In Sweden, a man who operated a subtitle wiki site has been convicted of copyright infringement, as the state put itself at the service of the movie companies.

Don't repeat their propaganda: join me in refusing to call sharing "piracy".

Australia wants ISPs and other internet services to agree on measures to attack sharing.

Australians, how about if you tell your ISP today that you oppose the very idea, because sharing is good, and to stop calling sharing "piracy".

The UK deported Samim Bigzad to Afghanistan before a court could rule on the case, and defies the courts that have ruled he should come back.

He said the Taliban would kill him, and it seems they are already trying to.

US officials continue threatening a military attack on North Korea.

This is stupid, since North Korea could devastate Seoul with conventional weapons before the US could defeat it.

North Korea's missile launches, aimed at the ocean, are not attacks. Rather, they are threats and provocations, intended I think to begin negotiations. Since negotiation is the only hope of convincing North Korea to step back from nuclear weapons, the US should negotiate. Why not make peace on the Korean peninsula?

Google has given up trying to oppose US court subpoenas for information from servers stored outside the US.

Companies located outside the US should not entrust personal data to any US company. As for individuals, don't entrust your personal data to any company.