It’s a bit fun to read the papers some times.
Here DN claims that the Internet piracy has stayed low after IPRED was introduced a few months ago, quoting such “reliable” sources as IFPI and other organizations who wanted the IPRED. Because they have such insight in how much traffic there actually is?
Then we have a [...]

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Today the media is touting the news that the Pirate sites are shutting down, fueled by the corporate lawyers from music, movies & publishing industry. The ignorance lies in that they aren’t shutting down – just moving on to other forms of sharing. Torrents are being heavily monitored right now, but there are plenty of alternatives like [...]

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The news yesterday and today in Sweden is that a woman, Annika Östberg Deasy, is about to be transferred from US prisons to Sweden. Personally, I’m a bit shocked that everyone seems so happy about it. This is a woman who has been convicted for her part in two murders, of which one was of [...]

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During the 15th to 17th century the world witnessed it’s first hunt for witches. Today, we see it again, in the hunt for the horrible and fearsome Pirates. Not the ones with a patch over one eye, a parrot on their shoulder, drinking grog and saying “Argh matey!”, but the ones downloading illegally from the [...]

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