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Isak Gerson, founder of kopimist church: 'File-sharing' is not 'stealing'
‘We don’t believe in god at all,’ says Isak Gerson. However, this was no obstacle for the 20-year-old Swedish philosophy student to establish the missionary church of kopimism (from ‘copy + me’) – a church without hierarchy, whose 6000 followers actively encourage internet users to share all kinds of files
Megaupload, FBI, anonymous: internet battle over copyright
After a vast legal process in the American courts, the internet platform megaupload was closed down on 19 January. Is it a copyright struggle or the start of a third world war? One Frenchie looks for a more differentiated approach
downloads, media, united states, techno-media, privacy, internet
Megaupload vs Sopa and Pipa: it'll be e-right on the night
Act one: stop online piracy. Act two: protect international property. Act three: shut down a famous file-sharing site. Act four: anti-counterfeiting trade agreement. We call for a bit of order in the debate on internet freedom versus intellectual property rights which has kicked off 2012
downloads, freedom of opinion, media, techno-media, european parliament, freedom of speech, cinema
Cornershop: 'musicians might as well hand their credit cards over to the man on the street'
Northern English indie band Cornershop give us a talking to about Swiss minarets, metal music and releasing their comeback album - it's been seven years! - cheaply via their website
downloads, switzerland, bands, religion, indie rock, best of cafebabel.com, sport
Fredo Viola: 'Downloading is an attitude that kills the music'
The London-born New Yorker, 39, owes his blossoming musical career to the internet, a small digital camera and the music file-sharing site EM411.com. We chat to the man with Sicilian roots upon the release of his first album, The Turn, which unites pop, electro and songs of devotion
downloads, federico fellini, fredo viola, united states, pier paolo pasolini, cinema, france
Buraka Som Sistema: 'We never wanted the African flag thing in our music'
As four men from Lisbon and Luanda set Angolan disturbances to breakbeat music, the European press scrams to box the sound. We have a shot too when we meet the band on one of their tour legs in Paris. After all, they have been on a gradual rise in Europe over the last couple of years
downloads, concert, angola, best of cafebabel.com, culture calendar, africa, culture
Berlin is not Germany
After Tallinn, Paris and Clermont-Ferrand, four journalists and one photographer from our network explore the fourth stop in cafebabel.com's monthly 'cities' mission, 'EUdebate on the Ground'. This month, a city which was divided just twenty years ago in the cold war. Since then, not only its geography has changed. Relations with neighbouring Poland are vibrant, but very often one-sided. Germans debate about a data retention law and how they can consume more fairly. There's also a little role for the crisis, seen in images
Apple gets fair on UK music downloads
Portuguese no to reform treaty referendum, the pan-EU music marketplace and Sarkozy’s press conference
downloads, eu presidency, consumers, economy, euweek, united kingdom, european union
Tillman Otto: ‘People should burn if they wanna burn’
‘Gentleman’, 32, is a true reggae adherent and honorary Jamaican in German skin. His musical diaspora defines a pan-reggae notion of 'how small we all are in the jah jah world'
downloads, cologne, identity, corruption, paris, brunch, peace
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