Tag: copyright

  • Pirate Party UK – 5 years old today

    Pirate Party UK – 5 years old today

    About four years ago I blogged about my first year as a member of the Pirate Party. Two years ago I blogged about the three year anniversary of the founding of the Pirate Party. As I seem to be in the habit of blogging odd-numbered anniversaries, it is that time again! Today the Pirate Party…

  • Copyright and Patent reform

    Copyright and Patent reform

    I’ve just read a great post by a fellow PPUKer on Copyrights and Patents, which is well worth a read before you continue reading my post here. Despite wanting to make non-commercial file-sharing legal, that doesn’t mean the Pirate Party UK wants to allow things such as counterfeiting and people profiting from other people’s works without proper…

  • Happy birthday, dear Copyright, happy birthday to you.

    Three hundred years ago, today, Copyright was born. Conceived in 1709 the Statute of Anne, as it is sometimes known, came into force on 10th April 1710. Despite going by the nickname of Copyright Act 1709 it was born with the much grander appellation: ‘An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies…