on 20 November 2009Nobody was shocked when the Secretary of State for Business announced three strikes. There could be a lot more than that by the end of the winter. As it turned out, though, he wasn’t talking about industrial action: Lord Mandelson was resurrecting the proposal to cut off your access to the Internet if you’re accused of infringing copyright. Like privatising the Royal Mail, he probably doesn’t see why this is controversial.
As befits his multi-portfolio portfolio, the First Secretary was speaking at a conference organised by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the ministry set up to strengthen the bond between the conceptual art and yngling industries. The DCMS project that hosted the event is called – brace yourself for some post-modern Media Studies typographic shenanigans here – ‘c&binet’. See what they did there? Yes, they made up something that sounded cool in a meeting.
It’s supposed to stand for creativity, business and, er, the interwebs or something. continue reading at www.macuser.co.uk
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