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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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EDRI-gram – Number 5.18, 26 September 2007
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.17, 12 September 2007
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New EDRI-members
At the EDRI General Assembly of 1 September 2007 in Berlin, Germany, EDRI welcomed 3 new members. ANSOL is a Portuguese independent, non-profit association, active in promoting free software. Pangea is a Barcelona-based Spanish ISP supporting social movements, existing since 1993 and a member of the Association for Progressive Communications. Electronic Frontier Foundation is a […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.16, 29 August 2007
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Operation Pedopriest: Italian censorship on videogames?
In the past weeks a small online videogame has been the center of much controversy in Italy, with center-right MPs explicitly asking governmental intervention in its removal, questioning once again the limits of freedom of expression in the country. Everything started when Molleindustria, a group of “artists, designers and programmers that aims at starting a […]
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DRM-free music is supported by consumers
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new survey regarding music online conducted by Entertainment Media Research in association with the law firm Olswang showed that the DRM (Digital Rights Management) related problems are more present in UK consumers’ opinion than the music industry initially thought. The survey was made on more than […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.15, 1 August 2007
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