Re: Long overdue
"Then how do you explain the IP Act and its predecessors such as DRIPA?"
Easy - the average voting punter doesn't pay any attention to stuff like this, so they can get away with living the draconian dream. The government needs to be careful about taxation and immigration issues, but otherwise they can get away with pretty much anything they like.
It's a bleak view of the situation, but that doesn't mean it's not true.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
