61% of 15-25-year-olds engage directly in sharing of culture. The social pressure for upholding the copyright monopoly laws is close to non-existent. The few…
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Dutch Judge Who Ordered Pirate Bay Links Censored Found To Be Corrupt
Judge Chris Hensen, who ordered the Dutch Pirate Party to censor all links to The Pirate Bay recently (something Techdirt calls Censorship Crazy), appears…
Read MoreThree Days Before Elections, Largest German State Censors Pirate Party From The Net
Reality sometimes does exceed fiction. Three days ahead of the elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, the Piratenpartei‘s website has been discovered…
Read MoreBook Release: The Case For Copyright Reform
Today, a book that I have co-authored with Christian Engström (pictured), Member of European Parliament, is released with celebrations and signing in the European…
Read MoreSweden, Paradise Lost: Part 2 – Private Police Forces
In our series showcasing Sweden as a country that likes to pretend it champions net freedom, but itself does the exact opposite: did you…
Read MoreTo Be Esteemed, Be Useful
“To Be Esteemed, Be Useful”. A premise so simple and sound, it was one of the earliest mottos of the United States, appearing on…
Read MoreCopyright Monopoly Lobby Sues Reputable Professor For Saying They're A Monopoly
The Spanish copyright monopoly lobby Promusicae has filed lawsuit against the reputable Spanish professor Enrique Dans for “soiling their honor”, and demand €20,000 in…
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European Parliament Blocks Copyright Reform With 113% Voter Turnout
In an unexpected turn of events, one of the key committees in the European Parliament voted recently to weaken a reform of the copyright…
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How Patent Monopolies Work In Reality, Outside Of Fairytale Land
There is a fairytale about how a poor, lone inventor can come up with something fantastic, file a patent monopoly on it, and get…
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With Latest Domain Seizures, US Declares Trade War On The World
The latest round of domain seizures from the United States are grandiose in their aggression and audacity towards the free world. People in the…
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