Internet freedom
The Turkish courts banned YouTube in May 2008, and now a new protest campaign launched by the editorial team of the Milliyet newspaper is drawing attention to how long the country has been prevented from using the website. The initiative, which was was launched on February 19, is not the first campaign of this type. But it's notable because previous protests came from the blogosphere and, as a result, did not receive international coverage.
MediaShift . Turkish Reporters Unite to Protest YouTube Ban | PB
A friend pointed me in the direction of a little piece of code behind the official site for the Senator the Hon. Stephen Conroy, Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate. This is a screenshot of his website today (click for a larger version):
ISP Filtering is happening in Australia, don't let it happen her
<IMG class="logosml" SRC="../../Images/efansml.gif" ALT="Electronic Frontiers Australia" width="330" height="45"> Last Updated: 31 Mar 2006 "It is not the function of Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error." - Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954), U.S. Judge
Internet Censorship Laws in Australia
China Widens Net Censorship; Google Exile Looms | Threat Level |
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-13817" title="screen-shot-2010-02-24-at-23923-pm" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2010/02/screen-shot-2010-02-24-at-23923-pm.png" alt="screen-shot-2010-02-24-at-23923-pm" width="503" height="374" /> The Chinese government is imposing new internet restrictions demanding personal-website operators to acquire central-government permission to operate their sites. The latest censorship measure, which covers .cn domestic domains, comes as Google is trying to convince Chinese censors to ease up.Can Someone Please Tell This Italian Judge What YouTube Is?
Sometimes I despair of Europe, even though I’m proud of what can be achieved here. But really, guys, can we get it together? At the same time the European Union is investigating a pretty flimsy anti-trust complaint against Google, it’s conspiciously ignoring a case in Italy where three Google executives have been found guilty on a ridiculous charge. Here is the bizarre story. An Italian court yesterday convicted two current and one former Google exec in a trial over a video showing a teenager being bullied. The Google Italy employees were accused of breaking Italian law by allowing the video of bullying of a teenager with autism to be posted on YouTube Google Video in late 2006.
In an effort to regulate the Internet, as part of a package of laws to safeguard national security, the Italian Government has recently proposed an amendment which in practice – if approved – would oblige all Italian ISPs (Internet Service Providers) to block a site (be this a website, a blog or a social media site such as Facebook or Youtube) where material has been posted which is believed to defend or instigate a crime . This amendment does not talk about merely deleting the material which is believed to be criminal/illegal but about filtering/blocking/blacking out/preventing access to the entire website if the manager of the site did not take down such material. For example, if Facebook did not shut down groups such as the ones which have recently come to the spotlight for praising Mafia bosses , Italian ISPs would be in fact obliged to block access to the whole of Facebook, or be fined (from 50,000 to 250,000 Euros).
Internet & Democracy Blog » Internet censorship arrives in Italy
Digital economy bill rushed through wash-up in late night sessio
The House of Commons during the Committee stage of the digital economy bill, April 2010 [this caption was amended on 8 April 2010. It originally said that the Bill was at the third reading] The government forced through the controversial digital economy bill with the aid of the Conservative party last night, attaining a crucial third reading – which means it will get royal assent and become law – after just two hours of debate in the Commons.
ID cards scheme to be scrapped within 100 days | Politics | guar
The timetable for dismantling the national identity card scheme was spelled out today by the home secretary, Theresa May. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters The £4.5bn national identity card scheme is to be scrapped within 100 days, the home secretary, Theresa May , announced today. The 15,000 identity cards already issued are to be cancelled without any refund of the £30 fee to holders within a month of the legislation reaching the statute book. Abolishing the cards and associated register will be the first piece of legislation introduced to parliament by the new government. May said the identity documents bill will invalidate all existing cards.Vendredi 3 avril 2009, l’assemblée nationale a adopté la loi "Création et Internet", avec seulement 16 députés dans l’hémicycle. Pourtant ce texte risque, s’il est appliqué, d’apporter de profondes modifications au web français tel que nous le connaissons. Cette loi instaure entre autres la "riposte graduée", qui en cas de téléchargement illégal, après l’envoi de 2 avertissements, prévoit la coupure de la connexion internet de l’abonné contrevenant.
HADOPI pour les nuls : explications et contournements - AgoraVox
Olivier Henrard
Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Olivier Henrard , né le 14 juin 1966 à Bastia , est un haut fonctionnaire français, anciennement conseiller à la culture de l' Élysée . Biographie [ modifier ] Olivier Henrard est diplômé de l' Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence [ 1 ] et de la Faculté de droit d'Aix-Marseille III [réf. nécessaire] .
Assemblée nationale ~ Deuxième séance du mardi 16 février 2010
Discussion d’une proposition de loi Mme la présidente. L’ordre du jour appelle la discussion de la proposition de loi de MM.Après références répétées de la ministre Mme Albanel et du rapporteur M. Riester à la pétition lancée par la SACEM en soutien du projet de loi "Protection et Diffusion sur Internet de la Création" (HADOPI), nous avons décidé de savoir quelle était la teneur de cette pétition. En effet, à maintes reprises ont été cités les "10 000 artistes qui soutiennent la loi"... Comme cette pétition était publiée sur le site Internet de la SACEM, nous avons entamé des recherches sur les noms afin de pouvoir sortir les statistiques publiées ci-dessous. Ainsi, nous avons pu sortir un communiqué de presse publié le 2 mai reprenant les informations que nous avons récoltées.
Analyse Liste SACEM - La Quadrature du Net
Piratage : 31 cinéastes plébiscitent la riposte graduée - PC INp
Après la musique, le cinéma. 31 cinéastes(*) ont publié une tribune libre dans le Monde, pour faire part de leur avis sur le projet Création et Internet, ou Hadopi. Objectif, prendre part au débat alors que les discussions vont s’ouvrir au Parlement dans quelques semaines. Prison ou email ? « Que n'a-t-on entendu déjà sur ce projet de loi ?Loi Hadopi : 52 artistes soutiennent la riposte graduée - PC INp
Étienne Daho, Christophe Maé, Kery James, Sinik, Francis Cabrel, Patrick Bruel, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Jenifer, Stanislas, Raphaël, M Pokora, Keren Ann, Thomas Dutronc, Eddy Mitchell, Isabelle Boulay, Maxime Le Forestier, Martin Solveig, Marc Lavoine, Calogero, Gérard Darmon, Pascal Obispo, Jacob Devarrieux, Elie Seimoun, Alain Bashung, Bernard Lavilliers, Rachid Taha, Bob Sinclar, Psy4delarime, Abd Al Malik, Anis, André Manoukian, Charles Aznavour, Alain Souchon, Mademoiselle K, Soprano, Arthur H, BB Brunes, Liane Foly, Emmanuelle Seigner, Ridan, Renan Luce, Zita Swoon, Johnny Hallyday, Empyr, Kenza Farah, Shine, Camaro, Diam's, Renaud, Romane Cerda, Cali et la Grande Sophie.LOPPSI 2
Things about decisions taken to limit Internet freedom by jpf Feb 25