There is a bitcoin craze at the moment, with prices of bitcoin skyrocketing. Bitcoin is still far from ready for prime time, but as…
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Why Expensify Endorsing Bitcoin Is A Really Big Deal: Social Virality
Yesterday, news broke that the Expensify service has enabled bitcoin payments. With the rapidly expanding number of businesses accepting bitcoin as payment method, one…
Read MoreThe Target Value For Bitcoin Is Not Some $50 Or $100. It Is $100,000 To $1,000,000.
Bitcoin’s value is at an all-time high again. Following the hype peak and crash in 2011, many seemed to have thought it was just…
Read MoreThe Pirate Bay Offline: Norway's Pirate Party Cuts Rope Following Threats
The Pirate Bay is currently offline. The Norwegian Pirate Party has sent a press release saying that threats from the copyright industry has closed…
Read MoreCopyright Industry Lobby Threatens Swedish Pirate Party With Criminal Charges Over Providing Bandwidth To The Pirate Bay
This morning, Sweden’s copyright industry lobby sent a nastygram to the official address of the Swedish Pirate Party, threatening criminal charges over providing bandwidth…
Read MoreFive Basic Misconceptions About The Copyright Monopoly And Sharing Of Culture
Five erroneous assertions have kept appearing in the public debate since 1990 about file-sharing vs. the copyright monopoly. These assertions have persisted for 25…
Read MoreYou're Still More Likely To Get Hit By Lightning Than Convicted From Sharing Culture
In 2012, more than twice as many Swedes were hit by lightning as were indicted for sharing culture. This stands in stark contrast with…
Read MoreAbandon Integrity, All Ye that Gain Power?
If we had any doubt of the reason we need to be extra vigilant in our work, this month has provided them in spades….
Read MoreIn A Way I Do Sort Of Envy The US Its Patent System
I most certainly don’t envy the US its patent system as such, but as a European politician, I am concerned that the US seems…
Read MoreWhy The Copyright Monopoly Is Quite Unlike Legitimate Restrictions Of Property Rights
In our series about defenses of the copyright monopoly, and why they don’t hold water on scrutiny, today’s article will be about the argument…
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