So you’re an artist, author, or creative person, and you’ve heard the arguments against the copyright monopoly. That it locks away knowledge from the…
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Swedish Public Television Claims Copyright Publication Rights To Everybody's Sports Photos If Posted On Twitter
Well, this is a new one. Swedish Public Television just posted legal terms and conditions as to what they are allowed to do when…
Read MoreReminder 2: Hunt For File-Sharers Violates Fundamental Human Rights (Says The European Court Of Human Rights)
Happy Yule, everybody! In our series of reminders about important talkbacks, we’ve come to the reminder that the act of hunting for people who…
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Reminder 1: Copyright Monopoly Infringement Isn’t Stealing (Says The US Supreme Court)
Over the Yule holidays, I’ll be running a series of reminders of some of the most useful talkbacks. We open with one of the…
Read MoreSwedish Man Sentenced to Half-Million Euro In Damages For Sharing ONE Movie
A Swedish man has been sentenced to the highest damages ever in Sweden, and possibly in the entire world, for sharing culture: 4.3 million…
Read MoreAn Author's Perspective: Copyright Maximalists Harm Authors
Copyright maximalists want all sorts of new laws to “help authors get paid”. Well, I’m a published author, and all their efforts to “help”…
Read MoreNSA Mass Surveillance Has Already Been Used For Ordinary Police Work
The NSA has used its ubiquitous wiretapping for ordinary police work. It used mass surveillance to prevent the murder of an eccentric artist, according…
Read MoreLouis Michel Affair: Lobbies Switch From Influencing To Directly Writing European Laws
Belgian Member of European Parliament Louis Michel was recently ranked the second worst regarding Data Privacy issues by the LobbyPlag.eu website for submitting 158…
Read MoreTintin And The Copyright Sharks
Tintin, the well-known cartoon adventurous reporter, is something that the creator Hergé wanted to die with him. In this guest piece, Lionel Dricot explains…
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European Principles Of Due Process Shoved Aside To Hunt Down Pirate Bay Founder
In the upcoming extradition request against Gottfrid Svartholm-Warg, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Danish judicial authorities are disregarding an important acquittal in Swedish courts….
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