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• 2006-07-20 US Ars: EFF Case Against AT&T To Go Forward (gvt's state secret argument rejected; Slashdot discussion)

• 2006-07-18 HR Inquirer: Croatian government adopts free software policy

• 2006-07-18 MY OpenMalaysia: ODF proposed to become Malaysian Standard by year-end

• 2006-06-29 US Cringely: It's time to own our own last mile

• 2006-06-28 US Reuters: Senate panel backs telco bill, no Net neutrality

• 2006-06-25 BE CNET: Belgian government chooses OpenDocument

• 2006-06-17 EU Lenz blog: EU Democracy (Council will start to video-stream all co-decision discussions, "unless the Council decides otherwise")

• 2006-06-19 US Reuters: Sen. Stevens offers deal on Net neutrality

• 2006-06-14 US ArsTechnica: Network neutrality interests Senators and Moonie-owned newspapers alike

• 2006-06-14 US FT: New layer of copyright (for broadcasts) proposed (Slashdot discussion)

• 2006-05-24 US Groklaw: Apple v Does - Free Speech Wins/Bloggers are Journalists

• 2006-05-24 US WSJ: Should the Net Be Neutral? (email discussion Craig Newmark vs. Mike McCurry)

• 2006-05-23 US Multichannel News: Copps: FCC Can Impose Net Neutrality

• 2006-05-23 WW BBC: Berners-Lee warns of 'dark' net

• 2006-05-18 UK ZDnet: Government to force handover of encryption keys (Slashdot discussion)

• 2006-05-13 EU EUObserver: US could access EU data retention information (Slashdot discussion)

• 2006-05-13 US Reuters: U.S. Government Intervenes in EFF vs. AT&T, seeks dismissal (Slashdot discusion)

• 2006-05-13 US Ars Technica: Congress Proposes Data Breach Disclosure Bill (Slashdot discusion)

• 2006-05-13 US Slashdot: US to Gain Access to EU Retained Data

• 2006-05-12 US News.com: Feds add two years to Microsoft antitrust deal (Slashdot discusion)

• 2006-05-08 US News.com: Smaller cable firms take aim at Net neutrality fans (Slashdot discusion)

• 2006-05-08 EU ZDNet: EC reluctant to recommend OpenDocument

• 2006-04-23 US PublicKnowledge: The Intellectual Property Protection Act ("makes DMCA look tame"; Slashdot discussion)

• 2006-04-06 US Minnesota HoR: H.F. H.F. No. 3971, as introduced - 84th Legislative Session (2005-2006) (Slashdot discussion: MN Bill Would Require Use of Open Data Formats)

• 2006-03-22 US NetworkingPipeline: Martin Says FCC Has Authority To Enforce Net Neutrality (Slashdot discussion)

• 2006-03-13 US New Yorker: Net Losses (argument against "tiered access" to the net)

• 2006-02-17 US InformationWeek: Yes, Trusted Computing is used for DRM (Slashdot discussion)

• 2006-02-12 US BBC: Why the net should stay neutral (commentary; Slashdot discussion)

• 2006-02-09 US OMD: Google, Telecoms Clash Over 'Net Neutrality' (report from US Senate hearing)

• 2006-01-31 WW ars technica: EU: we didn't ask for the source code (about EU vs. MS trial)

• 2006-01-26 WW Slashdot: The two futures of HTML

• 2006-01-26 WW Bog Sutor's blog: Open Standards vs. Open Source, Part 1

• 2006-01-16 WW FSF: First draft of version three of the GNU General Public License released (Slashdot discussion)

• 2005-12-19 US Ars Technica: "Analog hole" legislation introduced (Slashdot discussion)

• 2005-12-16 US BusinessWeek Online: At Stake: The Net As We Know It

• 2005-12-15 EU Slashdot: It's "1984" in Europe (data retention approved by EP)

• 2005-12-13 WW MSNBC: "Trusted" (Treacherous) Computing is on it's way (Slashdot discussion)

