§ A very important issue is now open in the European Parliament. As former MEP David Hammerstein writes, a cross-party group MEPs (a conservative, a liberal and two socialists) has proposed a written declaration by the full Parliament setting parameters for the acceptability of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ACTA. Here is the text: Written declaration [...]
Filed under: ACTA | Tagged: ACTA, Europe, Three Strikes | Comments Off
EU Data Protection Supervisor Warns Against ACTA, Calls 3 Strikes Disproportionate Very welcome – and beautifully-constructed – from Europe’s data protection supremo. While we should not let up pressure on transparency and on three-strikes, it may be time to start spotlighting some of the other evil in the leaked drafts, such as unlimited search powers [...]
Filed under: Links, Spirituality | Tagged: ACTA, Spirituality, Three Strikes | Comments Off
§ The time has finally come for me to migrate away from blogs.sun.com and Blogger, where my two main blogs have been hosted for many years. Welcome to The Wild Mink, where I’ll be posting daily comment and occasional analysis just as I have been since around 2002. Except maybe a bit more free-range… Why [...]
Filed under: Webmink | Tagged: Blog, blogs.sun.com, Oracle, Site Information, Sun, Webmink | 13 Comments »
|
All views expressed on this blog are those of Simon Phipps and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other entity, including current and former employers. See my full disclosure of interests.
© 2010-12, Simon Phipps. All rights reserved, all wrongs righted. Unless otherwise credited all photographs, videos and other media are included in this statement. Some photographs are available for licensing via iStockPhoto. To contact the author, please use the e-mail form.
