This is a bit of a long post. So here's a summary:

There is another thing.

Supposing that the Korea FTA and Canada CETA are accepted, we can assume that ACTA will at least not contradict this legislation. ACTA will with a high likelyhood contain enforcement provisions, intellectual property rights provision exceeding those of previous acquis communautaire (but included in IPRED2 draft) and customs regulation.

I have met up at lunch with Franceska xxx and Rob van Kranenburg who both work with Internet of Things. It was nice. I had a sandwich.

Yesterday I was with a journalist for the better part of the before-lunch. He was from Norwegian TV2 and was, I suppose, quite nice, even if his idea about parading in front of the parliament with a pirate flag was slightly daft. If you are a journalist and you're reading this, please don't suggest such a thing.

This is a new and exciting day. I have been sitting in the "Mickey Mouse"-bar (because it looks like Mickey Mouse, although I have come to question that: it does not look like a Mickey Mouse head) at the European parliament talking to Marina Lähteenmaa and Björn Källström from Europaparlamentet i Sverige for a while about the Lisbon treaty and the ascension of the new MEPs into the European parliament. The questions are plentyful and the answers are none.

Basically:

I am not working in Brussels. I am currently in Brussels, inside the European Parliament, with an "accredited visitor's" badge, meaning that I formally need to be accompanied by staff wherever I go. That is, I'm actually just like any ordinary citizen with the fortune of knowing people inside the walls.

The EU/Canada CETA currently under negotiation has been shown to hold many similarities, nay, "even copies of existing articles in European legislation.

Upphovsrätt är stöld

Det är hög tid att upphöra med den destruktiva distinktionen mellan orginal och kopia. Förhärligandet av orginalet är ett maktmedel upphovsrättskramarna strävar att upprätthålla med alla medel - ett hinder i vägen för en framtid med en verkligt fri och kreativ kulturproduktion. Vi behöver iställlet upprätta en ny diskurs med remixaren, inte skaparen, som samhällets kronjuvel.

Den 26-28 mars kommer Ung Pirats fjärde kongress äga rum. Till kongressen väljs ombud från hela landet för att tillsammans ta beslut om förbundets framtid. Idag lades resultatet från ombudsvalet upp på Ung Pirats forum - resultatet går att läsa här.