Category Archives: technology

MeowCat, a new kind of internet conversation platform

Posted on 2012-Jul-09 by cabalamat

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 →

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How to get round the censorship of The Pirate Bay

Posted on 2012-May-03 by cabalamat

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 →

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Posted in Britain, digital rights, filesharing, Pirate Party, war on civil liberties | Tagged | 9 Comments

Why people pirate TV programmes…

Posted on 2012-Mar-23 by cabalamat

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

Posted on 2012-Mar-22 by cabalamat

Here’s a free clue I’m giving to the record industry. They won’t take it, of course: (from Techdirt)

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Help elect me to the Scottish Parliament as a Pirate MSP

Posted on 2011-Feb-05 by cabalamat

On May the 5th, Scotland elects a new Parliament. I’m standing for election as Pirate Party candidate in the Lothian region. We have a really good chance here, with 4 universities in Edinburgh and the highest level of internet connectivity … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

Posted on 2010-Sep-21 by cabalamat

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is an international treaty currently being negotiated by the USA, the EU, Japan, Mexico and some other countries. The name is rather bland, deliberately so, and the treaty has been negotiated in secret because the … Continue reading →

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Balls talks bollocks on housing

Posted on 2010-Sep-01 by cabalamat

Ed Balls, a contender for the Labour leadership,proposes to spend £6 billion to build 100,000 affordable homes (via Liberal Conspiracy): By using half of that £12 billion, a £6 billion investment this year and next, we could build 100,000 extra … Continue reading →

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The Pirate Party is more libertarian than the Libertarian Party

Posted on 2010-Feb-16 by cabalamat

Pirate Party UK is more libertarian than the Libertarian Party UK, at least on some policy issues, if this post by the Libertarian Party’s leader Chris Mounsey is to be believed. In his post, Mounsey criticises the Pirate Party’s stand … Continue reading →

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Posted in blogs, Britain, copyright, digital rights, filesharing, libertarianism, MPAA, politics, RIAA | Tagged , , | 22 Comments

So that was the noughties

Posted on 2009-Dec-31 by cabalamat

Yeah, I know –the noughties was a shit name for a decade. But let’s see what happened. Politically the biggest single event was the 9/11 attack and its aftermath. American soldiers invaded Afghanistan, and NATO troops are still there. The … Continue reading →

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Music industry steals musician’s copyright

Posted on 2009-Oct-06 by cabalamat

I have a new post over at the Pirate Party’s blog: Music industry steals musician’s copyright.

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