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02 March 2012
EC Defends Interoperability, but Misses Bigger Picture
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Here's an interesting move from the European Commission: On Open Enterprise blog .
'We, The Web Kids': Manifesto For An Anti-ACTA Generation
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One of the striking features of the demonstrations against ACTA that took place across Europe over the last few weeks was the youth of ...
Does Guernsey Really Want To Become Famous -- And Ostracized -- For Introducing Image Rights?
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Just as the original term of copyright has been constantly extended from the original 14 years in the Statute of Anne, so the the scope of...
Dutch Research Reveals Wide Scope For Copyright Flexibilities In EU Laws
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A couple of weeks ago, Techdirt wrote about a surprising initiative by the Netherlands to introduce new flexibilities into its copyright...
EU Censorship Plan With A Cheesy Name: The Clean IT Project
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A couple of weeks ago, Techdirt reported on UK politicians calling for ISPs to "take down" terrorist content. Now it seems th...
28 February 2012
The Struggle Between Copyright and the Internet
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January 18, 2012 may well go down as a pivotal date in the history of the Internet – and of copyright. For on that day, the English-lang...
UK Open Standards Consultation Submission
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Somewhat belatedly (apologies), here is the second part of my analysis of the UK government's Open Standards consultation. As well as...
WURFL: a cautionary tale
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A few months ago, I wrote about the library management program Koha, and how the irruption of money into the previously tranquil world o...
25 February 2012
UK Labour Party: Let's Just Get On With Kicking People Offline Over Copyright Infringement
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As Techdirt reported at the time, the UK's Digital Economy Bill was rammed through Parliament, without proper scrutiny or even much ...
Why Ebook Portal Library.nu Differed From Other Filesharing Sites
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A couple of weeks ago the popular ebook portal Library.nu was shut down , apparently voluntarily, after a coalition of book publishers obt...
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One More Copyright Infringement, And HADOPI Must Disconnect Itself From The Net
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The governmental body that oversees France's "three-strikes" law, HADOPI, has already been caught once infringing on the co...
Trademark Lobby Wants To Help European Court of Justice Forget About EU Citizens' Rights
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It was only yesterday that the European Commissioner Karel de Gucht made the surprise announcement that the European Commission would be ...
Do You Need Permission To Take A Photo With A Chair In It? You Might In France...
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The British Journal of Photography (BJP) brings us yet another story of aggressive assertion of copyright wreaking harm on artists -- the...
22 February 2012
European Commission Suggests ACTA's Opponents Don't Have 'Democratic Intentions'
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Last week, we had a story about the IFPI (the international equivalent of the RIAA) saying that the ACTA protests were trying to "s...
ACTA Update VII
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One of the widely-recognised problems with ACTA is the lack of transparency surrounding its negotiation. Since I have addressed this issue...
Twitter Suspends Four Accounts Critical of Sarkozy: Is This What He Meant By 'Civilizing' The Net?
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Nicolas Sarkozy, who hopes to be re-elected as French President this year, seems to have little love for the Internet. At best, he regard...
Open Season on Open Standards
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The increasingly heated debates about the traditionally dull area of computer standards is testimony to the rise of open source. For the ...
Shining Light On ACTA's Lack Of Transparency
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One of the key problems with ACTA is the lack of transparency during its negotiation. That this is becoming a big issue in Europe is shown...
Australian Government Holds Secret Anti-Piracy Meetings; The Public Is Not Invited
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As Techdirt noted recently, policy-making behind closed doors is no longer acceptable. Until the end of the 20th century, it was hard f...
DMCA Takedown Service Tells Copyright Companies: 'Adapt Your Business To The New Digital World'
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Although DMCA takedown notices figure quite frequently here on Techdirt -- especially abusive ones that use the system to remove material...
17 February 2012
SOCA's Frightening New Approach to Music Piracy
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Yesterday I wrote about the unusual aspects of the Serious Organised Crime Agency's take-down of the music site RnBXclusive. As I n...
Would Steve Jobs Have Approved? Artist Offers His Apple Monologue, Performance Rights, For Free
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As sales of its products soar, and its share price continues to climb, Apple has come under increasing scrutiny because of the working co...
Portuguese Artists Association Struggles To Get Even 100 Members On List In Favor Of Exorbitant New Private Copying Levies
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Few ideas display a sense of entitlement better than that of private copying levies. For they assume, by definition, that artists' r...
Serious Organised Crime Agency Takes Down Music Site
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One of the positive outcomes of the debate that has raged around SOPA/PIPA is that more people have looked at the facts, rather than list...
How Do We Know That Piracy Isn't Really A Big Issue? Because Media Companies Still Haven't Needed To Change As A Result Of It
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One of the positive outcomes of the debate that has raged around SOPA/PIPA is that more people have looked at the facts, rather than list...
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