lex naturalis - txwikinger's blog Free Software - Law - Politics

The world is in the middle of the worst financial crisis. One would think, it would be time to reflect and change direction. We are standing in front of crossroads which will decide if things will become better or will be even worse. However, the people in power do not seem to understand. In fact, they are still driven by greed. Let's recap what has happened, and how it could happened.

Copyright violations are in general always civil matters, i.e. the damaged parties must fight for their remedy themselves, the only penalty can be damages (even in some legislation these damages can be increased for intentional violations).

Thomas David (nemphis) has expressed this in an amazing and cool picture at his blog

I finally decided to join the community of bloggers, despite my resistance to it. In a world, where more people speak than listen, in which more opinions about any topic exist than political parties, it seems rather pretentious to think that a lonely voice could have a place.

Why did I join the multitudes of bloggers under these circumstances? I asked myself, what I would have to say. When I look around, I find that I might have a lot to say, maybe even some things that others would enjoy listening to.

It had to come this way. The Labour government has pushed the anti-terrorism laws further and further and asked everybody to trust them. The Minister should make the decision if someone would be put under house arrest without even consulting a judge. Now they want to be able to detain someone for 3 month without a judge.