rights

Monday, June 8, 2009
Online

Swedish Pirate Party Wins a Seat in the European Union

6:46AM Jesus Diaz | The Swedish Pirate Party—Piratpartiet—has got a seat in the European Union parliament. The ballots are still being counted—almost done now—but with 7.1% of the votes, it’s a sure thing. Aaaaaaaarrrrr is all I can say. [Results] More »
Share Comment

Friday, February 27, 2009
Entertainment

An Important Message From the Global Entertainment Industry

4:20AM Jesus Diaz | The Pirate Bay is carrying this spot-on cartoon on what we already knew about labels and studios: Their “new media—first radio, then TV, then tapes, then video—will kill our industry!” argument is simply stupid FUD. More »
Share Comment

Saturday, April 5, 2008
Online

Adobe Relinquishes Ownership of Photos Uploaded to Photoshop Express

8:45AM Matt Buchanan | So, one of the big sniggles about Photoshop Express, Adobe’s free online photo tweaker and sorta-kinda Flickr clone, is that using the service basically gave full control of your photos to Adobe. No more! They just emailed us that as of April 10, they’re only claiming “those limited rights that allow us to operate the service” and they don’t “claim ownership of your content and won’t sell your images.” Score one for internet rights and your mum’s Photoshop dalliances. [PS Express Terms of Use] More »
Share Comment

Thursday, October 18, 2007
_

US Senators Rabble-Rousing for Mobile Bill of Rights

10:20AM Matt Buchanan | It looks like Verizon and AT&T’s recent “Hey, we’re not total assholes” moves might’ve been to preempt such “fairness” from getting some legal teeth, as a bunch of rowdy Senators are looking to make the mobile industry play just a bit nicer with a mobile bill of rights for consumers. More »
Share Comment