
start a "three strikes and you are out" law. I certainly would not
support ISPs being forced to do the work of law enforcement agencies.
Also, I do not believe in collective punishment where because one
family member has been judged to download illegal material the whole
household loses its connection to essential services such as shopping,
banking, communications etc. Malcolm tells me that "as opposed to the
text proposed by the Commission, his amendments shift the burden of
explaining the law from the ISPs to the appropriate national
authorities. It also broadens the concept so that any type of unlawful
activities are covered, not only copyright infringement. Such other
activities could be for example child pornography. This public interest
information would be prepared by the relevant national authority and
then simply distributed by the ISP to all their customers. It involves
no monitoring of individual customer usage of the internet."
Malcolm Harbour totally rejects the claims that these amendments are
intended to reduce consumer choice and undermine individual freedom. In
particular, the Directive contains no provisions on Copyright Law
enforcement, not does it refer, in any way, to the French Government's
proposed enforcement agreement.
Thank you again for taking the time to write to me
Conservative MEP for London
No response yet from the MEP i wrote to. But you might be interested to know that the FFII has also thrown their hat in the ring.
IMHO you see people demanding a "better offer" as extortionists ("make me a better offer for this t-shirt, or I will shoplift it"). Under normal circumstances, you would be right, but in this case it is a legitime because the world has changed. An offer for gas lighting was a good offer 200 years ago; today I _demand_ office workspace that uses better technology.
Let me make an example. Imagine that all news agencies and newspapers would still do the business the old way, how they did it before telegraph and radio. That is, they would print newspapers in Europe and physically ship them to the US by sea, and vice versa. All news from the other continent would be delayed for a week or so (as it used to be at the time).
Do they have legal right to do so ? Yes !
Do they have right to enforce this way of doing business ? Yes!
Would it work ? NO!
People would be scanning and faxing fresh news stories from the newspapers instead of buying "legal" week-old copies delivered by ships.
Of course, news agencies would hate it. They would propose restriction on fax machine ownership. They would demand telecom to produce DRMed fax machines that won't send newspapers. Newspapers would be printed in yellow color on blue background (impossible to scan by a b/w fax). Finally, all this won't help and they would propose three strike law, to disconnect people from fax network.
Does it remind you of anything ;) ?
Instead of using chances provided by Internet, that guys still fight it.
Or it could help debunking quadrature's analysis. We need to look at what the implications of these amendments are. One of my MEPs wrote back with similar to what Michael Harbour said above, I guess it's the party line. The amendments are very vague and aren't easy to understand. That alone makes them open to abuse and I couldn't see how they supported what the MEP said they achieved. But a bit more of an in-depth analysis would be good.
On a separate note, I understand that vote on the actual Telecom Package as a whole takes place in September. Is there any chance that the entire package, now including these amendments will be thrown out? Anyone have a feel for this?
We are assessing the implications of the vote before making public comment. These two blogposts cast some light on recent developments.
Am new to this.. Just read the BBC article and am a bit shocked..
Was wondering if anyone might have a link to the actual legistlation and its amendments? (..the actual text.. I need to read it to comprehend..) Was searching on the EU parliament website trying to find the whole legistlation, but got only highlights..
The actual text of the legistlation could, I think, help debunking MEPs that, like in the one on the BBC site, saying: "There has been a great deal of dismay in the committee at the interpretation being put on these amendments,"
Many thanks!
Oh sods - vote went through. : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7495085.stm
Its official we now may be living in the first corporate dictatorship.
Ready the resistance
Hmm, i find that letter hard to believe, the Conservatives conflict started when David Cameron went to the BPI Ltd and was seduced by their dark ideals. At the time we thought it was a just a simple power play that the Tories and Labour like doing for no real reason. But now that might not be the case.
I wonder why George Osboure doesn't react to these recent developments in the party. He's against all this apparently, so why is he not standing up and be counted?
LQN got it clearly wrong, the amendments were fuzzy and vague - you had to try real hard to interpret them the way they (and ORG and half the posters on here) did. Read the actual Committee amendment documents on their own rather than those with comments/highlights from LQN and you'll see its a lot less clear cut than LQN suggest.
