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Yesterday the French parliament adopted a proposal to create a “three-strikes” system that would kick people off the Internet if they are accused of copyright infringement three times.
This is such a good idea that it should be applied to other media as well. Here is my modest proposal to extend three-strikes to the medium of print, that is, to words on paper.
My proposed system is simplicity itself. The government sets up a registry of accused infringers. Anybody can send a complaint to the registry, asserting that someone is infringing their copyright in the print medium. If the government registry receives three complaints about a person, that person is banned for a year from using print.
Suzanne Vega-Gypsy #1.AVO-Basel-2008 (via Raindropser1)
Todavía me acuerdo que esta fue la primera canción que escuché de Suzanne Vega, en la radio de un taxi con el que volvía a casa, cuando el disco en que salió (“Solitude standing”) era nuevo. Hace más de veinte años.