Rick Falkvinge

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Rick Falkvinge is the founder of the first Pirate Party and a campaigner for next-generation civil liberties and sensible information policy. In particular, he stresses how the copyright industries work in collusion with Big Brother hawks to erode or eliminate the parts of Internet that guarantee our civil liberties.

Member since: Fri 7 September 2012

User rank: New in Town

Rick Falkvinge's Articles

Sharing knowledge and culture is the natural state

Tuesday, 25 December, 2012 - 09:20

Just as some misguided people react with hostility to the fact that the copyright monopoly is not a birthright, they can react with hostility and demand a response to how... Read article

How the copyright industry drives a Big Brother dystopia

Monday, 12 November, 2012 - 14:19

All too often, I hear that the copyright industry doesn’t understand the Internet, doesn’t understand the net generation, doesn’t understand how technology has changed. This... Read article

European Elections 2014: Why The Pirate MEPs Are Needed In Brussels

Wednesday, 17 October, 2012 - 11:45

    In 2009, the Swedish Pirate Party got one person elected to the European Parliament, followed by a second person about half-term as the Lisbon Treaty took effect. I’d... Read article

The danger to privacy isn't corporate data mining or govermental surveillance - it's both, combined

Friday, 12 October, 2012 - 16:53

The past year, something of a pointless debate has broken out – whether it’s the governments’ ridiculously-broad surveillance laws that pose the greatest threat to our future... Read article

Saving the Euro in four easy steps

Monday, 1 October, 2012 - 17:18

With four simple actions, the Euro can be temporarily saved. There’s not even a political decision involved; all of these four actions can be taken by the executive European... Read article

Three reasons child porn must be re-legalized in coming decade

Friday, 7 September, 2012 - 17:16

[All views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not represent that of Blottr] Child pornography is a toxic subject, but a very important one that cannot... Read article

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