The vote in September is the plenary vote where all the MEPs in the Parliament vote on the reports put forward by the Committee, as well as having the chance to propose their own amendments independently. The political groups, particularly EPP-ED & PSE, will be key in deciding whether they go through.
Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detailed_walk_through_the_codecision_procedure to understand how the overall process works - the Council of Ministers is equally important as the Parliament in this whole thing...
@Taliesin Nuin - I wrote to my MEP's re the September vote - AFAIK the September vote is limited to MEPs on the IMCO or ITRE committees.
[...] has commented before, like ORG along with very many others, on the grotesque proposal to strike people accused, but not proven, to [...]
@Taliesin: Vote is at 1900 today. Press conference on Europe-by-Satellite 1300 tomorrow. Not sure where will have first report, but I expect freenode #laquadrature will be among them.
@Alex Hayton: never mind DMCA, mention MediaDefender's attack on the independent Revision3 production company. That's who these three-strikers are supporting.
(These comments are under BSD-like terms, not Creative Commons.)
@Taliesin Nuin: I've heard the vote is on for 19:00 — don't know if that's local time or BST.
Here's the response I got from Timothy Kirkhope. Seems to play with semantics in relation to the amendments a bit rather than addressing the core concepts of just how 'unlawful use' would be detected while maintaining free digital communication. Anyone care to analyse further?
From: KIRKHOPE Timothy [email@example.com] Sent: Mon 7/7/2008 13:20
Many thanks for your email regarding selected amendments tabled by
Malcolm Harbour MEP and Syed Kamall MEP, in advance of the telecoms
votes in Strasbourg on Monday
Mr Harbour and Mr Kamall would like to stress that it is absolutely not
the case that that their amendments will damage the openness of the
Internet and reduce the rights of Internet users and have provided
responses below to the amendments identified for criticism in the
Quadrature document to which you referred.
Mr Harbour and Mr Kamall would like to highlight that their amendments
reinforce the openness of the Internet and they have ensured that
consumers' rights are respected, with copyright issues being restricted
to public service information only (see justification below).
If you would like any further information, please feel free to contact
Justification of amendments tabled by Mr Harbour and Mr Kamall
As is clear from the text, amendment H1 in fact gives national
regulatory authorities and the Commission the power to take appropriate
action to prevent degradation and slowing of traffic and against
unreasonable restrictions of users' possibilities to access or
distribute lawful content or to run lawful applications and services of
their choice. Furthermore, recital 14 starts with the words: "It should
be the end-users' decision what lawful content they want to be able to
send and receive, and which services, applications, hardware and
software they want to use for such purposes..." It also notes that "an
unrestricted basic internet service" could be required as a response to
a perceived problem.
It is evident that this protection should not extend to any unlawful
content or applications. In fact, the question of lawfulness is outside
the scope of this legislation and depends on the national laws of each
country. It is to be decided by the relevant judicial authorities of
each country, not by the ISPs.
Amendment K1 refers to the free movement of goods and makes it clear
that a country can not start requiring manufacturers to incorporate
features that would allow detecting or preventing for example copyright
infringement, as that would hinder the free movement of the computers
and other terminal equipment concerned. Any such requirements would
have to be agreed by all member states of the EU. We are not aware of
any such proposals.
Amendment H2 asks national regulatory authorities to promote - not force
- cooperation, as appropriate, regarding protection and promotion of
lawful content. It is entirely independent of "flexible response" and
does not prescribe the outcome of any such cooperation.
As opposed to the text proposed by the Commission, amendment H3 shifts
the burden of explaining the law from the ISPs to the appropriate
national authorities. It also broadens the concept so that any type of
unlawful activities are covered, not only copyright infringement. Such
other activities could be for example child pornography. This public
interest information would be prepared by the relevant national
authority and then simply distributed by the ISP to all their customers.
It involves no monitoring of individual customer usage of the internet.
None of the amendments have been drafted by any outside lobbying
Office of Timothy Kirkhope MEP
Working for Yorkshire & the Humber
in the European Parliament
Rue Wiertz
B-1047 Brussels
Well today is the day of the vote. Does anyone know what time it is and when where we can see the results. I am really, really hoping this gets rejected. The longer it gets put off (even if somebody keeps trying to sneak it through), the more time there is for people to become informed about this issue and realise what's being attempted here.
