Filesharer Sentenced to Pay Half Million Euro for Single Film December 19, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic A Swedish 28-year-old man has been sentenced to pay 4.3 million Kronor, or 476 000 Euro, for sharing a film over the torrent site Swebits. The filesharer from the Swedish town of Sala stood accused of sharing over 500 films and TV series, but […]
Politicians Use Copyright to Silence Media December 14, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic Swedish politician Kent Ekeroth, of the nationalist Sweden Democrats, is now using copyright as a means of silencing a critical newspaper. Ekeroth was the epicenter of a political scandal in 2010, where it was revealed that three leading members of the Sweden Democrats had armed themselves with iron […]
14 Points Towards a Reformed Copyright and Culture November 2, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic This proposal of a copyright and culture reform was drafted by Philippe Aigrain, with contributions from Lionel Maurel and Silvère Mercier and was critically reviewed by the co-founders and staff of La Quadrature du Net. The proposal comes as a response to the ACTA rejection […]
Hungary on the way towards Orwell’s 1984? October 30, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Topic During the past few months the world has been focused on NSA snooping as well as the drama that surrounded Edward Snowden. This has caused some things, smaller in scope but equally vital for the privacy of people, to pass with little or no notice. One of […]
Spanish MP Gave Power to the People September 26, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Topic The roots of a democracy as it should be is giving the power to the people, and this was done recently by a Spanish Member of Parliament. Joan Baldovi, a Member of Parliament for the Greens (Compromís-Equo) was persuaded by members of a free software development group to […]
Sarah Palin Sued for Copyright Infringement of 9/11 Photo September 20, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic The American politician Sarah Palin and her political action committee has been sued for copyright infringement after publishing a famous 9/11 photograph. The story is reminiscent of the recent story in which the Swedish Pirate Party reported the Minister of IT for copyright infringement, a […]
Study Finds File Sharing Helps Small Films September 16, 2013 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic Within the debate of the rights of copyright versus our privacy and freedom lies another debate, examining whether file sharing is even a danger to the industries. The MPAA offers an undoubting “yes”, forming the basis for its endless take down requests and attacks. Some scholars agree […]
Ethics of File Sharing – The Shallowness of Most Accusations September 4, 2013 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic Those who are open to others about their file sharing are keenly aware of the criticisms that are thrown at us, many times without much thought. Some of the more emotional accusations even equate us with pirates, a term that was easily adopted as […]
New Zealand Just Got Saner Software Patent Laws September 2, 2013 · by Hugo Ferreira · in Pirate Topics After five years of debate and lobbying from major multinational software patent holders, some sanity has been brought into New Zealand’s software patent system. New Zealand has announced that they will no longer approve meritless software patents describing age old processes solely because they are now […]
New Zealand Just Got Saner Software Patent Laws September 2, 2013 · by Hugo Ferreira · in Pirate Topic After five years of debate and lobbying from major multinational software patent holders, some sanity has been brought into New Zealand’s software patent system. New Zealand has announced that they will no longer approve meritless software patents describing age old… About Hugo Ferreira News […]
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