My article on how human rights trump copyrights is now available in the Essays section. It has also been republished at OpenSource.Com.
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✍ By Its Fruit
Posted on February 26, 2010 by Simon Phipps
§ Where are all the bad laws coming from? One of the worst things you can find in your home is the surface signs of fungal growth, especially the fruiting bodies of “dry rot”. The fungus itself is bad enough, but its appearance tells you something even more worrying; that the structure of the building [...]
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✍ Contact Your MEP!
Posted on February 25, 2010 by Simon Phipps
§ 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 [...]
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☞ Discoveries
Posted on February 25, 2010 by Simon Phipps
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 [...]
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