UK music industry lobbyist Fran Nevrkla calls for death penalty for piracy
[via:Tero Inha]
14 June 2010
26 May 2010
Ireland’s largest ISP to cut off net access of alleged file sharers
“The European Parliament has been talking about internet access as a basic human right. It absolutely is not.” — Dick Doyle, Director general, Irish Recorded Music Association
[via:Timo Tamminen]
20 May 2010
Boing Boing noticed the Finnish record industry’s regrettable new anti-piracy mascot. It’s so bad I’m posting it now only because Doctorow found it funny.
[via:Setok]
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]