Miro AKA DemocracyPlayerMiro AKA DemocracyPlayer
www.ted.com is a premier partner for the Miro player [1]. This is a free player for free online content, the site www.getmiro.com has the player for download, it has binaries[...]
Category: Liberty
Preparing for a CollapsePreparing for a Collapse
Rick Falkvinge (leader of the Swedish Pirate Party) has written his predictions about an economic crash in the US [1]. Predicting that the US economy will crash is no great[...]
The Inevitability of VictoryThe Inevitability of Victory
I just read an interesting blog post about Montenegro [1]. Apparently a key to the process of becoming a country was acting like it was inevitable. It seems that this[...]
Free TextbooksFree Textbooks
I am going to make some suggestions to a company that might possibly sponsor development of free electronic text books for schools (suitable for running on an OLPC machine). I[...]
Lentil as AnythingLentil as Anything
I just read an interesting post by Kylie Willison [1] which mentions the restaurant Lentil as Anything [2]. The restaurant chain is noteworthy for charging what people believe that the[...]
DMCA and Sci-FiDMCA and Sci-Fi
My previous post about the SFWA falsely issuing DMCA take-down notices [1] has got some reactions, many of which indicate a lack of clear reading of my post. I am[...]
Web-ScabsWeb-Scabs
I have just read an interesting post by Ted Ts’O about copyright protection on the net [1]. Ted is well known as a free software programmer, but it’s slightly less[...]
Photography and Censorship at APECPhotography and Censorship at APEC
World News Australia reports that Police forced three tourists to delete photos of a fence. Apparently the officers in question believed that such photos would be a threat to security.[...]
License Fees for Music in ClubsLicense Fees for Music in Clubs
The Cyber Law Center has blogged about the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited being permitted to charge night-club owners $1.05 per person per night for playing commercial music up[...]
DMCA etcDMCA etc
A few days ago I wrote my first DMCA take-down notice, I followed the instructions on the Wikipedia page. The reason for this was that someone was mirroring my blog[...]