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While the British government puts huge amounts of pressure on ISPs to clamp down on file-sharers, it is doing some pirating of its very own. It seems that Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s own website is in serious breach of copyright, as it is based on a ripped-off Wordpress theme.
top gearThe issue of copyright is a hot one in the UK right now and the government isn’t scared of getting involved. It has been putting huge amounts of pressure on ISPs to take action against alleged music file-sharers, so imagine, if you will, the beautiful crimson color Prime Minister Brown’s face will turn today when he is declared a pirate too.
Amongst other things, Anthony from antbag.com makes WordPress themes - he gives them away for free but if someone wants to donate, they can. His work is released under Creative Commons 3.0 license, which means that if someone wants to use a theme ‘as is’ or modified in some way, they are required to credit him. A link in the footer of every theme he creates points back to Anthony’s site - this is the minimum attribution he expects, which is pretty damn reasonable.
So imagine Anthony’s surprise when he discovered that his NetWorker theme for WordPress had been used by the British government without honoring the Creative Commons license.
http://torrentfreak.com/british-governm ... te-080820/Hypocrasy from the UK government? Sure looks that way, whilst they are out busy brokering deals and applying pressure to UK isps, all on behalf of the entertainment cartel, they seem to be busy raising their own skull and crossbones. This British Prime minister its a total joke, i look forward to the day he is booted out of number 10 on hs butt. Meanwhile, i look forward to seeing how he handles this, nothing short of a humble apology and the appropriate credits on his site will do, anyone honestly think we will see that?
