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Minister thinks IP address is an "Intellectual Property address"

69 pointsby rpledgeabout 15 years ago

5 comments

meroliphabout 15 years ago
As mentioned on Reddit (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/bo623/i_wrote_to_my_mp_2_weeks_ago_regarding_the_de/c0nq3a8" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/bo623/i_wrote_to_...</a>), this may likely be a screw-up by a secretary, as the letter does make sense aside from this problem.
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noblethrasherabout 15 years ago
Orrin Hatch made the same mistake about 10 years ago during a hearing on file sharing. The CEO of Napster corrected him.
rfreyabout 15 years ago
Funny for sure. Probably a late edit where a non-technical editor or a script replaces any acronyms with "Expanded Acronym (EA)". When I was a journalist that used to be done for style reasons as a matter of course, even if the acronym was widely understood.
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andrewvcabout 15 years ago
So, I think the title should make it clear that this is Britain's Minister for Digital Britain. To my American eyes this read as if some random clergyman was confused.
stretchwithmeabout 15 years ago
of course! isn't that where you leave your patents?