Month: March 2012

Buying digital Potter

  Harry Potter is finally available on eBooks. Only through the Pottermore website, but Amazon is trying. Sort of…. I’ve written before that I would have been more likely to buy Harry Potter eBooks a couple of years ago, somewhat…

Why file-sharing is not theft

I really hate the anti-piracy trailer at the beginning of DVD’s, such as those that I rent from Lovefilm in Sweden. The last person you want to irritate with a nasty accusation of stealing is the person who has lawfully…

The Modern Inquisitors

The concept of heresy arose early in the Christian Church, as alternative approaches to dogma and worship were persecuted by the dominant orthodoxy. Ironically ths first apeared as the Church itself emerged from persecution. Intolerance of “heresy” continued through the…