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guardian.co.uk - 11/26/2009

Why does Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital?

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Britons' love for filesharing is here to stay – and Peter Mandelson had better get used to it There's a lot to hate about Peter Mandelson's controversial Digital Economy Bill, but there's one provision that perfectly captures the absolute, reality-denying absurdity of the whole enterprise. ...

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Cory Doctorow's craphound.com:  Why does Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital?

Bibliophile Stalker:  November 27, 2009 Links and Plugs

SF Signal:  SF Tidbits for 11/27/09

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@barton71 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/26/digital-economy-file-sharing-mandelson 12/8/2009

http://tinyurl.com/yebo7q9 @doctorow: why countries that declare war on copying & digital tech are yielding their economy to those that dont 12/6/2009

Here's why filesharing laws won't work c/- Cory Doctorow - http://tinyurl.com/yebo7q9 12/3/2009

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Why does Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital?
Cory Doctorow's craphound.com — The Guardian

Guardian column: Peter Mandelson is putting the Analogue Economy first
Cory Doctorow's craphound.com — ... up for the Analogue Economy, the economy premised on the no-longer-technically-true idea that copying is hard. Companies based on the outdated notion of inherent difficulty of copying must change or they will die. Because copying isn't hard. Copying isn't going to get harder. This moment, right now, 2009, this is as hard as copying will be for the rest of recorded history. Next year, copying will be easier. And the year after that. And the year after that. Why does Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital?

November 27, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — ... folks in the US. Interviews Eric Rosenfield interviews Jeff VanderMeer. Command Line Podcast interviews Cory Doctorow. Advice/Articles Twelfth Planet Press On publicity and promotion. Rochita Loenen-Ruiz on Five months later, I’m still thinking of Clarion West. New Scientist on How Our Brains Learned to Read. (via Booksquare) The Guardian on Why does Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital? Kristine Kathryn Rusch ...

SF Tidbits for 11/27/09
SF Signal — ... (stories of high adventure in the deepest reaches of space). [via Lou Antonelli] Patrick Rothfuss details the  Worldbuilders fundraiser. Articles & Stuff Twelfth Planet Press On publicity and promotion. Rochita Loenen-Ruiz on Five months later, I'm still thinking of Clarion West. New Scientist on How Our Brains Learned to Read. (via Booksquare) The Guardian on Why does Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital? The German website ...