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Good-bye 2010...
...and what a year it has been, too.
2010 is henceforth known as That Year When Cecilia Finally Took Charge And Dealt With All Unfinished Business Including Herself!
Yes, 2010 has been that vital to my life.
Despite the insanity that is going on all around me and in the world I can confidently say I 'm more whole at last.
More me.
New Year Promises?
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Christmas time comes once a year...
This is a now classical story in Swedish television about a young teenager who does a rather cliché thing for Christmas. I like it though, much due to its simple message (which often rings hollow in these rabid times of never-ending consumption (a new survey shows a quarter of all Christmas food in Sweden is being thrown away)) and its unforced ( Read more... ) -
Kjell Nordbø - a reminder
Exactly four years ago one of my favourite musicians, C64 music composer Kjell Nordbø, decided to end his life way too early.
He left a large legacy of tunes and quirky musical compositions made for the C64 SID chip that seems to keep inspiring C64 enthusiasts and composers still.
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They were found GUILTY!
All four people involved in the Pirate Bay case have been found guilty.
They are also supposed to pay 30,000,000 SEK in damages.
MPA and IFPI and the others think they have won. But in Sweden it is not uncommon that the court of appeal overthrows the regional courts' decisions.
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No, it isn't an April's Fools joke
*dramatic chord*
Today marks the beginning of the new hunting grounds within Swedish jurisdiction, and the predators are scenting prey.
I am talking, of course, about the utterly ridiculous and retarded IPRED law that has sprung into legal action.
Though tempting to call them braindead I am more convinced that our politicians who have a ( Read more... ) -
"I AM NOT WORRIED WHATSOEVER, YOU OUGHT TO BE!"
Yesterday was a bleak day for IFPI, Hollywood and CO in the trial against The Pirate Bay.
IFPI's Peter Danowsky has been an ass from day 1 in court, but yesterday he went over the top in his struggle to appear like Mr Ultimate Arse - and I am not talking BADARSE, either.
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On and on and so on...
The trial against the Pirate Bay is far from over.
Today the Kopimi cluster sent an insanely hilarious e-mail to IFPI.
Later today our dear government will vote for the Swedish version of the new IPRED bill that will give the big record and film companies more rights than the Swedish police in their pursuit of nasty filesharing teenagers, suing them ( Read more... ) -
The huge generation gap
...in the trial against the Pirate Bay has become more and more apparent for every day.
IFPI's lawvyer Peter Danowsky and TPB's inofficial "spokesman" Peter Sunde:
P.D: "What is your education?"
P.S: "I am self-taught."
P.D: "Uhm... have you finished Upper Secondary School?"
P.S: "I quit Upper Secondary School."
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And the show goes on...
I usually don't post images on my LJ for everyone to see, but I feel I can do it just this once since many others have done it to ME over the years!
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And the second day of the trial against The Pirate Bay goes on
...and it is amusing to hear the peremptory voice of the prosecutor when he calls seeders for CIDERS and says megabits instead of megabytes. "And as you now can see...IFPISS' computer has now become cidor...cider!"
Today he explained how an e-mail works and one of the lay assessors fell asleep in their seats and loud groans could be heard. Even the ( Read more... )
