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A few pounds/euros/dollars/..., geeks *can* make a difference

rich wrote 1 week ago: If we all loved cats, dogs, birds, woodlands or the countryside then we’d pay charitable dues … more →

Tags: EFF, Old vs. Young, org

Protests grow over 'ill thought out' and 'poorly worded' UK Digital Economy bill

stevevirgin wrote 3 weeks ago: The Digital Economy bill has sparked a wave of protest among consumers and rights groups. Soon after … more →

Tags: digital britain, twitter, File Sharing, Stephen Fry, Digital Inclusion, Data secrecy, Privacy, Internet Piracy, hadopi law

Digital Economy Bill branded "outrageous"

Peter Simpson wrote 1 month ago: Photo by ipocrates @ flickr The introduction of the Digital Economy Bill has been met with fierce cr … more →

Tags: All Politics, science and technology, Digital Economy, Internet, Lib Dem, Liberal Democrat, Lord Mandelson, pirate party, Pirate Party UK

Digital Economy Bill branded "outrageous"

Peter Simpson wrote 1 month ago: Photo by ipocrates @ flickr The introduction of the Digital Economy Bill has been met with fierce cr … more →

Tags: All Politics, science and technology, Digital Economy, Internet, Lib Dem, Liberal Democrat, Lord Mandelson, pirate party, Pirate Party UK

UK Digital Economy Bill: No Teeth, No Investment

postbureaucraticage wrote 1 month ago: The Government’s Digital Economy Bill was announced in the Queen’s speech yesterday. The … more →

Tags: PBA, Open Legislation, EU, legislation, UK, communications, Digital Economy Bill, Mandelson

What should they have done? (doesn't really matter)

neighbourhoodcat wrote 5 months ago: “1999 saw the debut of Napster – the net-based software that let people share their musi … more →

Tags: Post Industry, P2P network, Music Industry, P2P, Napster, Geoff Taylor, BPI, Jim Killock, File Sharing

The right not to get caught9 comments

Chris Swan wrote 7 months ago: For @monadic, who forgot this was happening, and @stephenbonner who asked for a blog post summarisin … more →

Tags: Wibble, Charles Stross, Cory Doctorow, hacking, Politics, Privacy, Transparency

Home Office and Phorm1 comment

Marius Ostrowski wrote 7 months ago: Oh look – it seems that the people who want complete access to our emails and texts were in ca … more →

Tags: Politics, technology, phorm, Government, Foundation for Information Policy Research, Rights, civic liberty, Moral Bankruptcy

Big Brother State wants your data3 comments

CW wrote 8 months ago: In response to the encroachment of an increasingly surveillance-empowered state, the Open Rights Gro … more →

Tags: Politics, Law, IT, ethics, Data Protection, Privacy, Surveillance, Government, Statebook

More Control

freethinkeruk wrote 8 months ago: We are now one day into yet another law that gathers our personal information and yet another step d … more →

Tags: freedom democracy, Surveillance, european union, EU, Police State, Internet, isp, Email tracking, Freedom of Information

Where are YOU found? Possibly in the EU.

corporateinvestigationsinc wrote 8 months ago: Did you ever wonder where “you” are found?  I’m not talking about you physically … more →

Tags: Current Events, FYI, General, background check, background screen, BBC News, London Bombings, pre-employments screen, Terrorist Watch

"Copyright extension is the enemy of" creativity and learning. No to the EU extension on sound copyright.

fleshisgrass wrote 9 months ago: Updates – scroll to the bottom. This post contains arguments and resources on sound copyright … more →

Tags: technology, Literature, Digital Rights, web2.0, Rights, Learning, Legal, Music, Money

e-voting: technik die begeistert / business as usual

marc wrote 10 months ago: das wird echt immer besser mit dem ganzen e-voting foo in oesterreich, je naeher die oeh-wahlen 2009 … more →

Tags: Bunt gemischt, Politik, Technik, Software, Sicherheit, Veranstaltung, Austria, e-voting, oeh-wahlen 2009

[Your Data] How Often Have They Lost Your Data

Lex Fear wrote 10 months ago: Open Rights Group have a questionnaire which should tell you! via: Ideal Government your data, data … more →

Tags: absolute power, anti-terrorists, Bad Company, buyer beware, Copywrong, Databases, Financial terrorism, Free-as-in-speech, MiniTruth

FWD>> Come to Brussels and demand sound copyright

Kathryn wrote 11 months ago: A message from the folks at Open Rights Group regarding Sound Copyright: The European Parliament is … more →

Tags: event, activism, technology, Copyright, org, EU, sound, Music, Rights

Obscurity2 comments

Neil wrote 1 year ago: So tonight was the Neil Gaiman talk at the Open Rights Group event in Clerkenwell. I spent this morn … more →

Tags: Neil Gaiman, Digital Rights, DRM, internet as a promotional tool, very tired blogger really should go to bed

Webwise?

bridgetfox wrote 1 year ago: I’m a BT Broadband customer, but I’ve not been invited to take part in their Webwise tri … more →

Tags: Consusmer, B&T, broadband, webwise

Is corruption treated differently by some EU/G8 member states? (plus electronic voting)4 comments

Vitaliy wrote 1 year ago: That seems to be the case. Crossick over at Stanley’s blog notes the hypocritical position of … more →

Tags: corruption, EU, Foreign Affairs, democracy, anticorruption, Transparency International, G8, Electronic Voting, London Elections

Open Rights Group Verdict on London Elections: “Insufficient evidence” to declare confidence in results1 comment

Aled Dilwyn Fisher wrote 1 year ago:   This from the Open Rights Group (ORG) is scary stuff about the validity of the London Elections (w … more →

Tags: Elections, London, Accountability, Audit, e-count, e-counting, Electoral Fraud, independent observers, Indra


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