Engström, the jolly pirate
European Parliament unites against 3 strikes, ACTA secrecy
ISP monitoring: definitely out
New ACTA leak shows major resistance to US-style DRM rules
European Parliament unites against 3 strikes, ACTA secrecy
Europe trashes ACTA as Obama praises it
"The Commission is in favour of releasing the negotiating documents as soon as possible," he said.
Jamie Love of KEI claims that the US Trade Representative has already "told members of Congress it is their intention to marginalize the participation by consumer interest organizations in the new forum." The new ACTA secretariat won't be a mere administrator. The leaked chapter makes clear that the new governing body will "make recommendations regarding the implementation of ACTA" and will itself "identify and monitor techniques of piracy and counterfeiting." But WIPO, especially, has also opened up over the last decade, and now has robust rules for the participation of consumer groups and other non-governmental organizations. It also requires far more transparency, with the publication of proposals and draft texts throughout a negotiating process.
Your life will some day end; ACTA will live on
Harvard profs trash ACTA, demand oversight, threaten lawsuit
Lessig and Goldmsith argue that ACTA, at least it its current leaked form , does involve "ideas and principles not reflected in US law." Example number one is a pretty poor choice, in our view; the professors say that "ACTA could, for example, pressure Internet service providers—such as Comcast and Verizon—to kick users offline when they (or their children) have been accused of repeated copyright infringement because of content uploaded to sites such as YouTube." The US has positioned ACTA as an executive agreement rather than a treaty.
ACTA arrives (and it's gotten a tiny bit better)
This was always a strange idea; ACTA's backers are hunting bigger game than iPods. The draft text contains a "de minimis" provision that allows countries to exclude from ACTA enforcement "Small quantities of goods of a noncommercial nature contained in travelers' personal luggage." The real copyright cops
Hollywood : The MPAA likes ACTA, of course. "We think it represents a solid building block, an important step forward in the work of like-minded governments to strengthen protection against Internet piracy, the fastest growing threat to filmed entertainment and other segments of the copyright industries. "We firmly believe that ACTA must include robust protections for intellectual property online, building on established international norms if it is to meet its potential as a state-of-the art agreement to combat counterfeiting and piracy.
Praising, cursing ACTA: reactions roll in
The bill's brief description leaves open the possibility that users could begin sending takedowns en masse —either as a massive, coordinated troll or simply out of their own frustration—in an attempt to target criticism on topics they don't like. In a somewhat extreme (but possible) situation described by the Tech Liberation Front , a group of trolls might start posting a bunch of personal information and then try to overwhelm a website with takedown requests simply because they don't like the site hosting such a discussion in the first place. Heck, people could post their own information and then send takedown requests about it later.
Cyber Privacy Act not specific enough, opens door to abuse
"We do not view the open Internet rules proposed here as directly related to handset exclusivity," wrote the agency, "and we do not intend to address that issue in this proceeding, but rather will consider it separately."
Net neutrality: would it have killed the iPhone?
The voluntary program was in place for all of 2009, and it has "proven very effective in not only notifying customers about allegations of infringing behavior involving their Internet connection, but also, importantly, at educating customers about copyrights and the importance of stopping any potentially infringing behavior, all with minimal adverse customer reaction."
AT&T wants 3 strikes tribunal, government website blacklist
Senators: 'Net privacy law for children in need of overhaul
"Before Facebook, the common wisdom was that Internet users should avoid using their real names and sharing information online," he explained.
Is it high noon for net neutrality at the FCC?
Net neutrality lite The Washington Post story suggests that Genachowski is disinclined to go this route.
Sexual orientation Financial records and other financial information associated with a financial account, including balances and other financial information
New privacy bill makes your location, sexual orientation "sensit
FCC gives Hollywood control over your home theater
Second, the SOC waiver will only apply to CableLabs approved digital outputs for cable, direct broadcast satellite, and IP video systems. "We must ensure that MVPDs [multi-video programming distributors] do not develop a preference for an output that would discriminate against retail devices in favor of proprietary devices," the agency's Order warned.
73 Democrats tell FCC: drop net neutrality rules
The FCC has been looking for a revised means to set up Internet non-discrimination rules ever since a Federal court shot down its Order against Comcast for P2P throttling. But at the same time that Green and his backers sent the FCC their letter, Capitol Hill's top Democrats, far more sympathetic to the FCC's plans, announced that they want to get that "additional direction from Congress" thing going via hearings to revise the Communications Act .
