Content, Piracy, and Service Issues Yet Again

How many times do I have to say this?  SOPA/PIPA, ACTA, and all their poisonous ilk are not the solution.  The problem is the content industry, as always one beat behind the rest of the cultural band.  You'll recall this recent brilliant takedown too.

 

ACTA: Europe's SOPA/PIPA (and Worse?)

What fresh hell is this? Well, it's really yet another iteration of old, old hell, but hell nonetheless.  See this too.

Protesting ACTA in Europe

ACTA, like SOPA/PIPA here in the US, is all too much about controlling the Internet.  I'm gratified to see that folks across the Atlantic are also pushing back.