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["David M. Berry" <d.berry AT sussex.ac.uk>]

FACT's language and approach to the issue of copyright is nothing  
short of disgusting.

They have even gone as far as linking piracy to terrorism in their  
extreme attempts to reframe the debate on digital copyright from one  
of enlightened possibilities of sharing and remixing culture to that  
of arguments linked to 'terrible crimes'.

See http://www.piracyisacrime.com/full/IPAC_terror_Is.JPG

They are fighting hard to reconfigure 'copying' as a crime by using  
language linking it to:

Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons
Drugs
Money Laundering
Forgery
Immigration Crime
Pornography
People Trafficking
Paedophilia
Offensive Weapons
Firearms
Cigarette and Alcohol Smuggling
People Trafficking
and just in case that isn't bad enough they add the catch all 'Other  
Piracy'

(source: http://www.fact-uk.org.uk/general%20pdfs/fact%20news%20letter 
%20Nov%202004.pdf )

I really hope that anybody from Free Culture or Creative Commons who  
is thinking about going along will raise these issues of exaggeration  
and distortion of facts (as it were) by this organisation.

- David


On 25 Aug 2005, at 11:02, Andres Guadamuz wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> For anyone in Edinburgh tomorrow:
>
> http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/movies/show/piracy__stealing_booty/
>
> "Why should you care about film and video piracy if you can get a DVD
> cheaper than the retail price? Film piracy is theft. Black market  
> DVDs are
> not just terrible quality but deprive the filmmakers of millions in  
> income
> each year. And unauthorised downloading and file sharing of films is
> illegal. Last year the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)  
> confiscated
> almost 3 million pirate DVDs. Why should you care? Come and talk  
> with the
> industry experts about film piracy can and see a popular feature  
> film which
> looks so much better on the big screen than on any pirate DVD or  
> download!
> Hosted by a special guest presenter - details online."
>
> Andres
>
> -------------------------------
> Andres Guadamuz
> AHRC Research Centre for Studies in IP and IT Law
> University of Edinburgh
> Old College, South Bridge
> Edinburgh EH8 9YL
>
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