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EDRI-gram – Number 5.24, 19 December 2007
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ENDitorial : "No Swiss DMCA" Referendum campaign
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Like everywhere else, DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) systems which impose technical restrictions on what end users can do with texts and multimedia content are highly unpopular also in Switzerland. At the same time, the representatives of the entertainment industry claim that this technology is necessary, and politicians […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.23, 5 December 2007
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UK Retailers blow the whistle on DRM
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) asks the music industry to get rid of DRM which they consider responsible for the continuously decreasing of online music sales in UK. The industry music seems to ignore the consumers’ preferences who are displeased with the copy protection systems imposing limitations […]
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Third international conference e-Society.Mk 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The conference on the topic of “Inclusive e-Government” was organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation last week within the frames of the project “Western Balkans Network for Inclusive e-Government”. The project aims at strengthening the cooperation and coordination among all the relevant stakeholders, decision-makers, government representatives, as well […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.22, 21 November 2007
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.21, 7 November 2007
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.20, 24 October 2007
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New Italian draft law – to disguise state censorship
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) As it already happened six years ago with the infamous law 62/2001, a new law draft on the “re-arrangement of publishing”, prepared by the Italian government on 3 August 2007 and now entering parliament procedure, clearly intends to enforce bureaucratic and financial burdens, as well as sanctions, […]
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Social welfare leaks show flaws in Irish government databases
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Two recent stories have confirmed that security measures in Irish government databases are inadequate. In the first case an official in the Department of Family and Social Affairs was found by police to have leaked personal and financial information to his brother, a serious criminal, which was […]
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Recommanded Reading
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Everyone’s Guide to By-Passing Internet Censorship for Citizens Worldwide The guide has been published by Citizen Lab, a project at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies. Citizen Lab director Ronald Deibert, who spoke about Internet censorship at IFEX’s general meeting in Uruguay, is also […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.19, 10 October 2007
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