"Numerous amendments tabled for the Telecom Package will be examined by the European Parliament this 24 September. The number of amendments, the complexity of the texts, and the fact that some of those amendments have not been published harms the european democratic debate..."
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Famous Quotations Script For Linux And Unix
A quick script to pull up famous quotations based on keywords or phrased you provide on the Unix or Linux CLI.
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When RFC's Attack - More Laughs From Cyberspace
How to bypass your firewall by making any session appear to be http. A joke, but also real ;)
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Telecoms Package : the spectre of the graduated response hangs over Europe
"MEPs, representatives of the European Commission and Council have discussed yesterday in plenary session, in Brussels, the reform of European law on electronic communications [...] The EDPS, as an independent EU authority in charge of personal data protection, considers that these amendments are an open invitation to a 'mass surveillance of Internet users' and to "lay the foundations" of the grad
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Tor 0.2.0.30 is released as stable
Tor 0.2.0.30 is released. A better formatted version of this report can be found at gmane.org ...
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Order Against Comcast Issued, FCC Credits EFF
"The FCC has finally published its order (adopted on August 1) directing Comcast to stop blocking BitTorrent traffic. The 34-page ruling makes for surprisingly enjoyable reading, at least as FCC publications go. The order follows the basic outline that was explained by Chairman Martin in his statement on August 1, 2008. But there are some interesting additional tidbits: ..."
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Bipartisan FCC Majority Condemns Comcast's Illegal Blocking
"WASHINGTON -- Today, the Federal Communications Commission published an enforcement order punishing Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, for blocking Internet users' access to legal online content and services. The order, approved by a bipartisan majority on Aug.
Read more »Free Software movement fights to keep internet freedom in Brazil
"A proposed new law that restricts the freedom internet use in Brazil has already passed the Senate and is dangerously close to going on the books [...] The Free Software movement from Brazil is striking up against this project and they have a petition online against it.
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All phone calls, all emails, and all web browsing
RMS: « The UK government plans to record all phone calls, all emails, and all web browsing.
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Law Professor: Counter Terrorism Czar Told Me There Is Going To Be An i-9/11 And An i-Patriot Act
"Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig details government plans to overhaul and restrict the Internet..."
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Why the Web is Defective by Design!
RMS: «If you are talking about the practice of installing non-free software into a browser, the only thing that is good to offer is the reminder that you must refuse to do that.» --
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Peer-to-peer searching and sharing of electronic documents -- Paul Stacey (october 2004)
"Peer-to-peer systems have existed since the first incarnation of the Internet. In recent times the Internet has taken on a more hierarchical form, power has been taken away from the individual and placed in the hands of operators of large servers. However, with the re-emergence of p2p the individual is gaining more freedom.
Read more »Is Free Software dependent on the Internet?
Is Free Software dependent on the Internet? I have fantasized a (hopefully) comical situation that describes where I believe Free Software would be today if the Internet had never been invented.
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EFF Releases "Switzerland" ISP Testing Tool
"San Francisco - Hours before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to take action against Comcast for violating the FCC's net neutrality principles, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is releasing "Switzerland," a software tool for customers to test the integrity of their Internet communications..." -- (Switzerland is free software licensed under the GPL)
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Big Brother: Sarkozy calls for it, his government does it.
"La Quadrature du Net (Squaring the Net) has seen the draft "Trust Online” Charter (FR) that the Ministry of the Interior is asking ISPs to sign by June 10th. The text confirms La Quadrature’s worst fears. Under the pretext of protecting users, the French government is attempting to put in place an all-encompassing Internet monitoring and filtering system.
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