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Things are bad here with the DCMA, but things are really frightening in the UK which doesnt have the fundamental constitutional concepts of privacy, freedom of
by russell 17y ago
Things are bad here with the DCMA, but things are really frightening in the UK which doesnt have the fundamental constitutional concepts of privacy, freedom of speech, and reasonable constraints on libel. Charlie Stross, a UK SF writer, has a blog today on this topic. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/11/imbeciles.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/11/imbecile...
BTW: he's one of us.
- bumblebird 17y agoFWIW: "things are really frightening in the UK which doesnt have the fundamental constitutional concepts of privacy, freedom of speech, and reasonable constraints on libel" Only if you believe everything you read on the internet.
- jrockway 17y agoThe statement you quoted is technically true, however. That doesn't mean that the UK exercises all the authority available to it or that the US does not pass illegal laws.
- hristov 17y agoWell that 50,000 pound fine is still half of the maximum fine imposed by US law.
- weavejester 17y agoJust a small nitpick; whilst the US has better freedom of speech laws and more reasonable libel laws than the UK, the UK (along with most EU countries) does have stricter privacy laws.