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Kemptown Ben's Green Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sometimes something unexpected happens in politics which re-affirms your belief in the political bedfellows you keep - I came across a small but heartening example of this yesterday, while musing over the Government's latest draconian attack on Internet freedom and discovering that the Green Party has been resisting it at EU level. Last week, Busimness Secretary Peter Mandelson, fresh from holidaying...
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- As of December 1 Amelia Andersdotter will become Europe’s youngest MEP, and the second for the Swedish wing of the Pirate Party — Piratpartiet, locally — the world’s first and only global political organisation. She says on her website posted, obviously, before she was named as an MEP »»» My [...]
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D-Notice (Free subscription) | yesterday
I have been meaning to get around to write summat about the government sacking the head of its drug advisory body. In the unlikely event that you're not aware, he was sacked for the heinous crime of daring to criticise our Lords 'n' Masters for placing politics above evidence by saying that cannabis isn't as bad as the Home Office makes to out to be. There's not much I can say other than it shows that...
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Gov20, HealthIT & Healthcare Reform (Free subscription) | yesterday
Clay Shirky , NYU professor and leading thinker on the future of the Internet and communication technology, has opinions on everything from the “ Twitter revolution ” in Iran and GitHub ’s collaborative coding process to the death of newspapers and the rise of the Pirate Party in Europe. Shirky’s book Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations and his...
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Kemptown Ben's Green Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I've just read a news item that so turns received wisdom about copyright on its head I just had to share it with you. The Pirate Party UK are reporting that people who 'illegally' download music are, in fact, the music industry's best customers! On average, according to the results of a study carried out by left-leaning think-tank Demos, people who share digital files are likely to spend more cash...
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Brahsome (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
As you know, we are big fans of NCSU here on the Brahsomewebs. Of course, that naturally lends itself to a little Greenville bashing every now and then (mainly because of this fella: 200YearsTooLate.com, as well as a certain Salamander-inclined gentleman). Anyway, the Pirates are having a little party tonight, which I covered over at Buster (the current day job). Scope it.
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Switched (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Filed under: Editor's Picks Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Whippersnapper Firefox recently eclipsed the 1 billion download mark , and that monumental success seems to have helped the browser surpass the crotchety old Internet Explorer 6. (Seriously, people. It's time to upgrade.) Firefox is expected to celebrate tonight by T.P.'ing IE6's house and then leaving a flaming...
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Mashable (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
We’ve said over and over that we’re against the three-strikes law, proposed in countries such as France and the UK , under which illegal file sharers would be disconnected from the Internet after three offenses. The European Union has long held the same position , and now the EU lawmakers have put together a proposal that brings some degree of protection for people accused of illegal file...
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Intellectual Property Watch (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
This week’s ratification of the European Union Lisbon Treaty by the Czech Republic put in place the treaty and and with it a new Parliament member from the Swedish Pirate Party. The second Pirate Party seat will be occupied by the 22-year-old Amelia Andersdotter, who will become the youngest Member of the European Parliament, according [...]
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Another Green World (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
GREENS HAIL VICTORY FOR INTERNET USERS IN EURO-PARLIAMENT – BUT WARN ONLINE RIGHTS STILL UNDER THREAT Green leader and MEP Caroline Lucas attacks Lord Mandelson’s “draconian” plans to disconnect filesharers The European Parliament and the EU Council (representing national governments) last night agreed on a compromise text regarding the protection of internet users' rights in...
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Paperholic (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
To finish a ( complicated ) story we had started here: European Elections 2009: Swedish Pirate Party will have 2 seats (Paperholic, June 8)… With the Lisbon Treaty being signed by all European Union member states, the Pirate Party has gained another seat in the European Parliament , writes Ernesto from TorrentFreak (November 4), and we are pleased to publish the picture of Amelia Andersdotter...
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The Register (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
22-year old Swedish woman goes to Brussels Now that the Lisbon Treaty has been ratified by Czech President Vaclav Klaus, the European Parliament gets an extra 18 members, and one of those will be from Sweden's Pirate Party.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Peter Brett's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Over the last two years, a number of countries and multi-national blocs have been negotiating a new treaty called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The UK Intellectual Property Office, for example, claim that: The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) seeks to coordinate international cooperation on IPR enforcement practices, to tackle effectively counterfeit and pirated goods. Whether...
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
When the election results first came in for the EU Parliament back in June, it initially looked like the Swedish Pirate Party would get two seats , though it was later downgraded to just one. However, it looks like they're back up to two due to a recent treaty agreement. This means that Amelia Andersdotter will be joining Christian Engstrom in the EU Parliament, representing the Pirate Party and the...
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
In response to a new survey suggesting that P2P file-swapping might not be harming music sales , music's international trade group IFPI today put out a statement. "The net effect of illegal file-sharing in the UK and elsewhere has been to reduce legitimate sales," IFPI asserts . "This is why spending on recorded music has fallen every year since illegal file-sharing began to become...
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