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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
Raoul Moat and Facebook
Raoul Moat was a nasty murdering thug and I’m glad he’s dead. Some people disagree, and they’ve set up a Facebook page R.I.P RAOUL MOAT YOU LEGEND! ♥, a typical comment on which is this one from Gemma-Louise Stokes: love … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, bullshit, censorship, digital rights, Pirate Party, politics, Scotland
Tagged pirate
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Tories worse than Labour on filesharing
Labour’s Digital Economy Bill is bad enough. But what is the Conservatives’ position? This extract from a parliamentary debate which occurred a fortnight ago makes clear that they’re worse (the yellow marking is my emphasis): Jeremy Hunt (Shadow Secretary of … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, bullshit, censorship, copyright, digital rights, Pirate Party, politics, war on civil liberties
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Say No to the Digital Economy Bill
Charlotte Gore understands the consequences of Lord Mandelson’s Digital Economy Bill: Mandelson wants to be able to ban individuals from [the internet] as punishment for copyright infringement. […] Here’s the key question: do we want to live in a society … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, censorship, copyright, digital rights, Pirate Party
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Press Complaints Commission wants to regulate blogs
Baroness Peta Buscombe, who recently became chair of the Press Complaints Commission, wants to regulate blogs: Baroness Buscombe, the new chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, has ambitions for her organisation that go beyond the traditional newspaper companies. She wants … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, Britain, censorship, digital rights, politics
Tagged Press Complaints Commission
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Secret ACTA Treaty would impose 3-strikes
The ACTA treaty is being negotiated in secret. It stands for “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” but that’s just a cover name: it’s really about clamping down on internet freedom. It’s said that the USA has the best government money can buy, … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, digital rights, MPAA, Pirate Party, politics, RIAA, society, USA
Tagged ACTA treaty
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Musicians oppose disconnection of filesharers
The government wants to disconnect people it alleges have been engaging in illegal fileshairing. They say this is to help musicians. But what do musicians say about it? They don’t think filesharers should be disconnected: A rift has opened between … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, censorship, digital rights, human rights, Pirate Party, politics
Tagged BASCA, FAC, Featured Artists Coalition, MPG
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BBC’s Have Your Say on filesharing
The BBC are doing a Have Your Say on the question: Should file-sharers be cut off? If you have a look at the Readers Recommended responses, they are nearly all against filesharers being cut off. Some samples: If my partner … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, censorship, digital rights, filesharing, Pirate Party, politics, war on civil liberties
Tagged Digital Britain
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What’s wrong with the government’s proposals
Today the government announced it was going to cut off people’s internet access for filesharing, and force ISPs to pay part of the costs of the regimne to prevent illegal filesharing. These proposals are deeply flawed, and would harm the … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, censorship, digital rights, Pirate Party, politics
Tagged Digital Britain
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Labour has a death wish
Backstory: the government issued their Digital Britain report earlier this year. They started a consultation on P2P filesharing and what measures should be taken to stop it, with the consultation ending on the 16th September. Here’s the consultation page (as … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, censorship, digital rights, filesharing, human rights, MPAA, Pirate Party, RIAA
Tagged David Geffen, Digital Britain, Peter Mandelson, Tom Watson
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Amused Cynicism 