Tag: Open Rights Group

  • Horace goes IP Trolling

    Horace goes IP Trolling

    Octav1us, game reviewer and lover of 1980’s games has been attacked by a copyright troll – Paul Andrews of Subvert. (I do name and shame even if she’s understandably too scared and worried to do it – so bite me. She used Horace from the ZX Spectrum games, but the guy who was one of…

  • Pry Minister

    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.

  • Soundcloud’s Raining On Your Parade

    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…

  • Department of Dirty

    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.

  • Privacy invasion

    Privacy invasion

    We seem to be getting used to privacy invasion and sharing information online, apps etc (even people stupidly posting their credit/debit cards online – FAIL) but I was astounded when I asked why my new Samsung Galaxy S3, top of the range cannot work properly with my Mac. You plug it in and it sees…

  • Neil Gaiman on Copyright

    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…

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