Music is not a loaf of bread, it can’t be “stolen”
Singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy is part of the growing group of artists that understands that there’s more to music than selling pieces of plastic, and suing your fans.
Copyright Issues Articles
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What if book publishers started to sue libraries?
In the recent past we’ve seen the record and movie industry sue everyone from little girls and soccer moms to college kids for illegal file-sharing. Imagine what would happen if book publishers started to take on public libraries.
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IFPI bars professors from entering Anti-Piracy press conference
The IFPI, the international arm of the RIAA reportedly barred a handful of university professors from entering their press conference. The professors are from the Centre for Technology and Society, a part of the prestigious Brazilian think-tank Fundação Getulio Vargas. The reason for barring those professors entry could be that the organisation they are a [...]
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Pirates Parties To Conquer Europe
Pirates are planning a mass attack on Europe. The Swedish Pirate Party is coordinating a pan-European electoral assault for the 2009 European Elections, says leader Rick Falkvinge.
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Swedish Elections: The Pirate Party Sails On
The Swedish Election turned out to be a litlle disappointing for The Pirate Party. However, it was the first time the Ship was in the “open water”, but definitely not the last. This Swedish election has been special in many ways. It was if though the parliamentary parties and the media outlets of Sweden decided [...]
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Yet Another Pirate Party
The German Pirate Party was founded yesterday in Berlin. The goals of the German Pirate Party are similar to those of their sister parties: decriminalizing filesharing, copyright reform, sensible patents, and privacy protection, to name a few.
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TorrentPod Episode 3
Here we go again, Yet another episode of our weekly podcast. Enjoy and drop a comment. Our DNS servers went down last night, so Charlie wasn’t able to grab the latest comments. Sorry for that. Welcome to TorrentPod, the official podcast of TorrentFreak.com. Join your host Charlie as he delves into this weeks latest news, [...]
