Josef Ohlsson Collentine

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How the German Pirate Party Wants to Change School Politics

I’m on my way to a political conference to discuss pirate politics. The conference will take place this weekend and discuss thoughts and views on school politics and “rule of law”(justice policies).  Since I’m very interested in communication and learning environments I digged into ‘school politics’. I tried scraping together information and views … . . . →Read More:How the German Pirate Party Wants to Change School Politics

Moscow Convention for the Copyright

The Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has earlier urged the G20 to “move faster to reach an agreement on reforming the global financial system”. He has also been positive towards a change for copyright earlier. At the last G20 conference he mentioned that the Internet shouldn’t be regulated or censored and that the system of copyright … . . . →Read More:Moscow Convention for the Copyright

Copyright is for Stopping and Sealing off Creativity

The reason (c)opyright was invented was to restrict others from creating an object similar to yours. It was a way of giving creators protection and time for distribution of the creations. This system worked good when there was a very limited number of creations and distribution was slow but it’s a broken system now. In … . . . →Read More:Copyright is for Stopping and Sealing off Creativity

Paying Creators! ISPs Seem to Have Lost Net Neutrality?

Two weeks ago Flattr teamed up with ‘Bredbandsbolaget’,Sweden’s second biggest ISP (Internet Service Provider). They gave away 1000 Flattr accounts with 15E each on them to the first of their customers signing up for it.  A short description of Flattr is that it’s a way of supporting content creators. It’s a play on … . . . →Read More:Paying Creators! ISPs Seem to Have Lost Net Neutrality?

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