As H-dot Oettinger drafts Europe's new copyright laws – who's he been talking to? The European Commissioner overseeing the drafting of Europe’s new copyright law appears so far to mainly be listening to content creators as the process goes on. Digi Commissioner Günther H-dot Oettinger held three recent “stakeholder” meetings to gather opinions as he draws up the legislation. Despite requests from El Reg, …
Let's try to remember: as a very rough&ready approximation, publisher!=content creator. Even where they fund creation it's often more like dealing with a loan shark than mutually beneficial.
It looks worryingly like he's spent more time with publishers than actual creators, yet those creators far too often need protection from publishers more than from pirates. Little chance of positive change then ;(
A cereal is a grass, a member of the monocot family Poaceae,[1] cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop;[citation needed] they are therefore staple crops.
In their natural form (as in whole grain), they are a rich source of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, oils, and protein. When refined by the removal of the bran and germ, the remaining endosperm is mostly carbohydrate. In some developing nations, grain in the form of rice, wheat, millet, or maize constitutes a majority of daily sustenance. In developed nations, cereal consumption is moderate and varied but still substantial.
The word cereal derives from Ceres, the name of the Roman goddess of harvest and agriculture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal
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