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[theweaselking]

In England, the British MPAA-equivalent openly admits that piracy increases, not decreases, consumption of their product.

In France, filesharing for personal non-profit use is explicitly deemed to be legal. (PDF)

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[silmaril.livejournal.com]

You mean there is some sanity somewhere on the globe about this? Inconceivable!

Totally off-topic, but shadowcaptain just posted this, his journal is friends-only, and I thought you had to see it right away. Five words that shadowcaptain pointed out: "little potatohead holographic princess leia." (Link to larger images are below the image.)

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

We got Evan a Spud Trooper for Christmas. It comes with a Laser Masher. The Artoo Potatoo is awesome.

[corruptedjasper.livejournal.com]

In the Netherlands, downloading media files (though not other copyrighted material like software) is explicitly legal, but offering it for download is not.