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Social Democrats on the wrong track with IPRED again

Friday, November 6th, 2009

(Original post published on November 3rd, 2009) At the party congress of the Social Democrats, there were a few decisions-in-principle made on the matter of IPRED (Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights.) Earlier this spring, the party took a stand in favor of the new law, voting for its adoption. Those ...

In the FRA Aftermath

Friday, November 6th, 2009

(Original post published on October 31st, 2009) Just around Halloween seems like a good time to be talking about the FRA. Even though the law on mass-surveillance governing the operations of the FRA has been passed - for the second time - without even one single MP of the Coalition having ...

Frightening Pictures from London

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

I wrote that I would get back to you on my experiences from London. I will, however, keep the written word to a minimum and let these pictures speak for themselves. The London Police Service has come to the conclusion that security cameras do not, in fact, contribute to the ...

Awakening

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

I haven't been writing for a while now. Last week I was visiting the UK and have had quite a busy schedule. What I witnessed in London scared the living daylights out of me, and it has taken some time for me to come back to earth from that experience. Fortunately, ...

Timeline of this spring

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

We are discussing the timeline of pirate related events during spring. Feb 5: Rally against Lex Nokia in Finland. Feb 10: First verdict from the ECJ of the legality of the Data Retention Directive. Feb, unknown date, somewhere 1-15: Vote about the Lex Nokia wiretapping law in Finnish parliament. Feb 16: The Pirate Bay ...

Countries, continued, Denmark

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Founded at about same time as the Finnish PP. Very small – about ten members. Blackout in media; you don't hear anything about any PP in Danish media. Almost all media is owned by copyright fundamentalists. TPB censoring in progress in courtrooms; one of the parties in the court case is actually one ...

Enroute to fourth conference

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

The 4th international pirate conference is about to open in Helsinki, Finland. As I write this, I'm inflight from Stockholm and about halfway across the Gulf of Bothnia. I'm not sure who will be attending, although just meeting the hosting pirates in Piraattipuolue will be a reunion to look forward to. The ...

FRA coverage in English at The Local

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Some coverage in English over at The Local. They mention my exposing the former director at FRA, Anders Wik, though without giving credit.