Bilskinir
Nathan has a pretty cool blog at bilsirnir, and in particular an interview with Malcolm Crompton, the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner:
I spoke to Federal Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton (right), today and found him more passionate than I expected. He expressed his frustration that the owners of intellectual property (IP) were pushing digital restrictions management but not thinking of the impact that has on our rights to withhold our personal information (PI). He views the Privacy Act as a way to balance the agendas of both corporations and individuals, creating tradeable rights that level the playing field. He has told Microsoft that Palladium should balance both sides of the equation, but that at the moment he is frustrated that it does not.
We're talking about a serious privacy vs piracy debate. On the piracy debate we're talking about management of Intellectual Property (IP). I am a person with Personal Information (PI) and if that is taken away, it is an invasion of my privacy. I would like to hear these people (IP owners) making such a lot of noise about piracy of IP talk about the protections of PI -- then they would have some credibilty. There's a pretty ugly asymmetry in the debate. Both sides need to grow up a bit and be a bit more respective of both sides of the argument.
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