Protesters Hit the Streets Over Australian Internet Censorship Proposals
Australian digital rights organizations are applauding the high turnout in a country-wide demonstration against proposed Australian internet blacklists.
The Electronic Frontiers Australia recently applauded the high turnout for protests against proposed censorship laws that would block access to websites deemed by the government as “inappropriate”.
From the press release:
“The forthcoming protests by the Digital Liberty Coalition and [...]
French Digital Rights Advocates Decry Telecom Package’s ‘Gradual Response’
Says that the current telecoms package would violate basic civil rights in Europe.
A little over a week ago, we reported on the French Prime Minister overruling democracy and vetoing provisions in the telecoms package that would stop any form of a “three strike provision” in the European Parliament. Recently, French digital rights advocates from [...]
New Zealand – Green Party Pushes for Open WiFi Internet and End to Software Patents
It seems that one political party in New Zealand has some bold plans for the future of New Zealand’s technology sector.
There’s an interesting report over on Stuff which suggests that one of the political parties of New Zealand, namely the Green Party, is pushing for bold plans for New Zealand’s technological future. The policy [...]
India Pressured to Sign and Ratify WIPO
There is generally little coverage over what is going on in India with regards to digital rights in North American news outlets. That may change thanks to pressure exerted onto the country from the world Intellectual Property Organization.
India is said to have the second fastest growing emerging economies in the world. With such [...]
German ISP and Telecommunications Company Raided Over Spy Scandal
The idea of a telecommunications company abusing its power to breach privacy has been anywhere from tossed around a few years back to an outright political battle as seen in the EFF warrentless wiretapping case today. If, however, one asks a German privacy advocate about ISPs illegally breaching privacy, there’s a good chance that [...]
Company – US Copyright Royalty Board Unconstitutional
There was considerable debate last year over new royalties being put in place in the US over web radio such as the idea of the royalty hike which would force many stations offline. It seemed all hope was lost until yesterday when a company called Royalty Logic filed a motion in a Washington Appeals [...]
Controlling the Net – How Hard Could it Be?
Is it possible to control the internet or the free flow of information? It’s a question that could easily be dismissed as a fools errand. Yet, in the span of a month, there has been a noticeable number of interesting attempts to do so. Clearly, there are those that think it’s possible. [...]
US State of the Union Address – Give Telecoms Immunity
The debate over whether or not telecommunication companies should be given retroactive immunity for wiretaps has been one of the hottest topics in the American technology industry today. In the recent State of the Union Address, George W. Bush commented that telecommunication companies which holds sensitive information should be protected.
The comments given may likely [...]
Internet radio dealt severe blow as Copyright Board rejects appeal
A panel of judges at the Copyright Royalty Board has denied a request from the NPR and a number of other webcasters to reconsider a March ruling that would force Internet radio services to pay crippling royalties. The panel’s ruling reaffirmed the original CRB decision in every respect, with the exception of how the royalties [...]
70% of the US regularly watch online videos
In a sign of things to come, nearly 123 million people in the US, some 70% of the total online population, watched an online video of some sort in the month of January.
The duo behind Joost correctly surmised some time ago that the future of television will really be the internet via online streaming. [...]
