[Noisebridge-discuss] OT: battlestar wanted

[Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson]

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On Apr 18, 2009, at 11:45 PM, d p chang wrote:
> Mark Cohen <markc at binaryfaith.com> writes:
>> They were indeed the founders. (2 of them at least, I think the other
>> 2 were support and financial)
>
> the nyt story says 3 founders + current financier.
>
>> I will be interested to see if they appeal and get a higher court
>> (don't know how their court system works), this outcome is honestly
>> and obviously a "message".
>
> sweden recently passed some laws for isp data retention. i guess  
> things
> are getting more 'interesting'.
>

Well ... IPRED is not about ISP data retention. It's about forcing  
ISPs to relinquish data without involving the police - in other words  
giving restricted subpoena powers to owners of copyright.

This distinction is pretty important - at least one Swedish ISP deals  
with the late development by double checking that they're actually not  
storing any relevant data in the first place.

Sweden is quickly becoming more and more ... interesting. I've been a  
paying member of the Pirate Party since the Pirate Bay raid happened -  
which in itself was an egregious break of judicial tradition - and  
growing more appalled at what's happening with my home country every  
day that passes.

Apparently - according to the people tracking and analyzing all this -  
there has been significant pressure in trade talks between Sweden and  
the US for the Swedish judicial system to "finally get their act  
together and nail those bastards".


Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson, Dr.rer.nat
Postdoctoral researcher
mik at math.stanford.edu






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