4 posts and columns on Stockholm

As Skype Skips Through Approvals — What’s the Deal With the Deal?

in Media on October 11, 2011 at 12:50 pm PT

As the deal officially closes, what’s next?
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News Byte

Wikileaks Gets Onboard with the Swedish Pirate Party

in News on August 17, 2010 at 4:08 pm PT

Wikileaks has made new Web-hosting arrangements with the Swedish Pirate Party, which will supply bandwidth and hosting free of charge to the whistleblowing site. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange met with the group over the weekend in Stockholm. The Party, which was founded in 2006 to campaign for more freedom on the Internet, views the partnership as part of its political mission.

It Was Hard Enough to Take You Seriously With the Word "Phonograph" in Your Name…

in News on February 17, 2009 at 9:19 am PT

You’ve got to love the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry–if not for its hopelessly antediluvian moniker, then for its we’re-on-a-mission-from-God attitude toward its criminal case against torrent index The Pirate Bay. Just two days into the trial–apparently the hottest ticket in Stockholm right now–and already, half the charges against the Swedish site have been dropped because of the prosecution’s fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the torrent-distributed protocol.
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It Was Hard Enough to Take You Seriously With the Word “Phonograph” in Your Name…

in News on February 17, 2009 at 9:19 am PT

You’ve got to love the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry–if not for its hopelessly antediluvian moniker, then for its we’re-on-a-mission-from-God attitude toward its criminal case against torrent index The Pirate Bay. Just two days into the trial–apparently the hottest ticket in Stockholm right now–and already, half the charges against the Swedish site have been dropped because of the prosecution’s fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the torrent-distributed protocol.
piratebay