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Edinburgh Pirate Party meeting, Wed 5 September
Edinburgh Pirates will be having an informal meeting on 5 September starting at 7pm in the Regent Pub. All Pirates are welcome, as is anyone interested in the Pirate Party or who just wants to talk with us. Details are … Continue reading
Posted in digital rights, Edinburgh, Pirate Party, politics
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MeowCat, a new kind of internet conversation platform
I’ve recently been building a website, MeowCat. What’s MeowCat? A very short answer would be: it’s a better Twitter. More accurately, it’s a new kind of internet conversation platform. Right now, it combines the best features of Twitter, blogging, Usenet … Continue reading
What the singularity will be like without a Pirate government
Would would the world be like after a technological singularity? Well, unless the Pirate Party wins power, it could look like this: (Via The Guardian)
Posted in copyright, digital rights, Pirate Party
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Pirates win in Schleswig-Holstein, do well in Greece
There were two elections yesterday where Pirates did well. One was in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany where the Pirate Party got 8.2% of the vote and won 6 seats. The other was the Greek general election. Here, the Pirates got 0.5% … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, digital rights, Germany, Greece, Pirate Party, politics
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How to get round the censorship of The Pirate Bay
Following the recent High Court judgement ordering ISPs to block The Pirate Bay, Virgin Media have done so: More than four million subscribers were cut off from http://www.thepiratebay.se on Wednesday evening. Virgin Media was one of five major broadband firms … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, digital rights, filesharing, Pirate Party, war on civil liberties
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Why people pirate TV programmes…
The Oatmeal explains why people pirate TV programmes such as Game of Thrones. Hint: it’s because the industry make buying a legal version so difficult, time consuming or plain impossible that people give up and simply go to The Pirate … Continue reading
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A free clue to the record industry
Here’s a free clue I’m giving to the record industry. They won’t take it, of course: (from Techdirt)
Posted in digital rights, economics, filesharing, RIAA
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Edinburgh Pirate meeting, Saturday 10 Mar at 3:30 pm
There will be a Pirate Party meeting in Edinburgh, this Saturday (10-Mar-2012) starting at 3:30pm. The venue is the Cameo Bar, 38 Home St, EH3 9LZ (map) Anyone wishing to be involved in the Edinburgh local election this May should … Continue reading
Posted in digital rights, Edinburgh, Pirate Party, politics
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Ten years for downloading music?
Internet users are being threatened with imprisonment: UK web surfers have caught a grim glimpse of the future with Internet users being threatened with 10 years in jail for “illegal downloading” after a prominent music file-sharing site was shut down … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, digital rights, Edinburgh, Pirate Party, politics
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Edinburgh Pirate meeting, Saturday 3 Mar at 4pm
There will be a Pirate Party meeting in Edinburgh, this Saturday (3-Mar-2012) starting at 4pm. The venue is the Cameo Bar (map) Anyone wishing to be involved in the Edinburgh local election this May should attend, as should anyone interesting … Continue reading
Posted in digital rights, Edinburgh, Pirate Party, politics
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Amused Cynicism 