Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
24 July 2014

Royalty Collection Agency SABAM Sued By Belgian Government Over 'Piracy License' Plans

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Back in May, we wrote about how the Belgian music royalty collection agency SABAM was taking ISPs there to court over its demand for 3....
18 September 2013

Royalty Collection Agency SABAM Sues Belgian ISPs In Pursuit Of Its Fantasy 'Piracy License'

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Back in November 2011, we wrote about the Belgian music royalty collection agency SABAM's demand for 3.4% of Internet subscriber fee...
13 October 2012

First Open Forum Academy Conference Proceedings

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Last week, I mentioned that I attended the Open Forum Europe 2012 conference. Preceeding it was the first meeting of the Open Forum Ac...
13 March 2012

Collection Society To Libraries: No Story Time For Kids Unless You Pay To Read Aloud

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If there's a common trait of the various rightsholders groups around the world, it is their sense of entitlement. If anyone does anyt...
06 December 2011

Self-Regulation: Should Online Companies Police The Internet?

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For anyone in Belgium on Wednesday, here's an afternoon event open to all that might be of interest: " 'Self'-regulation: ...
21 October 2008

Why OpenOffice.org Failed – and What to Do About It

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Last week I noted that the release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 seems to mark an important milestone in its adoption, judging at least by the healt...
08 April 2008

OOXML a No-No for Some Countries, Anyway

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Here's an intriguing hint of what may be to come, in Europe at least. First, in Belgium and Holland : Belgium and the Netherlands will n...
13 December 2007

Now *That's* What I Call UGC

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Bic Crystal ballpoint pen, medium point, black : Imagine a boot stamping on your face when you cry with hopes for a better World. That's...
02 July 2007

The Birth of Blognation

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I was a big fan of the Vecosys blog - I even got used to its horrible name. And then it went away, only to emerge, phoenix-like, from the ...
08 September 2006

OpenOffice.org Sprouts in Brussels

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According to this story , the finance authorities in Belgium are starting a pilot project using OpenOffice.org instead of Microsoft Office. ...