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Political snippets: A year is a long time in politics
In a year from now Australia will either be on the verge of the introduction of a price on carbon emissions of the idea will have been scrapped.
The copyright lobby’s loose facts
As Crikey has revealed, the data advanced by the copyright lobby on piracy is full of holes. Even the public report into the issue can’t be believed, muddying the debate for industry and creators.
Mysterious anti-piracy report to be released ‘this week’
An anti-piracy lobby group has bowed to pressure and released a controversial report on the impact of internet piracy on the Australian economy, following howls of protest over its existence and veracity.
Will ethics go Lost on TV downloads?
Lost returns tonight and poses a challenge to viewers far greater than any mystery contained in the program: now that the Aussie broadcast has caught up to the US, will you still download it? asks Dan Barrett.
iiNet and why ISPs can’t be content cops
Yesterday’s big win by internet service provider iiNet — clearing the company of responsibility for its users’ illegal online downloading — outlined exactly why ISPs can’t easily or effectively police their customers’ activities, explains Techdirt.
UK’s Channel 4: File-sharing is here to stay. Embrace it.
Today’s “internet native” generation are never going to give up sharing and downloading things illegally over the internet, says an editor from the UK’s Channel 4. Attempting to lock up content will always fail: the future of the media is “spreadable and shareable”.
VIDEO: How the West trained Somali pirates
Al Jazeera reveals many of the pirates operating out of Somalia were given special forces-style training from western maritime security firms — the very companies who is now making millions by protecting ships from the pirates.
Proposed intercept laws could create thousands of “Little Brothers”
Proposed amendments to the Telecommunications Act could dramatically increase the monitoring of your electronic communications. What will the loss of privacy mean?
Blistering barnacles! Interview with a Somali pirate
A real life Somali pirate tells Wired about the ins and outs of running a successful swashbuckling operation on the high seas.
Bio-piracy: the story of US Patent #5,894,079
In 1999, an American found some yellow beans in a Mexican market, named them Enola Beans and slapped a patent on them, allowing him to tax people who had been growing, consuming and exporting the beans for centuries. Ten years later, the patent has finally been scrapped.
Guns n’ Roses pirate under house arrest
An American man convicted of uploading nine Guns n’ Roses tracks to the internet has been put under house arrest for two months. As part of his punishment, he must also produce an anti-piracy message.
Three strikes and you’re offline
New Zealand is to implement a ‘three strikes and you’re offline’ rule in an attempt to fight copyright issues on the internet.
Cutthroat capitalism: the economics of Somali piracy
Wired’s interactive infographic explains the economic model behind piracy in Somalia — there’s big business behind all that booty. Yarr.
Inside the booming business of Somali piracy
CSM meets the bucaneers behind the lucrative Somali piracy operations.
The fight for Nigeria’s oil wealth
Nigeria’s oil wealth is the cause of piracy, kidnappings and violence along the Niger Delta.
Apple outsmarts pirates with iPod shuffle
Apple may have found a cure for the disease of hardware piracy in an unconventional way — by making a product no-one can out-smart.
Somalian chaos: the product of international intervention
The problem in Somalia hasn’t been a lack of engagement: it’s been engagement on the wrong side.
Q& A with a Somali leader on dealing with pirates
Puntland leader Abdirahman Mohamed Farole discusses his plans to break the scourge of piracy in the Somali region.
The Danish Navy on the hunt
Like latter-day Vikings, the Danish Navy tours the treacherous Gulf of Aden hunting for Somali pirates. Monocle goes on board.
Mystery surrounds Somali pirate’s personal life
The life of 16-year-old Somali pirate Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse.
Piracy on the high seas, not on your computer
Just as piracy is returning to our consciousness with the events off the coast of Somalia, quite different groups of people are being tagged with the same label.
Somali pirates are pulling in the profits
Crunching the numbers on piracy shows Somalian swashbucklers could be pulling profits of $120 million a year.
