Yesterday, a French court decided that people on Twitter have no right to anonymity when posting xenophobic comments. This is deeply troubling: the court…
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An Open Letter To Pirated Artists
In an open letter to artists, Lionel Dricot explains his own thinking as a creator of art and writings. Mr. Dricot outlines why people…
Read MorePaywall By Force: Swedish Public Television Starts Webcasting, Demands TV License Fees From All Computer Owners
Swedish Public Television will start demanding license fees from every Swedish person connected to the Internet. They claim that since people on the net…
Read MoreGood News: US Congressman Is Against DRMing 3D Printers To Stop Them From Making Guns
Last week, US Congressman Steve Israel made some unsettling comments about 3D printers, and how they can be used to make guns. Fearing another…
Read MoreAs UK Pirate Party Takes Down Pirate Bay Proxy, Two Other Pirate Parties Bring New Ones Up
The sad defeat of yesterday was that the UK Pirate Party had succumbed to legal threats and taken down its long-used proxy for The…
Read MoreFour More Reasons The Pirate Bay Is Effectively A Public Library – And A Great One
File sharing fulfills the exact same need and purpose as public libraries did when they first appeared, and is met with the exact same…
Read MoreIt's Not "Getting" Or "Downloading" A Copy. It's "Making" Or "Manufacturing" One.
In the political fight for civil liberties and sharing culture, language is everything – which can be observed by the copyright industry’s consistent attempts…
Read MoreThe Pirate Bay Is The World's Most Efficient Public Library
The way media piracy works is that one person or group purchases a work, and then shares it with millions of other people. This…
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Free Market Failure: Telcos Charge More For Sending A Text Next Door Than Cost Of Sending Data From Mars
The telco industry charges more, kilobyte by kilobyte, for sending a text message from your phone to next door than what it costs to…
Read MoreFree Market Failure: Telco Profit Margin On Data Roaming Exceeds One Million Per Cent
The profit margin for the telecom industry on mobile data roaming is in excess of one million per cent. On healthy and functioning markets,…
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