• 2005-12-14 EU BBC: EU approves data retention rules (Slashdot discussion)

• 2005-12-13 US Boston Globe: Telcos Propose 2-Tier Internet (Slashdot discussion)

• 2005-12-08 IT CNN: Law requires Italian Internet cafes to record ID (Slashdot discussion)

• 2005-12-08 AUS The Age: Australian Senator Wants mandated censorship by ISPs (Slashdot discussion)

• 2005-12-06 EU Seattle pi: Group: Online content cannot remain free

• 2005-12-04 US NYT: OpEd critical of DRM (Slashdot discussion)

• 2005-12-04 EU ITworld: Customers suffer where regulators are weak (Slashdot discussion)

• 2005-12-01 WW FSFE: More on the manipulation of the "Vienna Conclusions" (WSIS)

• 2005-12-01 US NewsForge: EFF abstains from DMCA rulemaking, denouncing Copyright Office

• 2005-11-25 FR FSF France: French Government Lobbied to Ban Free Software (France as a test case for the DRM lobby?)

• 2005-11-24 US Slashdot: The Demise of IP?

• 2005-11-24 US Slashdot: DMCA Abuse Widespread

• 2005-11-21 US IcannAtlarge comment on ICANN-Verisign deal

• 2005-11-11 WW ZDnet UK: SAP slams open source 'socialism'

• 2005-11-10 US ZDnet UK: ODF Summit joins open source activists --> OpenDocument standard

• 2005-11-04 CN Language Log: microsoft Outlaws Dzongkha

• 2005-10-15 WW Michele Boldrin & David K. Levine: Against Intellectual Monopoly

• 2005-10-27 ES Sys-Con: More on Globalization

• 2005-10-28 EU International Herald Tribune: Lobbying Brussels: It's getting crowded

• 2005-09-23 US ZDNet: Massachusetts moves ahead sans Microsoft ( Jonathan Zuck defending MS)

• 2005-09-18 UK BBC: Petitioning (Scottish) parliament by mouse

• 2005-09-01 US EFF: Federal court slams door on add-on innovation

• 2005-05-20 WW Mikko Välimäki: The Rise of Open Source Licensing: A Challenge to the Use of Intellectual Property in the Software Industry

• 2005-07-27 EU Euractiv: Green campaigner: “NGO lobbying should be transparent too”

• 2005-07-22 EU Euractiv: Kallas to press on with registry of Brussels lobbyists

• 2005-07-08 EU Euractiv: Spencer: Transparency should not be limited to corporate lobbying

• 2005-06-23 IE ENN Blog: Microsoft for open standards? (Office 12 to save documents in XML)

• 2005-06-17 US LXer: Computing Our Liberty: June 2005 (Contains a small anti-swpat piece)

• 2005-06-16 BR Planet Porto Alegre: Against Digital Corsairs

• 2005-06-16 BR Planet Porto Alegre: “Eppur si muove” (The writer Vandana Shiva oppose the ideas from the book “The world is flat” an presents her response to Friedman's earth hypothesis)

• 2005-06-16 EU Think Tank Eudoxa: World Intellectual Property Organization Under Assault From Developing Countries

• 2005-05-20 EU The Sprout: MEP McCarthy: "(Verheugen's GBP 3 billion fund) is a risk strategy by the Commission, but it's the right move as there was nowhere nearly enough investment in small businesses in the past."

• 2005-05-24 US Noticias/MS PR: Microsoft experience Insurance Is Supported by More Than 35 Companies

• 2005-06-15 CN e-Sinchew-i: India And The Knowledge Economy

• 2005-06-09 US LinuxElectron: GPL Version 3: Background To Adoption, by Stallman and Moglen

• 2005-06-08 UK TheRegister: Perens joins open source start-up

• 2005-06-08 US PRNewsWire: Docufide's Secure Transcript(TM) Service Delivers to Over 1,000 Colleges and Universities

• 2005-06-08 US Global Politician: Revolt of the Poor: Demise of Intellectual Property?

