Legalise not-for-profit file sharing
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- I’m the 98th person to have signed Zoe Blade’s online 10 Downing Street petition calling for the legalisation of the not-for-profit sharing of copyrighted media, “also known as filesharing,” in Britain.
You have to be a UK national to sign, but I have dual Canadian/British citzenship, so no worries. 
Says Zoe »»»
The law should reflect what the majority of persons are doing with current technology, not the interests of a minority of persons working for corporations. The majority of persons seem to freely share copyrighted materials whether directly or indirectly. This should cause corporations to update their business models accordingly, not to use valuable police and court resources enforcing laws written before such technology was available, that were intended for professional bootleggers rather than the public at large.
The cut-off date is March 7 next year and every now and then, I’ll remind people about the petition.
10 Downing Street is the official residence of whoever’s the current UK prime minister, and the site is in turn the official site of the PM’s Office.
Stay tuned.
Jon
(Cheers, Quartz)
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