nickbroughall
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When Did Courtney Love Become The Voice Of Reason On Copyright?
This morning, a link to this fantastic article about copyright by Courtney Love popped up in my Facebook feed. It was published back in 2000, at a time before iTunes, when Metallica was fighting to destroy Napster, and yet it appears to be one of the most sobering, informative and logical contributions to the argument…
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What Happened With The NBN This Week?
This week in NBN news! Optus signs on the dotted line, the rural wireless tower saga continues and zombies get broadband too…
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How New Zealand Became The Centre Of The Megaupload Takedown
In early 2011, the FBI contacted New Zealand police. It wasn’t a casual call to catch up on international policing issues – the FBI wanted the New Zealand police force’s help in bringing down what it claimed was a “Mega Conspiracy”. Today, all that came to a head, as Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was one…
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Rdio Is Now All Official For Australia
Last week we saw that Rdio had quietly started accepting Aussie dollars when offering its monthly music subscription service – now it’s started shouting its availability to the rooftops.