• 2005-06-07 US Slyck: Film Maker Receives C&D Letter for Distributing Personal Work

• 2005-06-06 AU Sidney Morning Herald: Free trade, the new con trick

• 2005-06-06 WW Slashdot: WIPO Wants Your Feedback

• 2005-06-04 US HTML-FixIT: Why Open Source should be important to all web developers.

• 2005-05-19 US TACD: Resolution on Digital Rights Management

• 2005-05-26 US DevX: The Future of Free Software Lies in The Past

• 2005-05-26 EU ZDNet UK: EU announces international open source investment plan

• 2005-05-17 US GregLondon: Bounty Hunters, Map Makers & Gold Miners (Metaphors for Designing Fair Intellectual Property Laws - version: 17 May 2005)

• 2005-05-16 US Softpaedia: Bye, bye proprietary software! (UK education: BECTA suggest moving to open source software.)

• 2005-05-18 IE ISA: Irish National Software Conference (tomorrow - 19th)

• 2005-05-13 UK BBC: Microsoft offers security service (Microsoft starts a subscription based anti-virus and spyware protection service for PC users.)

• 2005-05-12 UK BBC: Developers to play with BBC wares (The BBC is giving web developers and designers outside of the organisation access to its content so that they can "create cool new things".)

• 2005-05-10 UK BBC: How Microsoft plans to beat its rivals (Microsoft is under attack by a bevy of competitors. But is the software giant really at its "most vulnerable moment in history"?)

• 2005-05-04 US Reuters: IBM to cut up to 13,000 jobs, Europe key target

• 2005-05-15 US Baltimore Sun: It's bad news for workers (Review of a book "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman concerning the "levelling of knowledge and innovation.")

• 2005-05-15 US Charlotte Observer NC: The online gamer's pal (Brief mention of Xfire's patent dispute with Yahoo at the end.)

• 2005-05-15 US Pioneer Press MN: Tech firms reach out for research

• 2005-05-15 US Chicago Tribune: Microsoft, Sun execs continue software collaboration

• 2005-05-15 CA Kamloops: Copyright Balance is Desperately Needed.

• 2005-05-04 EU ZDNet UK: Building innovation: Don't pass the buck

• 2005-05-03 IE The Lawyer: The intellectual choice

• 2005-04-29 TH The Nation editorial: Enforcement of IP laws comes at a cost

• 2005-04-28 EU Lu presidency announces Council Open Day Apil 30

• 2005-04-21 AU Builder: Rift divides FOSS community, says Linux body (ZDNET AU)

• 2005-04-22 EU The Times: Mandelson, the computer king and a party on a luxury yacht (-> Slashdot discussion)

• 2005-04-22 WW Financial Times/James Boyle: Deconstructing stupidity ("policy-process is almost evidence-free. New rights are created on the basis of anecdote and scaremongering")

• 2005-03-07 US Ludwig Kinsella: There's No Such Thing As a Free Patent

• 2005-04-08 US P2P: Sun v 'Economic Imperialism'

• 2005-04-07 US ZDNET BLOG:"GPL is economic imperialism, says Sun"

• 2005-04-07 WW Guardian: Read the book, seen the movie? Now smell it too ("Elizabeth Boukis, a spokeswoman for Sony Electronics, said the device remained only an idea at the moment.")

• 2005-04-07 US ECommerce Times: Tech Heavyweights Rally Around EC on Microsoft Appeal

• 2005-04-04 EU Rebentisch-Blog: Commissioner Wallström Blog vs. McCreevy's Juri talk

• 2005-04-04 EU Margot Wallström blog

• 2005-03-30 EU European Union Grants Advisor Programme Gains Momentum... thanks to Microsoft...

