US, NZ, Sweden, others condemn "three strikes" Internet laws
Michael Geist notes that on Friday, Sweden made remarks at the UN Human Rights Council that endorsed many of the report's findings, including the criticism of "three strikes" rules. The statement was signed by 40 other nations, including the United States and Canada. The United Kingdom and France, two nations that have enacted "three strikes" regimes, did not sign the statement.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... t-laws.ars
300 Irish Internet Users Wrongfully Receive First Strike Notices
False accusations have long been a subject for those sceptical of a three strikes law. Given the complexity of tying an IP address to a subscriber is much too complicated for any form of automated system, it should come as no surprise for sceptics to find out that people are wrongfully receiving notices for copyright infringement.
http://www.copyratulroman.com/blog/2011 ... e-notices/
Know Your Rights!
EFF has designed this guide to help you understand your rights if officers try to search the data stored on your computer or portable electronic device, or seize it for further examination somewhere else.
https://www.eff.org/wp/know-your-rights
Working Together to Stop Internet Piracy
The joining of Internet service providers and entertainment companies in a cooperative effort to combat online infringement can further this goal and we commend them for reaching this agreement. We believe it will have a significant impact on reducing online piracy.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/07/ ... net-piracy
After the SGAE, Germany investigates IFPI and its dome accused of tax fraud
Apparently, the investigation began last month following a series of documents that pointed directly to the dome of IFPI. In them, were a series of tests showing the creation of a shell company to evade taxes to the German prosecutors. The accounts and names found led to the figure and beat Ivo Sacchi Hogg, CEO and head of the organization, so that currently investigating the extent of fraud and so far it has been in the crime.
http://en.wikinoticia.com/Technology/ge ... -tax-fraud
State of the Party
So what needs to be done:
1. File the annual report, and pay the fine
2. File paperwork for closing the USPP
3. Dissolve the USPP
4. Start the US Pirate Party association site
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=cbc ... 953717d887
Smederevo 30 Jul – radionica: Privatnost na Internetu
Privatnost na Internetu (facebook, twitter, gmail, google plus, skype, email, zaključavanje hard diskova, šifrovanje “četovnja”, šifrovanje torrent razmene fajlova kako bi izbegli nepotrebno plaćanje reketa za copyright)
http://piratskapartija.com/blog/2011/07 ... internetu/
Piratenversammlung der Piratenpartei Schweiz im August
Ende August ist unsere grosse Wahlkampf-Piratenversammlung (-BPT), in Üettligen direkt bei Bern. Wir erwarten verschiedene nationale und internationale Gäste, darunter Rick Falkvinge, der eine Keynote halten wird, Nicole Cornu von der Schweizerischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Jugendverbände (SAJV) und Victor Love von Dope Stars Inc., die Band die kürzlich ihr neuestes Album zum freien Download ins Netz stellte. Cornu berichtet über die Jugendarbeit in der Schweiz und Love referiert über das pirschte Thema Urheberrecht und Musik.
http://www.piratenpartei.at/piratenvers ... -im-august
Final Ruling Confirms ‘Pirate’ Sites Act Lawfully in Spain
Lawyers defending a file-sharing site say a new legal victory provides final confirmation that sites providing links to copyright works act lawfully in Spain. In a complaint filed during 2009, SGAE claimed that Index-web.com violated its rights but in yet another blow to the music rights group and Spain’s Ley Sinde anti-filesharing law, this week a court disagreed.
http://torrentfreak.com/final-ruling-co ... in-110714/
New Study: Piracy Increases The Quality Of Content
Eric Goldman points us to a very, very interesting new research paper by Atanu Lahiri and Debabrata Day, showing all sorts of real examples about how "piracy" appears to increase the quality of the related goods that are being infringed upon. Of course, this counters the "common sense" argument that such infringement inevitably lowers the quality of content, since the creators and distributors of said content can no longer invest as much in the content.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201107 ... tent.shtml
Flattr teams up with a major broadband provider in Sweden
Bredbandsbolaget will help to spread the word about Flattr as a way to reward creators, and allow Flattr account creation via their portal. Furthermore they are funding the Flattr accounts of a thousand of their customers for three months with 50 Swedish krona (about 5€) per month each.
http://blog.flattr.net/2011/06/flattr-t ... in-sweden/
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