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I want to thank the European Parliament and its constituents for giving me back some faith that the state of the government of the world isn't monotonically deg
by ericd 14y ago
I want to thank the European Parliament and its constituents for giving me back some faith that the state of the government of the world isn't monotonically degenerating into a corporate oligarchy, and ArsTechnica for consistently raising the bar on technical and technical/political reporting in a sea of mostly superficial blog reporting. What's the best way to throw money at Ars?
Edit: RE Money Throwing, never mind, there's a big orange Subscribe Now in Ars' nav.
- icebraining 14y agoAs an EU citizen myself I think the EP is pretty much the only governing body that I vote for that I can actually trust, except maybe for my local municipality. I thanked the MEPs I voted for the last time they turned ACTA down, I should do it again. As for Ars, probably subscribing: http://arstechnica.com/subscriptions/ http://arstechnica.com/subscriptions/
- ericd 14y agoYeah, I'm pretty impressed, especially with the complete one-sidedness of the vote. And yeah, in for a year on Ars, now. I'm hoping one of the ID's in the URL (in the 800's) isn't their number of paying subscribers...
- toyg 14y agoIt's sad though: the EP is also probably the most powerless body you/we vote for. It's trying to find and flex its muscles wherever it can, but the truth is that most of the time it's just a rubber-stamping body for policies pushed by the Commission and the Council.
- enqk 14y agoAnd possibly they vote in this way because they are powerless and know it
- Perceval 14y agoThis isn't Ars reporting. This is a guest piece written by a think tank wonk. Ars put a disclaimer at the beginning of the article stating that it doesn't not necessarily represent their views.
- gcr 14y ago> The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of Ars Technica.
- Jacqued 14y agoIf you can read French, there is a news outlet called PCINpact.com that consistently reports on everything that happens on the IP 'scene'. They offer regular updates and thorough research when it is necessary, and are one of the major voices (here in France) of the anti IP-dictatorship movement, in addition to being a known source on tech news. Anyways, in case you read french and wouldn't mind getting regular info on the IP side in Europe and the US.