News
September 5, 2007
UK Judge: All DNA Should Be Recorded
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on September 5, 2007 at 5:40:54 PM
A UK Judge says it would be good to collect DNA samples from every person that steps foot inside the UK. This also includes residents living there. Police state much?
Quote
Shadow home secretary David Davis called for a Parliamentary debate and described the system for adding people to the database as arbitrary and erratic. Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, said there was "no earthly reason" why someone who has committed no crime should be on the database - "yet the government is shoving thousands of innocent people's DNA details on to the database every month". The DNA database - which is 12 years old - grows by 30,000 samples a month taken from suspects or recovered from crime scenes. There has already been criticism of the database - the largest in the world - because people who are found innocent usually cannot get their details removed.
November 27, 2006
UK Votes To Keep Copyrights At 50 Years
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on November 27, 2006 at 2:47:46 PM
Another sane ruling by the people of the UK. The government has decided to not extend the copyright monopoly to 95 years. In the US, we have a much longer copyright term which is terrible. How does this entice artists? Copyrights should be merged with patents and should only last a minimum amount of time.
Solution: Get off your ass and get a job. Making something in 1955 does not entitle you to extort money from people for the rest of your life.
Quote
It also means the earliest official recordings from The Beatles, from 1963, will be out of copyright in 2013. Music journalist Neil McCormack told BBC Radio Five Live it was a blow to the industry. "This was set before the advent, the big boom of rock and roll. The boom in popular culture which has led to a whole vast number of people making their living from these royalties. "You can make a record in 1955 and have been getting royalties... been living on that and suddenly they're gone."
Solution: Get off your ass and get a job. Making something in 1955 does not entitle you to extort money from people for the rest of your life.
Page:
[1]