And with GIMP having a single window interface at last, there's no excuse left for a blind person to stick to Windows/Osx.

Mobile was the reason the Dutch netneutrality legislation was drafted. Carriers used to selling (mobile) phone by the minute and text messages per piece wanted to apply the same ideas to data: such as Skype per minute or pay-per-video Youtube, all to be monitored through DPI.

And why exactly should a judge take new 'netneutrality' legislation into account when he's asked to make a decision on existing copyright laws? The new telecom law still allows for specific anti-piracy measures.

Good thinking, we could sell him a shield. And then shield penetrating stones! You know, nudge him towards civilization a bit.

and no matter how often he misses his targets, he'll still claim a bonus.

I'm from The Netherlands. Copyright here is defined as the exclusive right of the creator of a work to publish and duplicate it. With that definition comes the rest of the copyright law and then there's additional laws, treaties and rulings but the basis is more or less the same everywhere.

If you want to look at it in a reasonable way, as you seem to do, you might notice that things are a bit different compared to the analog world with regards to publishing and duplicating. Just a silly example: in order to merely see the copyright notice on a website, you already have made a copy of it.

I think the, let's say, war on piracy is just a symptom of a larger fight. I think it's about keeping copyright and all that comes with it. The exclusivity, the rights, the financial systems.

I think that copyright mechanisms as we know them are no longer sustainable. And I can't wait to see what happens if 3D printers become normal household items because publishing blue prints of patented items or Mickey Mouse figures is stealing or destroying the job creators.

But before the world at large understands how disruptive digital technology has become, I expect a lot more attempts of the rights holders to cling to their precious 'intellectual property'. And that's in a deeper sense than just 'fighting piracy'.

Total Cost of Ownership.

But it's not small:

the planet, believed to be a few times bigger than Mars

Whatever that may mean; Earth and Venus are a few times, say 2, bigger than Mars.

Nope, Turkmenistan.

Do not confuse the summary with TFA.