Josef Ohlsson Collentine

A transparent and nice American/Swede who likes cultural patterns and Social Media. A creative early-adopter who sports, discusses and explores. More about me & the blog

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Piratpartiet and the Future After the Elections

Yeasterday elections took place in Sweden. Piratpartiet got a very low amount of votes and needs to re-focus their energy again. The reason the impact of Piratpartiet was so low is mainly due to a very low media-coverage and a low focus on the politics concerning Piratpartiet.

The main reason I support Piratpartiet . . . → Read More: Piratpartiet and the Future After the Elections

Pirates are Essential for Progress and Innovation

Going against established laws and copyrights have throughout history enabled a higher level of innovation to take place then would otherwise have happened. The public needs pirates to enhance the market. Big firms with high profits tend to get satisfied instead of aiming to constantly improve upon their services.

If we didn’t have . . . → Read More: Pirates are Essential for Progress and Innovation

The Anti-piracy campaign that back-fired! Home Taping Kills.

Currently reading up on the history about Pirates (The Pirate Bay, Piratpartiet and PiratbyrÄn). There are several ways to look at file-sharing. Some see it as ultra liberalism others see it as a form of digital socialism. Then there are those who just see it as illegal.

 

An anti-home taping ad. (Photo . . . → Read More: The Anti-piracy campaign that back-fired! Home Taping Kills.

Political Communication in Facebook and by Piratpartiet

We had a workshop about political communication where we chose to do some interviews on political communication and social media. The interview with Zana was done over e-mail and the one with Anna was taken over the phone. Both interviews were done in Swedish and translated into English by me. I’m happy to correct . . . → Read More: Political Communication in Facebook and by Piratpartiet

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