Venezuela and Pirates
Hugo Chávez managed to get through the proposal that there should be no limits to the length or number of terms that a president can sit in Venezuela. Which is frightening because it is a further step toward dictatorship in the country that is closely linked to Ecuador.
And in Sweden today the trial against Pirate Bay started, and apparently the media coverage is spread over the world. You can read about it in all Swedish papers of course (Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Nyheter, etc) but also in The Times, The Guardian and the International Herald Tribune to mention a few places. It will be interesting how the debate develops and I find it fascinating that some people still refer to the supporters of Pirate Bay as a "small group of people with loud voices." I wonder if they know that that small group of people includes a large majority of young people in Sweden. I've always had a very strong opinion on the subject. If it is okay to record a movie onto a VCR (like we all did before DVD's) or music on a cassette (again, like we all did) then why is it not okay to download something? I can't say that I see the difference. And I have paid for it. Through the TV license.
I will be following the trial closely.
And in Sweden today the trial against Pirate Bay started, and apparently the media coverage is spread over the world. You can read about it in all Swedish papers of course (Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Nyheter, etc) but also in The Times, The Guardian and the International Herald Tribune to mention a few places. It will be interesting how the debate develops and I find it fascinating that some people still refer to the supporters of Pirate Bay as a "small group of people with loud voices." I wonder if they know that that small group of people includes a large majority of young people in Sweden. I've always had a very strong opinion on the subject. If it is okay to record a movie onto a VCR (like we all did before DVD's) or music on a cassette (again, like we all did) then why is it not okay to download something? I can't say that I see the difference. And I have paid for it. Through the TV license.
I will be following the trial closely.
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