Tag: ACTA
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The Day We Fight Back
Two years ago, Radio Clash along with many other sites blacked out in opposition to SOPA and similar European laws such as ACTA. The former was stopped fairly quickly, and the latter fizzled out as European politicians realised how unpopular it was amongst their electorates as it was quite rightly perceived as a US attempt…
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Follow Your Dreams – CANCELLED
Hot on the heels of sharply funny/true/sad The Onion article Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life which many of my creative friends have been forwarding to each other with a mix of sadness and humour, is this Banksy artwork via Redshift.…
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Ding Dong The Wicked ACTA is Dead!
I spend far too long complaining about this injustice or that, so it’s nice for once have good news – European Parliament yesterday threw out the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The right decision – people will blather on about rights-holders and piracy, but a much bigger issue was how the US steamrollered this treaty (it…
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Megaupload gets a better song, WW3 doesn’t happen (yet)
I’m sure most people have been haunted by that Megggaaa MEgaaaUpploaddd… song that reportedly cost 3 million (!!! Was it extra for a decent tune? Apparently Kim dotCom is releasing an album? Not sure how he’d do that from prison, then again rappers have managed it in the past…) but Dan Bull comes up trumps…
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OpBlackout: You Should Have Expected Us, Megaupload raided
It seems Anonymous has called for war, and this won’t be pretty. Reason? The US raided and pulled down Megaupload, on foreign soil (New Zealand – where they passed or close to passing ACTA – don’t worry, if the EU or your country passes ACTA they will come for you too). So Anonymous, who has…
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First SOPA/PIPA – then ACTA. Round 2!
OK fresh from the wins of the Great Internet Blackout, it’s time to remember that ACTA, The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (remember that?) has NOT gone away, it’s coming up for the final vote in the European Union, despite major problems with the lack of transparency, a massive vote against it in 2010, private and public…