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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History 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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How shall the artists get paid?
One of the most common questions I get, and quite likely the most irrelevant, is “how shall the artists get paid?” in a scenario…
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Tear Down This Firewall!
The copyright industry has discovered it. Now Arab League dictatorships are discovering it. Tunisia has fallen. Egypt is burning. Yemen, Albania, Sudan, Algeria, and…
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Not Rocket Science: Same Laws Online, Offline
What the Pirate Party demands isn’t rocket science. We are demanding an end to the Wild West treatment of the Internet. We are demanding…
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Copyright is a Limitation of Property Rights
Copyright is not a property right. It is a limitation of property rights. Copyright is a government-sanctioned private monopoly that limits what people may…
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Attacks on Information Freedom via its Transport
History repeats in cycles. Hax reminds us of an episode told by Nils Funcke of the Swedish Constitutional Committee, from a time when politicians…
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The Ongoing Erosion of Ownership
Entertainment is being used as justification to erode ownership, or even cancel it outright. There is a very disturbing trend where you don’t own…
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There Are Three Parties To Copyright
When discussing copyright, things are not as simple as strengthening or weakening copyright, unless you also specify for whom. There are three parties involved…
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Commissioner Speaks Of Unsecure Net, 23 Years Late
European Commissioner Malmström spoke at a conference of the increasing rate of “cybercrime” and how the Internet is increasingly insecure. As a result, she…
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