Soda Jerk and Pirate Pops
The “internet piracy trial of the decade” began today with The Pirate Bay in the docks.
The four defendants face a fine of 1.2m kronor (£1,000) and two years in prison. They could leave 25m torrent-tracking users behind them if it all falls down.
Feels strange that this is happening now. Last week pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline announced their intentions to go open source. Offline business is starting to follow the online models of sharing.
I never can understand what makes creative copyright so different. Ideas are ideas, right? Maybe it’s time to pick up Lawrence Lessig again.
Or sit back and enjoy a Soda Jerk remix … while there’s still some in the bottle.
Pixel Pirate II Hollywood Trailer by Soda Jerk on YouTube.
Related:
- Soda Jerk interview on Create Digital Motion
- Understanding fair use copyright
- Remixing in… Microsoft Excel?
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WWDDD? He’d be on the Superflex website, mate. Reading up on open source beer and virtual cities. obv.
http://www.superflex.net/
Or writing about Superflex on Jungle?
Nah. That’s the answer to WWTDD? It’s not about the flooded mcdonalds and the guarana.
Portable biogas units for African families to turn cowshit into electricity. These are 21st century heroes.