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The government should legislate rather than wait for the UK or the European courts to rule on whether internet users have to pay to browse websites, a UK media monitoring business has said. James Mackenzie, commercial director of Cutbot, told Out-Law.com that businesses and internet users could both suffer if the government …

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  1. HelenaHandcart

    The breach of copyright occurs when the text/images/whatever are stored in your browser cache. All browsers do this. It's not the eyeballing of the webpage that breaches copyright; it's the fact that the browser works by downloading a copy. The basic problem with UK copyright law is that there is no 'fair use' clause. Where such a clause exists then the temporary cacheing of a web page is not a problem.

    By the way, there was an article in the Guardian today about authors' rights and volunteer-run libraries. Apparently it may be a breach of copyright for volunteer libraries to lend a book if the author has not given permission. Who knew?

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  2. Tom 7

    flasher sues girl for looking

    what on earth was in that drink I had a lunchtime?

    Next we'll be hearing that fiat money is imaginary so its ok for lawyers just to take it...

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    WTF?

    "O'Donnell challenged the government to "render innocent acts legal""...

    The very fact that this has to be said *itself* nearly defies belief.

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  4. Peter Johnstone
    WTF?

    Wouldn't it be better..

    ...if we just criminalised government?

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Wouldn't it be better..

      Amen!

      Seems no government knows how to do its sole purpose, to govern.

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Re: Wouldn't it be better..

        "Seems no government knows how to do its sole purpose, to govern."

        The problem is not that; the problem is that no government's people knows whether 'to govern' means, "to control every moment of thought and consumption from birth to death" or, "hang the man what kilt mah paw", or somewhere in the middle (shocking idea, I know).

        That dichotomy results in somewhat differing ideas of what "to govern" means.

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      Re: Wouldn't it be better..

      but aren't they Criminals already?

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  5. robbyc
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    Looks like the government is trying to do what so many have thought about in the past - break the internet :-z

    How this is even remotely manageable I can't figure out yet.

    Beggars belief. Perhaps they ought to move aside and let someone who knows what they're talking about try to make the decisions for once, rather than make their normal mess of the situation.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    Is it April Fools Day?

    Assuming not, then you must all be missing the point:

    COPYRIGHT TRUMPS EVERY OTHER RIGHT.

    Don't forget it!

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