Loss of Privacy

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a secret international trade agrement that contains a chapter on intellectual property, including copyright. These types of agreements can be used to “launder” bad IP ideas into bad IP law. Find out more information about the TPP at TPPInfo.org.

Chile is the first country to question TPP. Hopefully, they will back out and be the incentive for the other countries involved to back out as well.

To learn more, visit Public Knowledge’s excellent guide.

After Robert Wilkinson was arrested, he gave a drunken rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody, which ended up on YouTube. EMI pulled the video, claiming copyright violation. After a huge backlash, they’ve relented and allowed the video to return, stating that it was a mistake to do so.

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Interestingly, my Alma mater is third on the list of top pirating universities.

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I’ve discussed Nina Paley and this video before, but it needs to be seen by more people because many are still under the impression that copying is theft.