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If anyone else wants to write in today and wants another template, here's the message I sent to my MEPs:
I am writing to you concerning the proposed "Telecoms Package", due for a vote today. I ask you and other MEPs to reject the "Telecoms
Package", on the grounds that recent amendments to increase the scope to monitoring the piracy internet users on a "3 strikes and you're out" basis would by definition lead to the implementation of an EU-wide internet monitoring framework.
While presenting a major invasion of privacy in itself (notably across the entire EU, where I thought this was supposed to be non-negotiable!), this is likely to pave the way to immense damage to our civil liberties.
Also, even if this weren't enough to reject the new amendment outright, in my opinion the proposed bill gives too much power to copyright holders, especially given their recent track record of issuing DMCA takedown notices to works that were later held to be fair-use in the US. Does the proposed legislation include a fair adjudication, review and compensation system for any piracy claims that are made in error? Many people now rely on the internet to conduct their daily business, so potential losses from erroneous suspension of internet service could be very high.
Yours sincerely,
Alex Hayton
[...] For more information about the European "three strikes" legislation, visit the Open Rights Group. Saved in: P2P and Filesharing, Politics and Ideology, Right to Copy Tags: c61, canada, charlie [...]
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[...] under: Machinima, WoW MoviewatchIf you live in Europe, you should be really concerned right about now. A small group of MEPs are trying to sneak in a law that could punish you even if [...]
Message to the member of the european governements and to the parasites in charge in the entertainement industry who corrupt them.
Is this a governement for the people?
Hell no!
Go ahead! Pass your crappy anti-citizen law!
You want to go this way? Fine! No justice no peace and no law!
Let the fitess survive!
Since you are a bunch of old fogies fat and out of shape who deserve no more respect than the old bags of shit you are, you stand no chance.
Mark my world!
[...] you live in Europe, you should be really concerned right about now. A small group of MEPs are trying to sneak in a law that could punish you even [...]
Might be an idea to add o that note the page Hugh has put up whch contains much veryt clear instruction plus a cute machinima they've thrown together.
My own write up is at
[...] of their customers. In other words, the content mafia that will control YOUR Internet connection. Write to your member of euro parliament, before Monday. It's this quick it can go if the suckers [...]
Non-UK citizens: find your MEPs here!
To the ORG redaction: would be great to include such links in the future, so people from the 26 other Member States can also help lobbying!
[...] culture, strikes me today as being something you and I have come to disagree on. Your " Three Strikes" approach to what is referred to as the " Internet Piracy" appears to me and many [...]
[...] Link [...]
[...] you live in Europe, you should be really concerned right about now. A small group of MEPs are trying to sneak in a law that could punish you even if [...]
[...] you live in Europe, you should be really concerned right about now. A small group of MEPs are trying to sneak in a law that could punish you even if [...]
[...] More info here and here. [...]
[...] For the full low-down on his thoughts, check out the full interview. For more information about the European "three strikes" legislation, visit the Open Rights Group. [...]
Unfortunately, the people at 'La Quadrature du Net' do not seem to have a lot of legal expertise. I'm only a somewhat informed layman myself, however, to anyone who as actually read their 'analysis,' their points are...to be polite, not immediately obvious.
Well, let's be blunt, their 'analysis' is laughably inadequate. For example, in their comment on Article 21 (4a) of Amendment H3 (at the very end of the 'analysis'), they construe 'national regulatory authorities' to mean Internet Service Providers, 'public interest information' becomes 'notice messages to users when unlawful uses have been detected,' and so forth. Three strikes are never mentioned in the amendments, and their fear that the French government would somehow be able to implement a three-strikes rule following the passage of this paper is equally invalid - the French government would have the same legal troubles it did before with it.
How they conclude that amendment H1 somehow promoted 'trusted' computing is beyond me as well. On the issue of free software, it states that guidelines may be issued that 'ensure the ability of users (...) to run lawful applications and services of their choice is not unreasonably restricted.' Since free software is not, by any standards, unlawful, this seems to rather prevent both the restriction of free software, and by extension, the enforcement of 'trusted' computing.
