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Back in February we reported on a welcome move by the Dutch government to modify its copyright law so that creative remixes are permitte...

When we wrote last year about a Dutch idea to give police there the power to break into computers -- even those located abroad -- we and...

Techdirt readers with long memories may recall a fantasy proposal from Orrin Hatch that would have seen technological means deployed to ...

As long-suffering readers of this blog will know, one of the many reasons I am against software patents is that software consists of algorit...

As I've noted many times, one of the big benefits of deploying open source is freedom from lock-in: using open formats that anyone can i...

One of the central fallacies in the argument that sharing is bad for business is the idea that every file downloaded is a sale lost. In fac...

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...

Everyone knows that government is dull - dull, but very, very important. So a couple of recent moves in this dull but important world seem ...

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Great post by Ed Felten about the complete mess the Dutch authorities have made of their new $2 billion transit card system, which, it seem...

More reinforcements are arriving all the time: The Free Knowledge Institute (www.freeknowledge.eu) is an initiative from three Amsterdam-ba...

How can I not link to this post , since it not only spreads the good news about the Dutch government's move to open source, but even wea...

This is obviously good news , but I can't help finding the idea of an "official" spelling list rather quaint: The OpenTaal pro...

What were they thinking ? The European Parliament today accepted the IP Criminal Measures directive after its first reading in a vote of 374...

Just in time for Rembrandt 's 400th birthday , here's some good news from Holland: De gemeente Groningen heeft besloten om een over...