Category Archives: computers

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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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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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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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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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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Cabbies and the music industry

Posted on 2009-Aug-28 by cabalamat

According to Chris Dillow: If I give a friend a lift in my car, should BP refuse to sell me petrol to punish me for depriving cab companies of revenue? No-one is proposing this. So why is the government proposing … Continue reading →

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LD and Tory response to Internet disconnection

Posted on 2009-Aug-27 by cabalamat

Lord Mandelson wants to disconnect filesharers from the Internet. What do the other political parties think? It appears the Lib Dems are against the idea: Don Foster MP, the Liberal Democrat’s culture and media spokesman, told BBC News that Lord … Continue reading →

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BBC’s Have Your Say on filesharing

Posted on 2009-Aug-26 by cabalamat

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 →

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