Just before Christmas we saw the Spanish Parliament reject yet another attempt to introduce laws in Europe restricting Internet freedoms. There have been a rush of them this year, popping up in country after country, each national government calmly pretending it was their idea and they thought of it unaided and they think it’s a [...]
☝ The Typhoid Mary Of Three-Strikes
Posted on December 23, 2010 by Simon Phipps
Over the last year, we saw them spring up all over the world, notably in Australia and in France but also in many other countries. It seemed odd that so many legislatures should simultaneously feel the urge to create extrajudicial protection for mainly foreign – American – copyright holders, especially in a market where the [...]
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☂ Voltaire Moment Article Available
Posted on December 11, 2010 by Simon Phipps
My article asserting that we need to stand up for Wikileaks’ ability to exist even if we don’t like Wikileaks is now available in the Essays area.
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☝ Defending Wikileaks’ Ability To Exist
Posted on December 3, 2010 by Simon Phipps
Let me say up front that I am not a massive fan of WikiLeaks. It seems to me that taking stolen correspondence and publishing it for everyone to read is a fundamentally sociopathic act, whether it is a rival’s love-letters or a government’s diplomatic cables. There’s no doubt that there’s a role for whistle-blowing journalism, [...]
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