It has been previously established that the pharmaceutical industry is the only industry gaining from the patent system at all. For all other industries,…
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An Internet Levy is a Terrible Idea
The notion that all Internet users should somehow pay the old copyright monopoly structures a monthly fee, to compensate them for file sharing, has…
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Column: The Revolution Will Not Be Properly Licensed
Today, I have a column on TorrentFreak titled “The Revolution Will Not Be Properly Licensed“. If you like it, please Digg it! That’s really…
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An Important Dent In The Copyright Monopoly
Yesterday, the Legal Affairs Committee in the European Parliament voted unanimously to introduce an exception to the copyright monopoly to benefit the public at…
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Swedish MFA Cracking Down On Net
Sweden’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt, has an op-ed piece today in the printed newspaper Expressen where he criticizes some of Sweden’s most…
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Kill Copyright, Create Jobs
The copyright industry’s lobby has — again — claimed that unless strong measures are taken to enforce copyright, jobs will be lost across Europe….
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There Will Never Be A Shortage Of "Content"
Lawyers who advocate maximization of the copyright monopoly can sometimes be heard complaining that if the monopoly is abolished or weakened, there will be…
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Swedish Courts Coming To Senses: €200 Filesharing Fine
Swedish courts may be slowly coming to their senses regarding noncommercial violations of the copyright monopoly. In a verdict yesterday, a 26-year-old in Uppsala,…
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History of Copyright, part 7: Hijacked by Pfizer
Toyota struck at the heart of the American soul in the 1970s, and all her politicians started carrying mental “The End Is Nigh” signs….
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History of Copyright, part 6: Hijacked By Record Industry
During most of the 20th century, a battle of prominence raged between performing musicians and the record industry. For most of the century, musicians…
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