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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/05/12 14:44, Brad Rogers wrote: > What's /really/ changed is the government. They used to have a > default position of "do nothing unless it needs doing". These days > they have one of "do anything, so we aren't accused of doing > nothing". Much of Regardless of political parties or geography apparently. Maybe this is a side effect of having far too many career politicans. > what they do is contradictory and/or useless. Passing laws doesn't > stop people doing stuff, it just makes more people into criminals. Especially something which was already illegal in the first place. If anything having multiple laws against the same thing is likely to create loopholes for "professional" criminals (and their lawyers) to exploit. > Anyhow, as you go on to say (although in a somewhat more erudite > way) the music/film industry should stop whining about their > 'losses' and find ways to move with the times. Except the likes of "Hollywood accounting" appear to require every film ever make makes a "loss" :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+lJJQACgkQsoRLMhsZpFdIagCfbCdLUhqtt9iaqWgCrs7EJLF7 MRAAniouhmvn+0ECHR7Nvms87MOCurrm =xC9j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq