Tag: Open Rights Group
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Pry Minister
Love this image from Scarfolk, and now the Snooper’s Charter has passed it’s very true. Join the Open Rights Group to fight it.
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Soundcloud’s Raining On Your Parade
You might have heard a disturbance in the Force – many people crying out in pain suddenly at once. No it wasn’t the destruction of Alderaan, it was Soundcloud partnering with Zefr and thus many more tracks were taken down. I forecasted this would happen, rather than the ad-sponsored mashup/remix utopia that some were claiming…
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Department of Dirty
Love this film from the ‘Department of Dirty’. Spotted Dick! The site has details about how to remove filters, and it’s worth checking to see if your site has been blocked in the UK.
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Neil Gaiman on Copyright
Every once in a while Open Rights Group which I support does something that really enforces why they need to exist – this interview from author Neil Gaiman about how ‘pirating’ his books actually increases sales (upto 3000%!) is one of them. Interesting how he sees it as a form of lending rather than something…