Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
European Parliament and the Council has adopted Directive that requires user consent to internet cookies. Directive will be in force across the European Union within 18 months.
See: Directive amending Directive 2002/22/EC, 2002/58/EC and 2006/2004 (PDF).
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Today I stumbled upon one piece about Estonian digital revolution. Report is interesting though superficial.
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Though it there has been no official announcement, it seems that YouTube now blocks access for visitors from Latvia to official music video clips. When you try to access one you get a notice: "This video is not available in your country."
Most probably this happened because Latvian copyright holders agency ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Last week Reporters Without Borders issued a report entitled “Enemies of the Internet” in which it examines Internet censorship and other threats to online free expression in 22 countries.
“The 12 ‘Enemies of the Internet’ - Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam ...
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
The Personal Democracy Forum presented book "Rebooting America". It is an anthology of forty-four essays on ideas of of reenergizing, reorganizing, and reorienting our government for the Internet Age. Download the entire anthology, or buy the book!
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
On Monday (May 26) European Commission's DG Information Society and Media published wide research on European projects in field of information technologies and communications: The Future of the Internet - A Compendium of European Projects on ICT Research Supported by the EU 7th Framework. Book can be downloaded free of ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
New book of Jonathan Zittrain The future of the internet and how to stop it is out. As Lawrence Lessig putsit: This book will redefine the field we call the law of cyberspace. You can buy usual print version or download book (as PDF file) for free. Book is published ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information--often about politics, but also relating to sexuality, culture, or religion--that they deem too sensitive for ordinary citizens. New book / report "Access Denied" documents and analyzes Internet filtering practices in over three dozen countries, offering the ...
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