Now, that doesn't mean that the amendments are perfect, or necessarily even good - it is hard to evaluate this without the whole articles they amend, which unfortunately are not provided in their material. For example, the meaning of amendment K2, p. 6a is not immediately clear. To me, this seems to pertain spam and virus filters rather than DRM, but without further information that is not provided, it is hard to tell for certain.
Granted, I have only spent half an hour or so on this, but, quite frankly, I think there's a lot of hot air involved here. The amendments don't seem to say anything they say it does, and, indeed, in some cases says what they say they think it should say. Mind you, this is not a new phenomenon - we have seen a similar blow-up of hot air here in germany when §202c StGB (the so-called 'hacker paragraph;' a rather odd name considering the content) was introduced, and none of its opponents seemed to have read the actual text of it.
The problem with this is not so much an effect it would have on the law directly - the MEP know the text and know what it's about, and will be quite able to decide valid criticism from this kind of crackpottery - but rather that such sloppy work undermines the credibility of organisations that have their heart in the right place, if, at times, they seem to be looking for their brain. This means that, when the stakes really are high (such as they were, and are, with data retention), nobody takes them, and by extension, their side (!) seriously anymore.
And that's a damn shame. We need a serious lobby for civil rights - but the only way it's going to be serious is if it takes its research seriously and campaigns against what new law drafts actually say.
It should be noted here that the European Parliament is not an enemy in this respect. Rather, it is the copyright lobby that, without considering chilling consequences on free speech, pushes for more and more rigorous copyright legislation, and, more immediately, it is those who would exploit that legislation to prevent criticism.
It should, I think, prove far more fruitful to point out how existing legislation is already abused for censorship purposes. Look at Scientology's shady dealings, false DMCA takedown notices that pester such sites as wikileaks, and the harassment of many critics of many organisations - consider, for example, how the CSE (Creation Science Evangelism, Kent Hovind's creationism thing) got youtube to suspend dozens of critics of their (quite ridiculous) propaganda films that they themselves state are not copyrighted.
One can argue about the effect traditional copyright has on our culture in the 21st century, and one can make a number of points against this approach in general (for example, that modern information technology makes a record industry largely unnecessary), but whether or not and to what extent piracy should be outlawed is a minor issue compared to free speech, which is much more urgent and potentially much more dangerous.
It took around two seconds after data retention laws were enacted that the german Telekom spied on its managers and journalists. Organisations like those mentioned above have exploited american copyright law to censor for years. Trivial patents are used by large companies to muscle competitors out of business. Those are the real dangers posed by this approach on intellectual property. I can live without listening to the top 40, I can live without watching hollywood blockbusters, but I cannot live without my right to free speech.
Anonymous Coward has a point, We need all bases covered. That means theroies, proof, evidence, suspicons, everything...
Know thy enemy, but also know thy self.
How do I find out who to write to? I'm German...
Ah, so we have proven that the tories are in did at war with itself!
And we found three traitors to prove it.
Shame on you, Neil Parish,Malcolm Harbour and Syed Kamal. You join David Cameron and Ann Widicome in the traitors of the conservite ideoiogy.
And i'm no tory, and now i know why.
Worth pointing out that the crucial amendments are proposed by British Conservatives - Malcolm Harbour and Syed Kamal. Obviously not worth rubbing this point in if you are writing to other British MEPs or other members of the EPP group, but I have used it in my own letters which run roughly as follows:
"...I am writing to you about the Telecoms package which goes to IMCO and ITRE next week. I'm very concerned by the amendments proposed by [British Conservatives,] Malcolm Harbour and Syed Kamal, which introduce a number of new provisions related to Intellectual Property Rights. These legal changes would allow intrusive monitoring of use of the Internet, entirely contrary to the fundamental principles of human rights law in Europe. I hope that you and your colleagues will reject these dangerous and ill-considered proposals; apparently they are to be voted in IMCO on Monday, 7 July."
[...] to The Open Rights Group, …neither the voluntary nor the statutory approach will put a penny in artists' pockets [...]
