Comment on Released footage of the police raid on the Kim Dotcom mansionparentComments−alinajaf14yIIRC Accelerando (linked below) by HNs very own cstross postulated something similar in 2005.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando_(novel)−AkThhhpppt14yYeah, but in that case the RIAA/MPAA had sold off the collections rights to organised crime. This is the _cops_.−tankenmate14yBut if the "state"(s) co-ordinates a raid that rests on illegal arrest warrants, is this not also organised crime?−jarin14yEvery time I see things like this, Accelerando is the first thing I think of. Also, if you like that, you'll probably like Life Artificial by David A Eubanks:http://lifeartificial.com/
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IIRC Accelerando (linked below) by HNs very own cstross postulated something similar in 2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando_(novel)
Yeah, but in that case the RIAA/MPAA had sold off the collections rights to organised crime. This is the _cops_.
But if the "state"(s) co-ordinates a raid that rests on illegal arrest warrants, is this not also organised crime?
Every time I see things like this, Accelerando is the first thing I think of. Also, if you like that, you'll probably like Life Artificial by David A Eubanks:
http://lifeartificial.com/