Digital Rights Law Enforcement

Sabam, the association inning and distributing copyright compensations and promoting the interests of copyright holders in Belgium, want the big internet-providers to install filters that'll prevent surfers from sharing music files over p2p-networks. They demand so holding in hand a not-so-well-informed verdict of a Belgian judge.

Not very subtle and uninformed commentary of the chief editor of De Standaard (with added !): "Violating copyright is stealing! There are big networks of copyright offenders! We should fight against them like we fight against child pornography! Internet providers should work together with law enforcers on this one!"

Answer of the assembled internet providers: "Are you nuts?"

(Sorry, I can't provide any links. De Standaard's articles that gave me the information are tucked away behind a subscription wall.)

The fixing of the girl

"You've got a double chin. And those arms really need some work. For just $5000 extra I can fix that." That's what the American plastic surgeon answers when the female reporter asks him whether he thinks she's pretty. After having scrutinised her tummy (needs to have fat removed) and her bottom (we can make that into a Brazilian butt using the fat we removed from your tummy) and even her labia (it's surely messy down there) the female reporter wishes to know what the doctor really thinks. He only thinks about opportunities and the prices he charges for fixing the girls.

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