Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian reporter who published Edward Snowden’s leaks, was recently suggested to be a criminal for shining light on the NSA’s abuse…
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Maybe The Pirate Bay Should Sink?
As a movement based on forking, remixing, and letting the best products win are we really doing anyone any favours by continuing to use…
Read MoreCopyright Industry Demands, Gets Levies For Every XBox, Playstation Sold
The copyright industry has decreed in Sweden that it will now collect levies for every XBox and Playstation sold – about €10 ($12) per…
Read MoreHow Bitcoin Can Bring Down The United States Of America
Bitcoin represents a significant threat to the currency domination of the USA, which is the only thing propping up the nation’s status as a…
Read MoreProsecutor Hints That Root Domain Registry Is Criminally Liable For Copyright Monopoly Infringements On The Pirate Bay
Prosecutors in Sweden have sued the root domain registry of .SE domains to kill the domain name of The Pirate Bay. The root registry…
Read MoreSwedish National Prosecutor Says Sharing Music/Movies Must Be Punished Harshly, Because "It Funds Terrorism"
In a remarkably ignorant statement, the Swedish National Prosecutor has appealed a culture-sharing sentence to the Supreme Court with the motivation that sharing culture…
Read MoreCorrupt Banks, Corrupt Copyright Industry: Why Do They Get To Externalize Business Problems?
We are in a trend where politicians believe that some business failures are everybody’s problem, but when the same businesses succeed, they get to…
Read MoreLet's Reform Copyright. With A Sledgehammer. Into Smithereens.
There are many ways we could reform the copyright monopoly to solve some of its problems. This is politically doable. But long-term, we really…
Read MoreCreators Of Public-Domain Bible Threatened With Lawsuit By Other Bible's Copyright Monopoly Holders
Religion is big business. The Christian Bible, like any other book, is under copyright monopoly – or, to be precise, any translation of it…
Read MoreWhat We Learn From This Bitcoin Correction
Bitcoin is correcting sharply, as expected. From this episode, we learn (again) that bitcoin is not magic and is not a get-rich-quick scheme, and…
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