• 2005-03-25 EU Lenz Blog: Bananas

• 2005-03-25 CA Slashdot: Canada Says No To DMCA

• 2005-03-25 US EFF Orphaned Works campaign

• 2005-03-12 EU Council: Leaking information from confidential Council meetings OK

• 2005-03-11 EU FFII: Excerpts of the Council Rules of Procedure (-> Adoption Farce)

• 2005-03-10 WW The Economist: The future of innovation - The rise of the creative consumer

• 2005-03-10 WW Lebanon Daily News: Property rights baffling in info age

• 2005-03-07 CN International Herald Tribune: Patent theft and China: All relative? (see also David Martin)

• 2005-02-24 EU ISPA: The European Union gets The Internet Villain Award sponsored by Claranet

• 2005-01-24 US EFF: Endangered Gizmos - Help EFF Protect the Environment for Innovation! (see also Animation on main page)

• 2005-01-30 WW Radio Bayern 3: EFF-Founder on World Social Forum requests Usage of Free Software

• 2005-01-07 UK Bloor Research: The government open source dynamic

• 2005-01-10 US America's Network: ISPs Blast BSA Copyright Reform Proposal

• 2004-12-20 EU EU Deal with Microsoft: Staff can register with MS to obtain Free Copies of Windows & Office

• 2004-12-18 UK UK Government deletes its emails, new information law into force 4 Jan

• 2004-12-03 EU Montreal declaration for Public access to Law

• 2004-12-01 US Alex de Tocqueville Institution spreads new FUD

• 2004-11-22 EU Financial Times: James Boyle: A natural experiment (Commission does not carry out its promise to check the consequences of the database directive)

• 2004-11-26 DE Globalisation critics against Bolkestein's service directive (--> Bolkestein)

• 2004-11-27 UK International Herald Tribune: A voice for the consumer: Locking up 'the king' (---> Digital Rights Management)

• 2004-11-25 EU FSFE becomes WIPO observer (--> FFII & WIPO)

• 2004-11-04 US IP-Watch: U.S. vows to "fight" the Push for WIPO Reform (from Axel Horns' blog, --> US, WIPO)

• 2004-11-23 EU Groklaw: Microsoft pays off $9.5m to CCIA's Ed Black

• 2004-11-11 FR The Register: France rules Apple's DRM denial not anti-competition (limits to interoperability)

• 2004-10-20 US Transgaming (Gav States) on DRM (---> Digital Rights Management)

• 2004-10-27 DE Eurolinux/FFII wins Linux New Media Award 2004

• 2004-10-26 DE MIT Technology Review discovers invents Emulator as sensation :-)

• 2004-10-20 UK FT/Epstein: Why Opensource Software is Unsustainable

• 2004-09-17 DE ENISA(EU IT security organisation) Amsterdam Conference Page with ActiveX navigation --- blocked for securtiy setting reasons

• 2004-09-15 US Microsoft's paid lobbyists have great influence on technology policy in the US

• 2004-09-11 DK Djursland Freifunk Convention pictures

• 2004-09-06 EU Safer Internet CfP (dl. 04-10-29)

• 2004-09-07 KR Unesco/Nabi Competition "International Competition for the Digitalization of the intangible heritage"

• 2004-09-7 AU LinuxWorld, Bedell: Term "Free software" dead?

• 2004-08-18 US Law Professors Argue That ISP Tort Immunity Is Too Great

• 2004-08-05 new french study on economics of free software service providers

• 2004-07-24 GNU GPL copyleft enforced against proprietary free-rider in German court

• 2004-07-17 UK Guardian: Introducing Del-Qaida (criticises propaganda about connections between copyright violations and Al Qaida which were also used by Arlene McCarthy, Janelly Fourtou and others in campaigning for the IPR Enforcement Directive)

• 2004-07-01 US PA Phil Albert's new license FUD, more on Albert

• 2004-06-21 DE Berlin Declaration published: Compensation without Control

• 2004-06-01 Friends of the Creative Domain are seeking signatures for a letter to persuade the BBC to license its archives under a Creative Commons license

• 2004-05-22 Opera receives compensation from Microsoft for deliberate attempts to make Opera incompatible with IE

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