Yesterday upon returning to the United States from Canada, the United States Customs and Border Protections ruined my HTC One by breaking off the…
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Placing Your Cryptocoin Wealth In Cold Storage: Installing Armory On Ubuntu
As bitcoin continues to climb in value, its security flaws become increasingly apparent and important. The nightmare is waking up one morning to discover…
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The Copyright Monopoly Is A Scam That Hurts Artists As Much As The Public
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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Major Bitcoin Exchange Not Executing Withdrawals; Now Owes Clients $38M In Disappeared Money
MtGox, the oldest and once-largest bitcoin exchange, appears to have a serious problem. Since about a week ago, clients’ bitcoin withdrawals have been deducted…
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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…
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The Toy-Hungry Multimillionaire Market That's Completely Underserved
In 2010 and 2011, a lot of geeks acquired something called bitcoin. It’s a novel form of currency that breaks all the rules you…
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Wages For Facebook? Maybe It's Not So Crazy
On the one hand, the “Wages for Facebook” manifesto currently sweeping the web was never meant to be taken literally. The idea that a…
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…
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