Fake news has always been around for humor purposes, but the real “fake news” scares happen when the establishment is so used to getting…
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Understanding the Hamburg “illegal links” ruling and its problems
A Hamburg court has ruled that certain links were illegal when they were pointing at photos that were posted in violation of copyright. This…
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The war on cash being justified as “necessary against organized crime” is the worst excuse ever
There is a “war on cash” going on from the central banks, trying to reduce the usage (and personal storage) of cash. This is…
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File-Sharing Can Be Legalized Immediately, While Complying With All Treaties
There’s consistent disinformation from the copyright industry that even if a national parliament wanted to legalize file-sharing, it is not permitted to do so…
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Security Researcher Revealing "Secure" Advertising Claim By DigiExam As Utterly False Threatened With Copyright Monopoly Lawsuit
So it’s happened again – a security researcher showing a marketing claim to be atrociously false has been threatened with a copyright monopoly lawsuit…
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A Year Ago, The European Supreme Court Appears To Have Ruled The Whole Web To Be In The Public Domain, And Nobody Noticed
On February 13, 2014, the European Court of Justice – the Supreme Court of the European Union – appears to have ruled that anything…
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Copyright Monopolist Claims Legal, Non-Infringing "Fair Use" Is Like AGGRAVATED RAPE
In a fuming blog article, David Newhoff claims that non-infringing, legal uses of copyrighted works – that is, of people’s own property – are…
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The Consequences of Ancillary Copyright for Press Publishers
European Commissioner Günther Oettinger is still contemplating whether he should propose the German Ancillary Copyright for Press Publishers on the EU level. I would…
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Sweden Invokes Little-Known "Perpetual Copyright" Clause Against Mercedes Ad
Sweden has invoked a previously-unknown “Perpetual Copyright” clause against carmaker Mercedes-Benz, who recited a public-domain work by the poet Boye in a recent ad….
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I'm No @ioerror But the Border Still Broke My Phone To Silence Me
Yesterday upon returning to the United States from Canada, the United States Customs and Border Protections ruined my HTC One by breaking off the…
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