Norway says – share, but don’t steal?

A new initiativ by 2300 Norwegian artists and 37 organizations called Dele – ikke stjele (Share –  Do not steal, more info in English at TorrentFreak) is creating new fuzz. And I’m asking myself: Does that mean upload, but don’t download? Their main argument is to respect the copyrights. Legal filesharing is good. Piracy is … Continue reading →

Europe’s struggle with piracy

All the kids I talked to this summer while on vacation in Norway, told me that they never paid for music. They found everything they needed online, and downloaded it for free. From Pirate Bay and other file sharing sites. (This blog post is also posted at the Personal Democracy Forum’s European blog) My very … Continue reading →

The war against the kids

I’ve written about the complicated relationship between copyrights and creativity for Morgenbladet. The text is in Norwegian, but you can try Google Translate if you are interested. One remark – in the original article I wrote that the European Parliament had voted to extend copyrights for music from 50 to 95 years.  The result is … Continue reading →

European Parliament – music copyright extended to 70 years

I’m disappointed, but not surprised. The EP has voted to extend music copyrights 20 more years compared to today (50 years). The original suggestion was an extension from 50 to 95 year, but that got changed during the voting in Strasbourg today. I’ve written an article about copyrights vs. creativity that will appear in tomorrow’s … Continue reading →

Google Chrome, sceptic Irish media, Banksy and copyrights

Good links for you! Everybody (eh, not my mother) talks about the new Google browser Chrome these days. I will download it today, ars technica has a thorough review of it, if you prefer to get your Chrome info in a cartoon, a guy called Scott McCloud has already done the job. Ireland’s media have … Continue reading →