Capitalism. We keep saying that word. We don’t think it means what everyone else thinks it means. Whatever the word “capitalism” used to mean,…
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Victory: US Border Patrol Reverses Harassment Thanks To You
Back in September, I posted a cute GIF laden post which outlined my harassment by the US Border Patrol, where they have gone as…
Read MoreUS Corporate "Safe Harbor" For European Private Data Lied About, Abused, Ignored; Europarl Calls For Immediate Scrapping
US corporations routinely ignore and abuse the strict privacy rules of European private citizen data, which they have accessed under the “safe harbor” agreement…
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European Principles Of Due Process Shoved Aside To Hunt Down Pirate Bay Founder
In the upcoming extradition request against Gottfrid Svartholm-Warg, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Danish judicial authorities are disregarding an important acquittal in Swedish courts….
Read MoreCopyright's Three Lines Of Defense
I’ve followed and participated in the copyright debate for years, and I’ve come to realize there are certain patterns that repeat themselves. You can…
Read MoreWhat Is An Original? What Is A Certified Copy?
In this guest piece, Josef Ohlsson Collentine elaborates on his experiences with originals, innovations, and imitations in the furniture industry. He argues that a…
Read MorePayPal Takes On Kopimism
For over a year now I have operated a fork of the Kopimist Church (Kopimists of Idaho – a fully recognized church), to process…
Read MoreThe Swarm Economy Is Not Silicon Valley's "Sharing Economy"
When we talk about the end of workplaces and lifetime employment, please don’t get the wrong idea. This has nothing to do with what…
Read MoreOpen Letter to US Border Patrol (CBP)
Yesterday, I was held for two hours (not detained, we will get into that later) by CBP, under suspicion that my political party (Pirate…
Read MoreThe First Global Civil War
Manning, Snowden, Assange, Miranda, The Guardian. With each passing day, we receive confirmation of a truth that many would prefer to ignore: we are…
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