Yesterday, I was on Scottish radio discussing the upcoming verdict of Anne Muir, a 58-year-old grandmother of eight who was about to be convicted…
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Well Played, Partit Pirata and Piratenpartei
The past weekend, yet more copyright-enforcing politicians lost their jobs. There were elections in Spain and in Bremen, Germany. In particular, Pirates de Catalunya…
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German Pirate Party's Servers Confiscated In Police Raid — Two Days Before Election
Around lunch today, the German Pirate Party (Piratenpartei) sent out an alarming tweet that spread like wildfire. “Our servers are offline due to police…
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Irish Job Minister: "Copyright Monopoly Is Bad For Our Businesses And Economy"
These quotes from executive politicians would have been unthinkable a couple of years ago. Amidst economic hardship, the Cabinet in Ireland is seeking to…
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Visiting Parliament this week
I’m visiting the European Parliament this week (which is actually formally my place of work). There is no shortage of humor and absurdity in…
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European Court of Justice To Outlaw Internet Filtering; Esp. For Copyright Enforcement
Today, the European Court of Justice gave a preliminary opinion that will have far-reaching implications in the fight against overaggressive copyright monopoly abusers. It…
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LIVE: Data Retention Vote In Sweden
16:10. The vote on the constitutional safeguard is complete. 62 votes for postponement, 281 against, 6 absent. 281 votes is not five-sixths of Parliament….
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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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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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