UK music industry lobbyist Fran Nevrkla calls for death penalty for piracy
[via:Tero Inha]
14 June 2010
20 May 2010
Founder of Internet Archive on the Google book scanning lawsuit
He mentions an actually unsettling side effect of Google’s endeavor: the accelerating privatization of library like institutions.
[via:Internet Archive]
14 May 2010
28 April 2010
IFPI’s child porn strategy (Christian Engström, Pirate MEP)
”Child pornography is great,” the speaker [at a seminar organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Stockholm on May 27, 2007, under the title ”Sweden — A Safe Haven for Pirates?] declared enthusiastically. ”It is great because politicians understand child pornography. By playing that card, we can get them to act, and start blocking sites.”"
[via:Inka Salminen]
20 January 2010
1 January 2010
13 December 2009
19 November 2009
Leaked news: UK Secretary of State to propose beyond fucked up changes to copyright law?
…including new, undemocratic, unparliamentary powers for the Secretary of State and prison sentences for file sharing.
[via:Waino]
20 October 2009
Rick Falkvinge: Open letter to the music industry
“This, of course, brings our agreement into question. If other providers are offering to perform the same service — creating music — without the cost that you have charged, in terms of a life-plus-70-years-monopoly, then we, as the legislators, are going to renegotiate the terms of that agreement.”
“We won’t be negotiating new terms with you, of course. No, we’ll be negotiating new terms with our new suppliers and just terminate the contract with you, as is the norm in any business.”
8 October 2009
24 July 2009
25 June 2009
In Corporate Welfare USA One Illegal Download Equals One And A Third Dead Relatives
In Reference To: Jammie Thomas’ retrial verdict.
[via:Jean]
1 December 2008
23 November 2008
Ruotsin kokoomusnuoret vaativat tiedostojen jakamisen laillistamista
“Samaan aikaan kun Ruotsin päähallituspuolue maltillinen kokoomus ajaa pääministeri Fredrik Reinfeldtin johdolla tekijänoikeusteollisuudelle poliisioikeuksia ja vertaisverkkokäyttäjien kiristysmahdollisuuksia IPRED1-direktiivin kansallisessa toteutuksessa, puolueen nuorisojärjestö Moderata Ungdomsförbundet (MUF) [...] päätti tämänpäiväisessä vuosikokouksessaan Göteborgissa vaatia ei-kaupallisen tiedostojen jakamisen laillistamista ja kansalaisten nettiviestinnän yksityisyyden suojaamista asiattomalta tungettelulta.”
14 September 2008
Court delays Indian Hari Puttar film release
“[Warner Bros] has been quoted as saying the the title of the Indian movie is confusing.”