[nzlug] PCWorld Anti Piracy

[Steve Withers]

PC World aren't usually worth reading.......well....maybe the ads, but
rarely the editorial content.

I still remember the breathless, reverent tone of an article a few years ago
about a visit to Microsoft headquarters in Seattle. Real sick-making stuff
that told me nothing useful or interesting about software, computing,
Microsoft or anything else.

Certainly wouldn't pay to read it. So I don't.

They will do what will please their advertisers. That's commercial
product-based publishing....

On Jan 8, 2008 1:07 AM, Simon Bridge <simonbridge at ihug.co.nz> wrote:

>
> http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/5C5CEEDEFCDF4EA4CC25733D007F6DBD
> ... I vaguely remember seeing the cover at the time but I was somewhat
> preoccupied. Reading it now I am struck by the language. This is not a
> discussion of copyright and what it means in a digital age... eg.
>
>
> Quotes from a study without providing a reference - so, uncheckable
> source. The study makes claims about MPANZ motion picture losses due to
> unlicenced distribution. There is no information about how these figures
> were obtained, the figures are accepted without question.
>
> Repeatedly uses the word "piracy" to refer to unlicenced copying -
> equating this with stealing ships and murder.
>
> Refers to movies and audio files as "digital content".
>
> Refers to "copyright theft" which is meaningless. Further, there is
> nothing in NZ law which equates copyright infringement or unlicenced
> distribution with theft (AFAIK: provide reference if I am wrong.)
>
> Sharing unlicensed copies online is asserted as a "sister evil" to
> pornography.
>
>
> Does say that MPANZ represents *US* movie studios, not NZ movie studios.
> Does point out alternative methods of discouraging copyright
> infringement. (Re. BBC + YouTube etc.)
>
>
> Yes OK, I've been talking to Stallman again... but still...
>
>
>
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