On the one hand, the “Wages for Facebook” manifesto currently sweeping the web was never meant to be taken literally. The idea that a…
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Let's Send Books To Anakata!
Anakata – Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, one of the founders of The Pirate Bay, and an early technical assistant of WikiLeaks – is still held…
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Outage Post Mortem
This site (and all other sites hosted on the same server park) have been offline for 72 hours. That’s completely unacceptable, of course, and…
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Censorship Triggers Liability: UK ISPs Need To Be Sued Way Out Into Atlantic
Internet Service Providers in the United Kingdom have started censoring the Internet wholesale by default. This is a horrible transgression against the free exchange…
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 MoreGood Midwinter Solstice! With A Kopimist Gospel
Today is the midwinter solstice, and a fitting day to present a Kopimist Gospel. Kopimism is a new religion for atheists, agnostics, and believers…
Read MoreNSA Fallout Hits American Business To The Tune Of Four Billion Dollars: Brazil Ditches Boeing, Buys Gripen
Brazil ditches Boeing’s F/A-18 in favor of SAAB’s JAS 39 Gripen over the NSA’s rogue behavior. In a press conference tonight, Brazil’s defense department…
Read MoreIdeas Can't Be Property. Can Dirt?
So, we’re all in agreement that intellectual property is a bad thing that should not exist. What about plain old property? If no one…
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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