"...Transformative movements usually first start as transgressive subcultural movements (not caring about the old systems); then start building their own institutions (GPL, Creative Commons), before they become more explicitely political and start tackling the existing institutional order.
Read more »The P2P Foundation: time for a turn towards the political?
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IP address records
http://www.afterdawn.com –
RMS: « A major Swedish ISP says it will cease to keep IP address records so that it cannot be used to inform on what its customers share. »
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Sharing is the future
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"Around a hundred people gathered outside the parliamentary building in Oslo, Norway this evening to fight for citizen rights in the digital world..."
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National Forum Series: The Tangled Web
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"...These forums explore the ethical, social and political questions raised by government regulation of the internet. With the growing intersection between technology, politics and media, how do existing and proposed classification regimes measure up? ..."
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The European open internet is under imminent threat
http://www.blackouteurope.eu –
The European internet is being threatened seriously!
The telecoms-package is a set of monstrous laws regulating the internet.
Amandment 138 is securing a fundamental rights.
If amandment 138 is excluded, internet will be turned into a cable-television system.
This is a campaign organized to raise awareness of the telecoms package in Sweden.
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protonet - building a new internet -- "revolutions don't start with frickin business cases"
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"So I'm a software mercenary, I fight code wars for money, to be more precise to raise money to do what I really love, and part of that is to create a new internet, a free one, where the data and the infrastructure belongs to the people, to give them their freedom back. That is why me and some 3-4 other guys are working on this project of ours, protonet. To build a new, better internet.
Read more »“US copyright law is far too strict” – GNU founder
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"American software freedom activist Richard Stallman, better known as the author of GNU General Public License, joined RT to give his comments on modern software copyright laws, and the risks of cyber sneaking. The interview is available in Ogg Theora format..."
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Germany deletes WikiLeaks.de domain after raid
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"On April 9th 2009, the internet domain registration for the investigative journalism site Wikileaks.de was suspended without notice by Germany's registration authority DENIC. The action comes two weeks after the house of the German WikiLeaks domain sponsor, Theodor Reppe, was searched by German authorities.
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France legislature's rejection of internet anti-piracy bill thwarts corporate interests
http://www.laquadrature.net –
"The controversial HADOPI bill against filesharing was rejected by the French National Assembly in a very surprising move last week, at the final vote of the emergency procedure in which it was considered, with only one reading in each chamber.
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How to Run Aptana Studio on Linux
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In case you didn't know, Aptana Studio is a free multi-platform (runs on Linux, Windows and Mac) complete web development environment that combines powerful authoring tools with a collection of online hosting and collaboration services that help you and your team do more.
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HADOPI, French "three strikes" law rejected!
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"Paris, April 9, 2009 - In a surprising turn of events, the national assembly has rejected the HADOPI bill creating the "three strikes" scheme in France, in the final discussion, by a vote of 15 in favour and 21 opposed..."
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Cherokee: Why it could own the Internet
http://fosswire.com –
I've typically been pretty conservative when choosing a web server. Typically, I'll use Apache to run most sites, and possibly Lighttpd for static files. Experimenting never really has been something done with a web server once I'm past the initial setup.
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Cybersecurity Bill Gives Obama Dictatorial Power Over Internet
http://www.infowars.com –
As we reported on March 22 when Jay Rockefeller was peddling nonsense about a pimple-faced kid in Latvia taking down the power grid in America with a laptop computer, the current wave of fear-mongering about cyber terrorism is just that — unsubstantiated fear-mongering.
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HADOPI: a great blow to freedom of expression and justice in France
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"Here I am, utterly disgusted. Last Thursday, around 11pm, two dozens of members of Assemblée Nationale (one of the two parliament chambers in France) voted the infamous law nicknamed HADOPI. Great... For the record, this chamber in principle counts 577 members. This law is an awful blow to the Internet, the freedom of expression and the legal system in France..."
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The War Against USENET Symbolises an Assault on Free Speech
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THE CONSTANT WAR on the Internet is a war against disruptive means of business and communication.
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