http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JqDnEbzpKQ
How apt.
I found it on this post. Very interesting blog.
Showing posts with label Internetz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internetz. Show all posts
May 17, 2012
May 16, 2012
ACTA and other IP thangs
ACTA:_Procedure_in_the_European_Parliament and ACTA-is-not-dead
La Quadrature du Net is a fantastic site which "aims to alert on government projects that threaten civil liberties on the Internet and to make alternative proposals".
ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is one of the most pertinent issues currently, posing as it does such a massive threat to civil liberties. An older post on that here.
The political memory section has names, contact details and the voting records of every MEP, by country and by committee. I might even write to some of them, in my naivety. Like Paul Murphy, a Socialist from Dublin. He's on the International Trade Committee (INTA), the main one working on ACTA.
Closer to home (as in, at home), the Copyright Review Committee (set up by Minister Richard Bruton) published a consultation paper in March. "Innovation" is the buzz-word here, how can we nurture it, foster it, encourage it, attract it and its innovative practitioners to Ireland. I'm chomping through the 182-page report - the Department (of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) are accepting submissions from the public, so I might as well.
I'll do a proper post on it once I'm finished.
La Quadrature du Net is a fantastic site which "aims to alert on government projects that threaten civil liberties on the Internet and to make alternative proposals".
ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is one of the most pertinent issues currently, posing as it does such a massive threat to civil liberties. An older post on that here.
The political memory section has names, contact details and the voting records of every MEP, by country and by committee. I might even write to some of them, in my naivety. Like Paul Murphy, a Socialist from Dublin. He's on the International Trade Committee (INTA), the main one working on ACTA.
Closer to home (as in, at home), the Copyright Review Committee (set up by Minister Richard Bruton) published a consultation paper in March. "Innovation" is the buzz-word here, how can we nurture it, foster it, encourage it, attract it and its innovative practitioners to Ireland. I'm chomping through the 182-page report - the Department (of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) are accepting submissions from the public, so I might as well.
I'll do a proper post on it once I'm finished.
May 13, 2012
Ya big Pledge!
Sooo.... this funding project doodah is starting so. Apparently, I need more fans for this to succeed.
:(
To the left, there is a widget. A widget with which to lure in new fans and potential funders of said album. The song, "Sunday Sun", is one of the first I wrote. Ahhh.
Ooohhh the world of internet marketing and self-promotion is a strange one. More of this in a while.
:(
To the left, there is a widget. A widget with which to lure in new fans and potential funders of said album. The song, "Sunday Sun", is one of the first I wrote. Ahhh.
Ooohhh the world of internet marketing and self-promotion is a strange one. More of this in a while.
Jan 29, 2012
ACTA gway ourah tha!
Last Friday, the EU countries (with the exception of Germany,The Netherlands, Cyprus and Estonia), signed ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. In the same vein as SOPA and its hangers-on, ACTA is far more scary and far-reaching. Vague and open-ended (of course!), it provides a low threshold for criminal sanctions; 'to “acts” which are for direct commercial advantage but also for, also undefined, “economic advantage” or “aiding and abetting” (also undefined).' (http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.1/whats-wrong-with-ACTA - Part 2)
It puts the onus on ISPs (internet service providers) to police their customers' internet usage and offers bland assurances that it'll protect "fundamental principles such as freedom of expression, fair process, and privacy". Soooo, not fundamental rights, not a fair trial, not due process.
Ostensibly on grounds of public health, it goes beyond the digital realm as regards intellectual property. This has implications for generic drugs(drugs whose patent has expired, can be sold without a licence from the original company, much cheaper than brand-name drugs), and seeds.
Negotiations have been shrouded in secrecy since they started three years ago.
In fact, the EU rapporteur on ACTA quit in disgust on Thursday over the process by which the whole thing has been negotiated.
European Digital Rights have a good summary of ACTA on their site, five one-page documents on different aspects.
And then, what to do? La Quadrature du Net have some suggestions -
https://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/How_to_act_against_ACTA
It puts the onus on ISPs (internet service providers) to police their customers' internet usage and offers bland assurances that it'll protect "fundamental principles such as freedom of expression, fair process, and privacy". Soooo, not fundamental rights, not a fair trial, not due process.
Ostensibly on grounds of public health, it goes beyond the digital realm as regards intellectual property. This has implications for generic drugs(drugs whose patent has expired, can be sold without a licence from the original company, much cheaper than brand-name drugs), and seeds.
Negotiations have been shrouded in secrecy since they started three years ago.
In fact, the EU rapporteur on ACTA quit in disgust on Thursday over the process by which the whole thing has been negotiated.
European Digital Rights have a good summary of ACTA on their site, five one-page documents on different aspects.
And then, what to do? La Quadrature du Net have some suggestions -
https://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/How_to_act_against_ACTA
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