'LQN got it clearly wrong, the amendments were fuzzy and vague'
- fuzzy and vague is exactly how we get screwed over.
[...] In short, some MEPs that I remember from the Software Patent campaign proposed amendments that would enable the unpopular three-strikes regime, where internet users could be disconnected and fined if they had three allegations of copyright infringement made (not necessarily proved AIUI) against them, and ISPs could be required to block legal peer-to-peer cooperative distribution systems like BitTorrent. ISPs would also have to distribute official advice about proper internet use and I remember how good that often is. Note that three-strikes wasn't explicit in the amendments, but there did appear to be loopholes which could be used to allow it, such as only prohibiting technical feature requirements. For longer descriptions, see articles by La Quadrature du Net (Squaring the Net) and The Open Rights Group. [...]
@John - I read the amendments without LQN highlights and I agree that this law could be used to enable non-judicial three-strikes regimes. Did you read the media solicitor quoted on the BBC report? It's not just ordinary voters who think this law has these effects.


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STEVE Noyce had no idea yesterday's meeting with club supremo Nick Politis would end his career at the Roosters.
He walked in to the morning meeting with Politis and Easts Group CEO Scott Bennetts as the chief executive of the troubled club, and left it without a job, just a month after head coach Brian Smith was dismissed in similar circumstances.
"I don't know how I'm feeling," Noyce said yesterday. "I think there are exciting things in store for the club in 2013. Obviously I was keen to be part of that."
In a shake-up at the Bondi club, former chief executive Brian Canavan returns in the restructured role as chief operating officer of football, while Roosters marketing general manager Ted Helliar steps up as chief operating officer of commercial.
Both Canavan and Helliar will answer to Bennetts, who takes on a more powerful position under Politis's watch.
Rookie Trent Robinson is the club's new head coach.
Noyce is one of rugby league's longest serving and most respected administrators.
Politis said in a statement yesterday that he regards Canavan as "the most experienced football administrator in the country" - and it is going to take all that experience to put some discipline back into a club that has stumbled from one disaster to the next in a rapid fall since the 2010 grand final.
The long list of controversies includes the rise and demise of Todd Carney, the sacking of Nate Myles and most recently the dumping of Brian Smith, who had fallen out with the players, most notably Mitchell Pearce.
To his credit, Noyce refused to take a swipe at the club yesterday and said poor results on the field played a major factor.
"Clearly the performances over the last couple of years (have played a part)," Noyce said. "Professional sport is about making semi-finals, so we are all under that pressure. You accept that.
"I'm really lucky I have a lovely wife (Kerry) and a fantastic family to support me. As long as you have those foundations in your life that is the most important thing.
"I have been here four years. It has been a privilege and an honour to be the CEO of a proud foundation club like the Roosters."
The tough task for Canavan is to bring back discipline to a playing roster that is short on maturity and will be led by a rookie coach in Robinson next year.
Canavan is experienced in working under Politis's rule and at Bondi Junction it's always important to keep rugby league's longest serving major sponsor in mind.
In July when the foundation club was celebrating its Hall of Fame dinner, there was one notable absentee.
While the who's who of the Roosters' high society fan club gathered at the Sydney Cricket Ground to induct club legends Ron Coote, Ray Stehr, Dick Dunn and Kevin Hastings into the Hall of Fame, stuck overseas on business was one very angry man.
Unfortunately, someone had forgotten to make sure the Hall of Fame event worked in with Politis's busy schedule.
Even if it wasn't Noyce's job to arrange the date or the dinner, a well-informed identity remarked yesterday that the powerful boss wouldn't have been impressed: "Nick would have been filthy to miss that night."
Politis, with an estimated fortune in the hundreds of millions, has been paying the bills at the Roosters since the late 1970s and nothing gets done without his approval.
There were rumblings early this year that Noyce was living on borrowed time at the club. Even so, when the call arrived yesterday it struck the long-serving and well-liked administrator like a thunderbolt.
Canavan was at the Roosters in the early 2000s when they made four grand finals in five years under former coaches Graham Murray and Ricky Stuart.
