Opinion: Being Against the TPP Doesn’t Mean You’re Against Free Trade Drew Wilson | August 29, 2012 There’s been a rise of opinions amongst supporters of the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that needs to be addressed. The opinion is that if you are against the TPP for whatever reason, that automatically means you are against free trade. Drew Wilson tackles this assumption head on.
ZeroPaid Interviews TorrentLitigation.com Drew Wilson | August 23, 2012 We talk a lot about national and international copyright laws a lot, but one of the issues that receives less attention is how individual users can deal with legal threats by rights holders whenever they, say, get caught uploading copyright infringing material. Adam Urbanczyk, Principal Attorney of TorrentLitigation.com wants to be a solution for users …
US Government Jails Marine Veteran for Posting Comments to Facebook Drew Wilson | August 21, 2012 A US marine veteran is in custody after making comments on Facebook about 9/11 conspiracy theories. In addition to being detained, he is reportedly being forced to undergo psychiatric testing as well. For me, this case disturbs me, but for reasons no one else seems to be even covering at all.
New Zealand Green Party Uniting International Counterparts to Criticize TPP Drew Wilson | August 20, 2012 While the focus on the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Canadian media has simply been that any trade deal is a good deal for Canada, the New Zealand Green Party has been busy trying to raise awareness over the dangerous known propvisions within the secretive agreement. They are not only taking their fight to the government …
Torrent Users Coming to Grips With Demonoid Shut Down Drew Wilson | August 16, 2012 For a lot of Torrent users, Demonoid was a one stop shop for a lot of different kinds of content. It was one of a handful of sites that had such name recognition. Billed by many as a “semi-private” tracker, the site introduced a number of users to the world of private BitTorrent trackers. Now …
Malaysia Rejecting TPP as Agreement Causes Political Turmoil in Australia Drew Wilson | August 14, 2012 There’s been plenty of developments in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the last week which is worth noting. Malaysia is currently rejecting the TPP. Meanwhile, the Australian government is getting a fresh round of criticisms from opposition parties over the latest revelations from the recent leak.
Obama Mulling Executive Order to Get Cybersecurity Act of 2012 Passed? Drew Wilson | August 13, 2012 It seemed like a crucial battle was won to stop the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 for a little while, but now reports are surfacing suggesting that Obama might simply sign an executive order to have his own version of either the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (Senate version of the legislation) or CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing …
Footage of Raid on Kim Dotcoms Mansion Surfaces Drew Wilson | August 12, 2012 Footage of the raid on MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom has now surfaced online. The footage showed a police dog, police helicopters and several armed officers, armed offenders squad, special tactics group armed with glock pistols and rifle’s.
HADOPI Three Strikes Law at a Crossroad Drew Wilson | August 11, 2012 A three strikes law is one of a number of ideas major corporate entities have brought forth as a way to stem the flow of file-sharing and free information. France had the dubious honour of being amongst the first countries to test run this experiment. Now, years later, France is apparently looking to finally shed …
Trans-Pacific Partnership Leaks Again – Copyright Limitations and Exceptions Drew Wilson | August 5, 2012 There’s been a new development with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). A portion of the agreement detailing the copyright terms and exceptions has been leaked. This is certainly of particular interest given that the US reacted to the defeat of ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting trade Agreement) by saying that there would be new limitations and exceptions inserted into …
