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Rogers Accused Of Violating Net Neutrality After Testing ISNS

http://www.paidcontent.org

"Canadian cable and telecom giant Rogers Communications has come under fire for violating Internet neutrality principles after testing a new technology called Internet Subscriber Notification System (ISNS) that inserts messages – like ads – on third-party websites..."

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MPAA calls for content filtering by all ISPs

http://arstechnica.com

"...Glickman is the self-described "chief hired gun or mercenary for the [motion picture] industry," and his comments give us a window into what the movie studios are thinking. His words yesterday revealed that movie execs are thinking about one thing in particular: the technology that can be used to halt film piracy. And they expect ISPs to implement it...'

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Music Industry Pressures EU Politicians for Filtered Internet

http://www.eff.org

"The music and film industry continues to pursue its idea of a politically "corrected" Internet - one that they imagine could protect their old business models without requiring any extra costs on their part. This time, the fix is Internet-wide filtering..."

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France to block peer-to-peer traffic

http://www.vnunet.com

"A new directive in France could see peer-to-peer users cut off if they continue to share files. A memorandum of understanding has been signed by some French ISPs, the recording industry and the French government under which ISPs will hand over data on who is using file sharing networks to a new government agency..."

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The Internet must not be proprietary

http://blogs.zdnet.com

There is an important lesson which can be drawn as a string through a host of recent stories, from Comcast and Cox Cable throttling BitTorrent to Verizon doing the SiteFinder thing to depredations concerning the iPhone and open spectrum.

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Giant Global Graph

http://dig.csail.mit.edu

"...So the Net and the Web may both be shaped as something mathematicians call a Graph, but they are at different levels. The Net links computers, the Web links documents.

Now, people are making another mental move. There is realization now, 'It's not the documents, it is the things they are about which are important". Obvious, really' ..." -- Tim Berners-Lee.

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Comcast Sued Over BitTorrent Blocking - UPDATED

http://blog.wired.com

"A California man filed suit in state court Tuesday against internet service provider Comcast, arguing that the company's secret use of technology to limit peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent violates federal computer fraud laws, their user contracts and anti-fraudulent advertising statutes..."

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Created by can.axis 14 years 29 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 29 weeks ago
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Can we afford not to give our kids Linux?

http://www.itwire.com

For any parent, myself included, setting your kids loose on the net is a daunting prospect. We have to do it because the net is a fact of life - it's in our schools, the workplace, public libraries and in many if not most homes of the developed world. Therefore, do we really have any option but to give them Linux?

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NNSquad: Network Neutrality Squad

http://www.nnsquad.org

"The Network Neutrality Squad (NNSquad) is an open-membership, open-source effort, enlisting the Internet's users to help keep the Internet's operations fair and unhindered from unreasonable restrictions. [...] We invite individual, commercial, nonprofit, government, and all other Internet users and stakeholders (including ISPs) to participate in the Network Neutrality Squad..."

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The Battle for the Soul of WHOIS

http://www.linuxjournal.com

"...But the intellectual property folks see whois as their enforcement database, and are working toward making that its primary purpose. Those two purposes are at odds, and that's what the debate is all about. Except so far the public comments have come mostly from just one side..."
Via GLYN MOODY: http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2007/10/battle-for-soul-of-whois.html

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Media companies in copyright pact, Google absent

http://www.reuters.com

Viacom Inc, Walt Disney Co, Microsoft Corp and other media companies have agreed to a set of guidelines to protect copyrights online but Google Inc, owner of the Web's biggest video site, was notably absent from the pact.

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Created by peacemaker 14 years 32 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 32 weeks ago
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FSF - Send comments opposing TLS-authz

http://www.fsf.org

"Much of the communication on the Internet happens between computers according to standards that define common languages.

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Public Good and Mozilla

http://www.arcanology.com

"...At the end of July, Mitchell Baker presented on “The Internet, Mozilla, and the Public Benefit” at The Internet as a Public Good Symposium at Harvard. The list of sessions is available and slides or documents from the presentations there are available as well..."

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Created by can.axis 14 years 39 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 39 weeks ago
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OpenID: One ID for the entire Internet

http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com

"...I learned a little more about OpenID at this month’s LinuxWorld Conference and Expo [...] For geeks, OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity. [...] For individuals, OpenID means the elimination of multiple user names and passwords and a smoother, more secure, online experience.

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Created by can.axis 14 years 41 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 41 weeks ago
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A Quest to Get More Court Rulings Online, and Free

http://www.nytimes.com

The domination of two legal research services over the publication of federal and state court decisions is being challenged by an Internet gadfly who has embarked on an ambitious project to make more than 10 million pages of case law available free online.

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Created by peacemaker 14 years 41 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 41 weeks ago
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