Rickard Falkvinge: US Corporations Lie, Abuse, and Ignore European Privacy Data Regulations

US Corporate “Safe Harbor” For European Private Data Lied About, Abused, Ignored; Europarl Calls For Immediate Scrapping Posted: 09 Oct 2013 01:57 AM PDT Privacy – Henrik Alexandersson:  US corporations routinely ignore and abuse the strict privacy rules of European private citizen data, which they have accessed under the “safe harbor” agreement of the European …

Rickard Falkvinge: Copyright’s Three Lines of Defense – A Deconstruction

Copyright’s Three Lines Of Defense Posted: 04 Oct 2013 07:19 AM PDT Copyright Monopoly – Johnny Olsson:  I’ve followed and participated in the copyright debate for years, and I’ve come to realize there are certain patterns that repeat themselves. You can roughly say there are three lines of defense: One that appeals to emotions, one …

Rickard Falkvinge: SWARM – Chapter 9 in The Tactical Manual to CHanging the World

Swarmwise – The Tactical Manual To Changing The World. Chapter Nine. Posted: 01 Oct 2013 04:37 AM PDT Swarm Management:  As much as people would like to disrupt the world by going their own way entirely, you cannot change an existing system without also becoming a little part of it in order to change it …

Rickard Falkvinge: ON ART

The Question Was Never “How Do We Make Sure Artists Are Paid”. It Was Always “How Do We Ensure Art Is Made And Available”. Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:14 PM PDT Copyright Monopoly:  The copyright monopoly was never intended to ensure income for a particular group of people. This is a common false counterargument in …

Rickard Falkvinge: More Thoughts On The Coming Swarm Economy

More Thoughts On The Coming Swarm Economy Swarm Economy:  The industrial model with lifetime single-employer careers is dying, and it is not coming back. The first sign was a change from lifetime-marriage employments into its serial-monogamy equivalent, where people change jobs every three years at the most. The next change, one which is already happening, …

Rickard Falkvinge: The First Global Civil War (Over Civil Liberties)

The First Global Civil War Civil Liberties – Lionel Dricot:  Manning, Snowden, Assange, Miranda, The Guardian. With each passing day, we receive confirmation of a truth that many would prefer to ignore: we are at war. An undeclared, relatively quiet war, but nonetheless a war. Unlike a conventional war, a civil war has no well …