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Links to 6th May

By take21 | Published: May 11, 2009

US Senate Sunlight Foundation: Senate posts votes in XML  http://bit.ly/Il7hF Europe Telecoms Package #telecomspackage #EU OUT-LAW: European Parliament vetoes telecoms reform, demands court order for ISP disconnection http://tinyurl.com/dd82gb LaQuadrature: Amendment 138/46 adopted again. Internet is a fundamental right in Europe. http://tr.im/kDjJ EU vote: Trautman Citizens Rights amendments adopted! EU parliament live http://tr.im/kDg6  Malcolm Harbour account of EU telecoms packagehttp://tr.im/kCGV Detailed rebuttal http://www.blackouteurope.eu/ […]

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Digital Britain Unconferences

By take21 | Published: May 7, 2009

Unconferences so far: Oxfordshire, Humberside, London. Cambridge next Note for the Birmingham Unconference Preparation: it would help if people could read the report from the Oxford unconference beforehand. They may want to develop some of those themes or introduce new ones. I can report back on the first meeting. http://digitalbritainunconference.wordpress.com/ Reporting from the London unconference […]

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Links to 30th April

By take21 | Published: April 30, 2009

Policy Obama: 100 days. Net neutrality commitment and the broadband stimulus www.savetheinternet.com UK: comment on the Home Office’s ‘Protecting the public’ communications consultation: writetoreply.org Law “Not Smart: Warner Music Issues DMCA Takedown On Larry Lessig Presentation” techdirt.com Swedish ISPs Obstruct New Anti-Piracy Legislation torrentfreak.com by not storing user data EU Telecoms Package EU telecoms vote 5th […]

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Links to 26th April

By take21 | Published: April 30, 2009

Digital Britain Now that’s what I call social networking blog.openwetware.org Cameron Neylon on #digitalbritain phenomenon and what it means The #digitalbritain unconference website is now live: digitalbritainunconference.wordpress.com Full Digital Britain Summit proceedings uploaded digitalbritainforum.org.uk video & transcripts. Discussion of content, copyright, new business models is this ‘poetry’ session digitalbritainforum.org.uk Google News Google news timeline googlenewsblog.blogspot.com […]

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Links to 22nd April

By take21 | Published: April 22, 2009

Press complaint: Nick Davies tells MPs of smear threat from newspaper www.guardian.co.uk US forces used almost 20,000 rounds of “non-lethal” ammo/CS gas on Iraqis in 2007-2008 secure.wikileaks.org The Weapons That Kill Civilians — Deaths of Children and Noncombatants in Iraq, 2003–.. www.docuticker.com Oxford University Press Releases Lessons from the Identity Trail Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a […]

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Links to 17th April

By take21 | Published: April 22, 2009

Why the Pirate Bay verdict is GOOD for piracy – neteffect.foreignpolicy.com analysis from Evgeny Morozov British Library Google generation research download www.bl.uk Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube news.cnet.com Goverment announces RIPA review in wake of EU threat feedproxy.google.com Open Knowledge Foundation wiki wiki.okfn.org OKcon 09 was good Papers from the 5th Communia workshop communia-project.eu #communia Public […]

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The Pirate Bay: convictions

By take21 | Published: April 17, 2009

All four defendants in The Pirate Bay trial have been convicted and face 1 year prison sentences. Torrentfeak The Guardian

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Digital Britain forum

By take21 | Published: April 17, 2009

The Digital Britain summit Watch live stream http://digitalbritainforum.org.uk/ Numerous links to blogs, including Write To Reply. Live Twitter feed @digitalbritain Gordon Brown, Peter Mandelson, OFCOM, cable companies -all the players.

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Links to 14th April

By take21 | Published: April 14, 2009

British Library: 7,000 music, spoken word and environmental tracks for free listening. 9,000 more for UK Universities http://sounds.bl.uk/ Public Knowledge explains the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). What it is and why it matters.http://tr.im/iPWT FT: Internet privacy: As Google launches ‘interest-based’ ads, consumers and regulators are increas.. summary of recent privacy and behavioural advertising issues http://tinyurl.com/cpkshf […]

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Links to 11th April

By take21 | Published: April 14, 2009

Nick Carr article on Google and newspapers: http://tinyurl.com/d6e29d Right again. Science Commons argue for public domain. A public benefit over proposed Open Database license http://tr.im/iC5e Liking Nambu, Mac social messaging client. 3 pane interface difficult to beat. Better text legibility than others http://tr.im/iC4J DiggBar blocking for WordPress, Greasemonkey, EE. John Gruber http://tr.im/iB6U Why? http://tr.im/iB6A Open […]

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