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One of the many benefits of Edward Snowden's leaks about NSA spying is that it is flushing out similar activity around the world. Ti...

At the beginning of last year we reported on a Swedish study that showed that streaming services had halved the number of people who wer...

Here on Techdirt we've had stories about how the ubiquity of digital cameras is changing the way we look at public events and art . ...

Lots of news regarding file-sharing has come out of Sweden over the years, but as TorrentFreak points out, until now, there's never be...

Rick Falkvinge has another of his fascinating posts up on his Web site, but this one's slightly different from his usual insights into...

For a long time, the copyright industries have taken the position that they won't launch new digital music services until piracy is ...

The founding of the Pirate Party in Sweden in 2006 was regarded by many as a joke. After all, the argument went, who would want to be as...

My last post might have seemed slightly over the top - and indeed was meant to be.  After all, it's not as if the US really wants to sub...

The "copyright levy" - typically a charge levied on blank recording media such as audio tapes, CDs and DVDs - is a total anachroni...

It was just over a year ago that the Digital Economy Act was passed. Of course, the battle to stop this insanity goes on, although the recen...

Here's a textbook case of how gene patents not only do *not* promote innovation, as is so frequently claimed, but slow it down - and wi...

I was invited to give a talk at two recent conferences, the Berlin Commons Conference , and FSCONS 2010 . It's generally a pleasure to ...

It's really striking how the idea of open government has gone from nowhere a few months ago to hot meme of the moment. Here's the l...

Richard Stallman has always regarded free software as about freedom, and hence inherently political. And so it's no surprise that many ...

This story is everywhere today: Internet traffic in Sweden fell by 33% as the country's new anti-piracy law came into effect, reports s...

I've always assumed the Swedish Pirate Party were a bunch of anarchists who wanted to cock a snook at authority by disrupting one of it...

I predict we will get plenty more like this : The Swedish Institute of Standards (SIS) has invalidated the vote that controversially approve...

Anders Chydenius is hardly a well-known name; it should be: Last year, the Anders Chydenius Foundation celebrated the 240th anniversary of...

Darknet: it's got a lovely feel to it as you roll it around your mouth. But I wonder if it will leave a sour taste with governments aro...

A programme to promote open access in Sweden might seem of interest only to Swedes (or those who like to read Swedish academic papers), but...