Archive for the ‘Copyright’ Category
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Dear music industry,
Thank you for inviting me to be the opening speaker at your conference In The City in Manchester, UK. I am inspired by your courage to bring what must be seen as a threat into the midst of your ranks.
I must say it was an eye-opener to experience ...
Posted in Civil Liberties, Copyright, Information Politics, Keynotes | 33 Comments »
Friday, June 5th, 2009
I wake up with the sun at 11. The alarm clock was needless today.
I remember a time when everyone had to work simultaneously. So… unnecessary. But this was before the swarm work model. What a waste! How could people work so stifled? Without creativity and innovation? And so… limited by ...
Posted in Civil Liberties, Copyright, Managing Pirates, World Economy | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
This close to the election, we're seeing a sample of what the copyright lobby wants. Today, the HADOPI Act passed in the French Parliament.
HADOPI is intended to "protect artists against file sharing." It involves:
People may have their Internet shut off without a court order for three allegations (!) by large ...
Posted in Civil Liberties, Copyright, EU Elections, Managing Pirates | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
As an EU candidate, I have received a questionnaire, just like MMN-o did. Here are the answers I gave:
1. Do you think that copyright protections for artists, musicians, and performing arts should be extended so that these people get paid for the rest of their lives?
No. The purpose of copyright ...
Posted in Civil Liberties, Copyright, EU Elections | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
I don't have the bandwidth, unfortunately, to keep liveblogging in both Swedish and English. I suggest you all use Google Translate of my Swedish blog for live coverage -- it is bad English, but readable.
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Live from the trial: the prosecutor is now stating his case against the TPB crew. He started out describing the BitTorrent protocol, pointing out that all components were necessary. He's stating that TPB is mainly (!) used for the infringement of copyrighted works, that it is financed through advertising, and ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Everybody has entered the courtroom. The Pirate bay crew is on the left, as seen from the audience; the Lobby is on the right, with the judges center. Five judges, of which four are political laymen.
All around me, people are making drawings of the courtroom (as photography is forbidden in ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
The trial against the Pirate Bay operators is about to start. Press, audience, and the judges have taken their seats.
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
A while back, I posted the first part of the nasty tale about how copyright came to be - the story about how Queen Mary I ruthlessly hunted down protestants and introduced copyright as a repressive censorship mechanism, where a printers' guild was granted a monopoly, and in exchange for ...
Posted in Civil Liberties, Copyright, The Lobby | 1 Comment »
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Most people believe that copyright came to be as a result of great elaboration and almost Solomonian insight in order to benefit culture, both to help starving artists and to have the citizenry enjoy a larger wealth and choice of music and culture.
Reality tells a completely different story.
Copyright was created ...
Posted in Civil Liberties, Copyright | 7 Comments »