British report takes aim at copyright "lobbynomics"

GA Russell · 05-22-2011, 01:15 PM

Forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere.

Here is a Toronto Globe & Mail column on a British report criticizing the DEA for being based upon poor statistics and evidence submitted by lobbyists not subject to peer review.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...articlecontent

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipreview-finalreport.pdf

corona · 05-22-2011, 01:25 PM

Beat me to it, GA!! Great article!

CommonReader · 05-22-2011, 01:38 PM

Come on, where is the surprise? Mandelson was in charge of this. Mandelson and the terms "sleaze" and "corporate cronyism" are basically synonyms. The worst aspect is that the British are saddled with this piece of sleaze for its lifetime because of the House of Lords.

mr ploppy · 05-22-2011, 02:06 PM

It's worse than he thinks. The part that takes away the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise was actually written by the BPI, the UK version of the RIAA. How such an organisation got to write parts of UK law remains to be seen.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ment-lobbyists

05-22-2011, 01:15 PM	#1
GA Russell Ford to the rescue? Posts: 7,608 Karma: 31484197 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	British report takes aim at copyright "lobbynomics" Forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere. Here is a Toronto Globe & Mail column on a British report criticizing the DEA for being based upon poor statistics and evidence submitted by lobbyists not subject to peer review. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...articlecontent http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipreview-finalreport.pdf

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05-22-2011, 01:25 PM	#2
corona Addict Posts: 324 Karma: 25168 Join Date: May 2010 Device: kobo	Beat me to it, GA!! Great article!

05-22-2011, 01:38 PM	#3
CommonReader Fanatic Posts: 528 Karma: 2530000 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Sony PRS-T3, PRS-650, Vaio Tap 11, iPad Mini	Come on, where is the surprise? Mandelson was in charge of this. Mandelson and the terms "sleaze" and "corporate cronyism" are basically synonyms. The worst aspect is that the British are saddled with this piece of sleaze for its lifetime because of the House of Lords.

05-22-2011, 02:06 PM	#4
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	It's worse than he thinks. The part that takes away the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise was actually written by the BPI, the UK version of the RIAA. How such an organisation got to write parts of UK law remains to be seen. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ment-lobbyists

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