When the copyright monopoly was reinstated in 1710, the justification was that of publishing being many orders of magnitude more expensive than authoring, and…
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Old lady denied exchanging life savings in old banknotes for new issue; could not prove innocence of money; dies
Ethel Hülst had saved for some old-age luxury all her life, cash-in-mattress style, and wanted to exchange her old-issue-note savings for new-issue banknotes. Faced…
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The great “Fake News” scare of 1530
Fake news has always been around for humor purposes, but the real “fake news” scares happen when the establishment is so used to getting…
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Reykjavik: Icelandic Pirates Triple Result, But Not Largest Party
The Icelandic Pirate Party has made a record election. Early vote counts place Pirates at 14 percent, for nine ten seats of the 63-seat…
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Putin's Unreported Genius On Ukraine: Currency Warfare
Putin did not invade Ukraine to invade Ukraine, but as a genius invasion against the U.S. Dollar. Almost all media have missed the high-level…
Read MoreLIVE: Detention Lift Hearings For Assange, Stockholm District Court
At 13:00 July 16, hearings were held in the Stockholm District Court whether to lift the almost-four-year-old detention in absentia for Julian Assange. This…
Read MoreLouis Michel Affair: Lobbies Switch From Influencing To Directly Writing European Laws
Belgian Member of European Parliament Louis Michel was recently ranked the second worst regarding Data Privacy issues by the LobbyPlag.eu website for submitting 158…
Read MorePRISM – The British Dimension
Loz Kaye, leader of the UK Pirate Party, gives a view from the UK about the NSA PRISM revelations: The cultural sense among ordinary…
Read MoreEU President, IT Staff Don’t Understand Democracy, Maths, Truth
Last month there were revelations about the EU Parliament IT system, and the arbitrary way in which email blocks on legitimate topics can be…
Read MoreWhen Pirate Comradeship Beats Old Grudges
On December 18th, 2012, the UK’s Pirate Party proxy to The Pirate Bay was shut down. In resonance with the Internet’s spirit, two more,…
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