Pirate Topic

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 pipes and attacked people with verbal racist and sexist remarks.  As Ekeroth’s own video spread across the Internet through major news sources, such as Expressen, in November 2012, the scandal grew and led up to one of the participants leaving the Swedish Parliament, and Ekeroth …

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 case later dropped because the pirate party was not the copyright owner. In this case, Palin has been sued by the copyright owner, the North Jersey Media Group, reports CNN. According to Jennifer Borg of the North Jersey Media Group, they first tried asking Palin and …