Originally posted by kazeyumi at The Philippines Passes a Cybercrime Prevention Act that Makes SOPA Look Reasonable
The dark days of SOPA and PIPA are behind the US, at least temporarily as copyright tycoons reground and restrategize, attempting to come up with measures that don’t cause the entire internet to shut down in protest.

But one country has already ( Read more... )

Originally posted by gothickangel92 at ACCESS NOW: Declaration of Internet Freedom
After signing petitions against ACTA/SOPA etc I was sent an e-mail by Access today:

This just in -- the European Parliament has voted down ACTA! Congratulations to you and all the other individuals, organizations, and communities who have fought so hard to defeat this!

This is a huge ( Read more... )

Originally posted by cestlavieminako at It Never Ends...
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Originally posted by rii_no_ame at It Never Ends...

Here's their next move: The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, would obliterate any semblance of online privacy in the United States.

And CISPA would provide a ( Read more... )

Originally posted by cestlavieminako at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Originally posted by fma245 at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Originally posted by sparkywolf at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
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All U.S. Internet Providers will be ( Read more... )

Thought this was important enough that I wanted to share it:

Originally posted by gothickangel92 at Democracy: The Maltese Way
From the Times of Malta:

Joseph Muscat said today that the prime minister should have halted the ratification of ACTA, as other countries had done.

Referring to Dr Gonzi's statement yesterday afternoon, Dr Gonzi said that was a statement of ( Read more... )

Well, maybe not all. But he does show us an interesting glimpse into the history of copyright in the US.

Ever since the SOPA/PIPA blackout last month - which I am pleased to report performed precisely as designed; score one for democracy! - I’ve been consumed with curiosity about the precedent for both this type of lawmaking and this type of protest ( Read more... )

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If you live in the EU, be sure to add your voice to the protest on Saturday! The world is depending on you!

Originally posted by cestlavieminako at European LJ folks, take note of areas where you can protest ACTA on the 11th!
With an incredible showing of power and belief, over 300,000 people in 72 hours called on the European Parliament to reject the rights-threatening international copyright treaty, ACTA. We’ve shone a bright light on the countries that signed this ( Read more... )

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Rebecca McKinnon over at Slate.com wrote a great article regarding internet freedom. She doesn't really have to convince me that freedom of information exchange and constraints on the powerful interest are important for basic human rights, but she does a great job explaining why.

"As with power in the physical world, power in the digital world must ( Read more... )