Digital Piracy Archive

  • Let’s celebrate Pirates’ Day with gusto tomorrow

    Let’s celebrate Pirates’ Day with gusto tomorrow

    Tomorrow, Saturday, September 19, is Pirates' Day in World of Warcraft. “Commoners wearing pirate garb have appeared in all the world's cities with the news that the Dread Captain DeMeza and her crew have landed in Booty Bay and declared it Pirates' Day!” Great, yes, but I say we take it one step further: let's bring Pirates' Day to the Real World.

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  • Every time you watch an English Premier League game online, um, something bad happens. Apparently.

    Every time you watch an English Premier League game online, um, something bad happens. Apparently.

    It's fair to say that the Internet is a complete waste of time. Aside from the odd virtual museum, or learning about the history of the Bantu peoples on Wikipedia, there's very little on there that's worth the time of day, I think. Twitter? Rubbish. Facebook? Old. Hulu? You couldn't pay me to watch network TV anymore.

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