A recent article by Rick Falkvinge posed the question: If ACTA doesn’t change anything, why are they pushing for its passage as if their…
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The Only Thing You Need To Know About ACTA
The ACTA awareness and debate has finally heated up. But in such a huge, convoluted and deliberately complex document, how can you determine for…
Read MoreThe Copyright Industry: A Century Of Deceit
It is said that those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. In the case of the copyright industry, they have learned…
Read MoreCopyright Monopoly Goes Insane: Non-Copy Judged As Infringing
In a shock ruling in the UK this Tuesday, a photo was found to be in violation of the copyright monopoly of another photographer….
Read MoreDebunking The Argument That No Blockbusters Would Be Made Without The Copyright Monopoly
Whenever I argue that the copyright monopoly isn’t necessary to incentivize culture production, I hear the counterargument that multi-million-euro movie productions would never happen…
Read MoreDamn Yanks Harass Another Of My Colleagues
News reached me this morning that authorities in the United States has decided to harass yet another of my colleagues. Australian activist Asher Wolf’s…
Read MoreWhy SOPA-Supporting News Networks Don't Mention SOPA At All
A study by MediaMatters confirmed the gut feeling we all had: there is indeed a mainstream media blackout going on over the SOPA law…
Read MoreUS Citizens Should Try The Copyright Monopoly As Unconstitutional
Legal scholar Stephen Kinsella argues a fascinating line of thought I haven’t seen before: the entire copyright monopoly in the United States may actually…
Read MoreKeep Your Eye On The Prize
Often it is easy to let our emotions get in the way of our rational thoughts, and our lack of the ability to perform…
Read MoreTravis McCrea is a Terrorist
With the passing of S.1867 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 the United States Senate has declared its overwhelming belief that all…
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