Other Interests
He has continued to take an interest in computer science, and in the early days of the Linux operating system wrote a device driver to enable a particular CD-ROM card to work with the operating system.
He has also campaigned against prosecution of internet music filesharers, and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Open Rights Group, a United Kingdom-based digital rights NGO. When asked on Blur's website about how he felt about single "Out of Time" being leaked on the Internet before its release he replied "I'd rather it gushed".
Rowntree has a serious interest in flying, having obtained a full pilot's licence in 1995, as well as in space travel, shown by his involvement with bandmate Alex James in the Beagle 2 Mission to Mars project.
Rowntree is a founding director of the Featured Artists Coalition.
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