tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post1792733911293384749..comments2024-03-29T06:53:23.405+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Government U-turn on downloaders; parallel imports blames for pharma shortagesVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-65838510459799451202009-08-26T09:27:33.495+01:002009-08-26T09:27:33.495+01:00The UK is indeed a very good place to buy things t...The UK is indeed a very good place to buy things these days for us Continentals, thanks to the low Pound. In December (when the GBP/EUR was roughly the same as now) I bought a German camera from a shop in Scotland, paying far less than I would have had to pay at a comparable online retailer in Germany. Whether something similar is going on with drugs, I don't know.Nathan Wajsmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-75983574634977115112009-08-26T01:01:55.630+01:002009-08-26T01:01:55.630+01:00The New Zealand government has been attempting to ...The New Zealand government has been attempting to enact legislation providing for the disconnection of internet services for repeat copyright infringers over the last year or so. Following massive public outcry, the implementation of this legislation has been delayed and a discussion document regarding the process of dealing with repeat infringers has issued recently. For more information regarding the intended policy see <a href="http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/repeat-infringers-in-new-zealand-never.html" rel="nofollow"> this article.</a>Adrian Evanshttp://www.henryhughes.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-70626978046684886692009-08-26T01:00:39.043+01:002009-08-26T01:00:39.043+01:00Re cutoff: I suspect it's to try frighten ISPs...Re cutoff: I suspect it's to try frighten ISPs into self-imposing cut-off measures to avoid worse strictures of actual legislatures, thus nicely avoiding the government having to pass legislation that possibly would be unenforceable (either by the state or by ISPs).<br /><br />There is precedent for this, see late 90s wrt porn on UseNet. Which is why today in thye UK most people's internet is filtered by a state-funded yet conveniently non-governmental body (IWF).Paul Jakmahttp://pjakma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-35843860369398454992009-08-25T19:52:55.809+01:002009-08-25T19:52:55.809+01:00At least the report was considered. Even though th...At least the report was considered. Even though they entirely rejected the proposal, the muddled ministers can at least be a little bit informed.<br /><br />Informed or not, we can expect a deformed policy. I'm reminded of US Senator Ted Stevens' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes" rel="nofollow">famous Internet analogy</a>: "It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes".<br /><br />Internet Politics at its best.<br /><br />- The Golden GavelThe Golden Gavelhttp://goldengavel.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-13475519327443103192009-08-25T17:20:46.733+01:002009-08-25T17:20:46.733+01:00"...revealed that 90% of pharmacies have expe..."<i>...revealed that 90% of pharmacies have experienced difficulties in obtaining stocks of branded medicines</i>."<br /><br />Insiders tell me that some companies hoard drugs; wait for the prices to go up, and sell at these higher prices.gygeshttp://nodeinthenoosphere.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com