And just two years ago Canavan was charged with the job of reviewing the entire NSW State of Origin set-up.
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Recently everything has just been going on around me while I sit around in a perpetual fog. And by recently, I mean the past two months where it's been happening. I know why, and I didn't care. I figured, hey, why not enjoy it while I can? Not often the opportunity to experience all this stuff is just put out there for you, you know? So far, it was going so good. A little dip in emotional stability, and a dip in a lot of other things too. But life picked itself up.
I have a job now. And you'd think, 'He's probably got his life together, he's got all the pieces to make it good.' Well, yes. But it certainly doesn't feel too great, and there's absolutely no reason why. It's neither of the things that bring happiness in my life nor the things I do as a job. It's just me, I guess. As a person, something is up.
Last night I did a bunch of things that I think serve as a final wake up call to get out of the fog. I'm sick of not really knowing what's going on, or not caring. I'm sick of making stupid decisions that I'll only hate myself for greatly later. It's time to pick up the pieces, do some damage control, and see where I am heading.
Some things I'll never be able to get over, and I guess the closest closure I can get is to just forget about them. Put them in the vault, far away, free from prying eyes or my own. Do I have the stomach for it? Given my current situation, it's all I really have left to do I guess. Just gotta suck it up and stick it through until the end.
So as I have started many times before, I guess I'm doing some sort of self betterment now. This time, though, I think it's going to actually click and have a lasting hold on who I am. And I mean that.
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2014-07-09 18:15:12
if you try to hide it away it'll just eat you up inside
I suppose, but I don't know anybody I'm comfortable confessing it to.
Maybe it's time to take a trip to the local parish.
2014-07-10 12:00:33
life has been shitty for me too. I'm a prisoner in my own home
Sucks, man. You ever need a friend, you know where I am.
I'm heading down to NYC sometime this summer, we could seriously arrange a meetup. I know there's like a NYC meetup arranged by Gory, but this could be a Mel + Scott duo thing you know?


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12:45PM EST November 4. 2012 - Many college football observers wondered what would happen if and when top-ranked Alabama needed to make a play with the game on the line. The Crimson Tide answered that question under the lights Saturday in Baton Rouge with a beautifully timed, blitz-busting screen pass.
So Alabama's 21-17 triumph at then-No. 5 LSU means its unanimous No. 1 position in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll is safe for another week, leaving the battle for the all-important No. 2 slot behind the Tide to rage on.
Oregon strengthened its hold on the second spot in the coaches poll following its 62-point outburst at Southern California. The Ducks received 43 of 59 No. 2 votes, up three from a week ago, and netted a total gain of eight poll points. Kansas State held steady in the No. 3 spot after taking care of business against then-No. 24 Oklahoma State. The Wildcats probably will retain the No. 2 ranking in the BCS standings due out later Sunday.
It was not such a good week in the poll for the Big 12, which saw three of its teams fall out. Along with Oklahoma State, West Virginia was knocked out after its double-OT loss to TCU and Texas Tech tumbled following a home loss to No. 17 Texas.
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While grabbing my whole wheat english muffins at the store yesterday, these gems caught my eye. I never saw them before and when I picked them up I knew I had to buy them. They were soft, big, 100% whole grain and 1 point!! So I ditched the english muffins (for the week) and decide to give these a try instead.
Oh My Word! SO Good. I made this sandwich on one this morning. A little, sliced turkey, turkey pepperoni, laughing cow, baby spinach, tomatoes and spicy mustard, it was DELICIOUS. I can't wait to get one of my burgers on one! The best part, I think I can pass these by the husband as a hamburger bun, they are just so soft, I can't see him complaining!
Another positive (as I know this is a concern for some), no High Fructose Corn Syrup! There is sugar listed on the ingredient list but thats only after the whole wheat flour, water, wheat bran, yeast, and cellulose fiber. Nutritional information… 100 calories, 1g of fat, 6g of fober, 2 g of sugar, 5g of protein per bun!
Can you tell I'm excited! :~) I love finding new stuff!
Update: I did it! Made my Southwest Turkey Burgers and used them as a bun. SO good. Click to check out the video post on GreenLiteBites.