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daily pointers
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here's today's daily pointers:
05/17/12
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Some rights reserved.
online consumer protection
Fact Sheet: Plan to Protect Privacy in the Internet Age by Adopting a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights'defending an open Internet'
Combating Online Piracy while Protecting an Open and Innovative Internet | The White House'forced labor' survey
Slavery FootprintHow many slaves work for you? There are 27 million slaves in the world today. Many of them contribute to the supply chains that end up in the products we use every day. Find out how many slaves work for you, and take action.
new in social media
From its Preamble:
Today, social media has reached a decisive crossroads. The direction we choose to take will affect the course of human events and shape our destiny. Facebook has established a social media cyber-monopoly that tramples on our rights and limits our freedoms. The history of Facebook is a history of arrogance and repeated exploitation of the people. Its dictatorship must end. Social media must turn in a new direction. The time has come for the people to rise up and declare their emancipation.
'be yourself online'
My Name Is MeSupporting your freedom to choose the name you use on social networks and other online services.
today is...
Day Against DRM - May 4th, 2011
The Day Against DRM is an opportunity to unite a wide range of projects, public interest organizations, web sites and individuals in an effort to raise public awareness to the danger of technology that requires users to give-up control of their computers or that restricts access to digital data and media.
'should be yours to control'
iPad is iBad for freedomDRM is used by Apple to restrict users' freedom in a variety of ways, including blocking installation of software that comes from anywhere except the official Application Store, and regulating every use of movies downloaded from iTunes. Apple furthermore claims that circumventing these restrictions is a criminal offense, even for purposes that are permitted by copyright law.
Related: Is Apple Evil?
'misguided' indeed
Associated rePressA tribute to "fair use" and the AP's misguided crusade against the hyperlink. All content on this site was generated automatically from the AP's own RSS feeds. (Sorry, we forgot to include your magic DRM beans.)
just so you know...
Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever."
Related:
Facebook terms of service compared with MySpace, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter
Related Update (2/18/09):
Update on Terms | Facebook
government 'filtering' (2)
Net firms rebuff filtering planAustralian government plans to filter net use have been rebuffed by local internet service providers (ISPs).
Related: No Clean Feed - Stop Internet Censorship in Australia
government 'filtering'
No Clean Feed - Stop Internet Censorship in Australia[Everything on the Internet is true]
true number could be higher
Blogger arrests hit record highMore bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report.
Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report...
'crazy' officials
Innocent photographer or terrorist?Misplaced fears about terror, privacy and child protection are preventing amateur photographers from enjoying their hobby...
issue is 'privacy' not 'piracy'
Policing internet 'not ISP's job'The head of one of Britain's biggest internet providers has criticised the music industry for demanding that he act against pirates.
Related: ISPs could face piracy sanctions