Category Archives: Media

ACTA: the follow-up

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

The days after the protest (which was called ‘a qualitatively new phenomenon in Estonia’ by one of the main poll companies) have been full of action, too.  On the meme front, some musicians (rumoured to be serious ones) have released … Continue reading →

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Stop ACTA @ Tallinn

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

Just returned from the event. Yes, I wore the tinfoil hat and shared some seeds (well, actually some nuts and goji berries) with others. Those who do not get it, please read the previous post (and note the abundance of … Continue reading →

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Show must go on

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Lucky, lucky Mr Laar…  He was relieved almost overnight of his dubiously honourable burden of bearing the title of “The Guy Who Filled Up Facebook” (see the previous post).  His coalition partner, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia … Continue reading →

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How Mart managed to fill up Facebook

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

(the story is actually nearly a week old by now, but I had no time to write about it earlier. It might still be of interest to somebody) The international tragicomical farce called ACTA (Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement) has reached Estonia … Continue reading →

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Backfired

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Some time ago, the Tibetan Dalai Lama visited Tallinn. He has been here a couple of times before, always drawing ire from the Chinese government. This time, the reaction was to drop a minister’s planned visit to China, something else … Continue reading →

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Protect the authors… from themselves

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

The story was so absurd that it made it to the  TV evening news (which typically do not bother on similar blunders) yesterday. Two popular Estonian musicians teamed up and jammed some. Wrote a song, wrote its lyrics, recorded the … Continue reading →

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Joining the resistance

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

I recently joined the Estonian Internet Community , a non-profit entity created as a public reaction to the infamous Estonian Internet domain reform. It’s probably  already covered  by other bloggers, but here’s a brief account about what has been brewing … Continue reading →

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Brief thoughts on Wikileaks

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

Julian Assange has been caught. The Evil Four of the Pirate Bay likewise. Everyone can sleep in peace now. Not likely. Neither Wikileaks nor the Pirate Bay will disappear. And if, by any chance, someone could manage to obliterate them, … Continue reading →

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