An advantage of doing a lot of original research on copyright, and the history of copyright in particular, is that you start seeing very…
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Rick is the founder of the first Pirate Party and a low-altitude motorcycle pilot. He lives on Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, roasts his own coffee, and as of right now (2019-2020) is taking a little break.
Historia del Copyright, parte 3: El monopolio muere y resucita
Como vimos en la segunda parte de esta serie, el monopolio del copyright fue instituído como un instrumento de censura por Maria I, en…
Read MoreHistory of Copyright, part 3: The Monopoly Dies – And Rises
After Bloody Mary had enacted the copyright censorship monopoly in 1557, neither the profitable industry guild nor the censoring Crown had any desire to…
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How to Penetrate ANY Company or Agency
Penetrating an organization’s shell security and accessing its internal data, quite possibly permanently and with the capability to taint or poison it, is ridiculously…
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Istorija copyright-a, deo drugi: Krvava Meri
23. maja, Meri je zvanično proglašena za kopile od strane arhibiskupa. Njena majka, Katarina, koja je bila štićenica katoličke crkve i pape, izbačena je…
Read MoreHistoria del Copyright, parte 2: Bloody Mary
El rey Enrique VIII queria un hijo que pudiese heredar el trono de Inglaterra y continuar la Dinastia Túdor, pero su casamiento fue una…
Read MoreHistory of Copyright, part 2: Bloody Mary
On May 23, Mary was formally declared a bastard by the archbishop. Her mother, Catherine, who was a catholic and the Pope’s protegé, had…
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Column: When did we become the ones we weren't?
On Feb 4, my second column went live on TorrentFreak, titled “When did we become the ones we weren’t?“. It has since become reference…
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Una historia del copyright, parte 1: La Peste Negra
Empezaremos con la llegada de la peste negra al oeste de Europa, en los años 1350. Como en todos los otros lugares, Europa fue…
Read MoreHistory of Copyright, part 1: Black Death
In this seven-part series, I will look at the history of copyright from 1350 until present day. The story of the history books differs…
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