Just a brief link to a slew of new promotions Google has posted for their web browser, Chrome. Personally I thought the approach was ingenious. Not all of them make sense, but they are mostly charming and thought provoking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqfwNbB0QqQ
For some reason blogger won't let me embed the video, so check them all out at the link above.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
TPB: A follow-up
I will keep this brief, as there are countless other blogs and new sites that have already covered this very same story. As you might already know several weeks ago the owners of The Pirates Bay were convicted of assistance in pirating and sentenced to one year jail time and several million dollars in fines. Needless to say this outraged many people on the internet, and was seen as an attack on digital freedoms.
However, since that conviction a number of new events have occurred. First of which would be TPB calling for a retrial. Why? Because it turns out the judge who convicted them was a member and supporter of the RIAA and several other firms. This means that his judgement was, in all likelihood, incredibly biased.
Also, TPB posted on their site a notice to all members. It asked them not, under any circumstances, to attempt to help them pay their fines. They went on to explain that this was not because they felt liable, but because they felt wronged and had no intention of giving recording compainies a single cent.
Finally, the Sweedish Pirate Party (SPP?) had a record leap in membership, with several thousand joining on the day of the conviction. The group now has enough members that they are legally allowed a representitive in the national body.
All of this is suggestive of one thing. Piracy is not going away, it will fight. And by the looks of how things are going, it might well win.
However, since that conviction a number of new events have occurred. First of which would be TPB calling for a retrial. Why? Because it turns out the judge who convicted them was a member and supporter of the RIAA and several other firms. This means that his judgement was, in all likelihood, incredibly biased.
Also, TPB posted on their site a notice to all members. It asked them not, under any circumstances, to attempt to help them pay their fines. They went on to explain that this was not because they felt liable, but because they felt wronged and had no intention of giving recording compainies a single cent.
Finally, the Sweedish Pirate Party (SPP?) had a record leap in membership, with several thousand joining on the day of the conviction. The group now has enough members that they are legally allowed a representitive in the national body.
All of this is suggestive of one thing. Piracy is not going away, it will fight. And by the looks of how things are going, it might well win.
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