Putting network specifications behind subscription paywalls gives the NSA and other surveillance agencies a decisive advantage against the freedom of the Internet. That is…
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Copyright Monopoly
Why shouldn’t copyright monopoly law apply on the Internet?
Every so often, you hear copyright industry lobbyists ask “why copyright law shouldn’t apply on the Internet”, suggesting that the Internet is a lawless…
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With the World Wide Web Consortium captured by the copyright industry, who will step up to lead web development next?
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which used to develop standards for the Web, has been captured by the copyright industry. In a doubly…
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Call to Action: Write to the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee on the upcoming copyright vote
On October 10, an important committee in the European Parliament will vote on future copyright law. It hangs in the balance, and ordinary people…
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Danish ISPs stop providing copyright industry with subscriber identities
Denmark’s ISPs are collectively putting their foot down and will no longer surrender identifying subscriber information to the copyright industry’s lawyer armies. This follows…
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The six worst hypocrisies of the copyright industry in the last decade
The copyright industry keeps pounding a simplistic message to legislators – that copyright law is simple and that nobody honest could ever break it,…
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Is it reasonable for a private industry to demand governmental censorship power over general communications?
The copyright industry is trying – again – to forcefully conscript Internet Service Providers into doing their bidding. This time, the RIAA and other…
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Why Google is making a mistake in demoting “pirate” sites from search results
Google has agreed to demote so-called “pirate” sites from its search results, at the demands of the copyright industry. All experience from the past…
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How the copyright industry works methodically to erode your civil liberties and human rights
In a previous column, I outlined how the copyright monopoly is fundamentally, irreparably incompatible with privacy at the conceptual level. While the copyright industry…
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In an EU without Britain and France, weaker and sensible copyright policy would emerge
Britain and France have been the primary copyright hawks in the EU, pushing for stronger distribution monopolies and harsher penalties at every turn. With…
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