Intellectual Property Law

global minilinks for 2008-09-11

By danny

• Bloggers Less Well-Defended than Press in Morocco
  The arrest and two-year sentence of Mohammed Raji marks the first time anyone has been punished for a blog post in Morocco.
• EDVIGE and the Angry French
  Opposition to a massive new "Big Sister" database has been boosted by a member of President Sarkozy's own cabinet.
• Brussels Says Blogs Scuppered Lisbon Treaty
  A secret European Commission report has come out strongly against the "anti-establishment activity" of blogging as part of an analysis of the internet and "its implications for public opinion about the EU".
• Google Says EU Data Laws do not Apply
  Even though Google has data servers in the EU, it is too American a company to have to obey data privacy laws, it claims.
• The End of "the American Internet" and the Future of Content Controls
  Will traffic moving through more countries affect free speech online?
• Xavier Niel, France's ISP Billionaire, Hates the Olivennes Law
  "Will filter everything and listen to all" (Google Translation)
• Feminist Bloggers in Iran Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
  Reporters Without Borders writes on the cases of Parvin Ardalan, Jelveh Javaheri, Maryam Hosseinkhah and Nahid Keshavarz.

Full post as published by Electronic Freedom Foundation - Deep Links on September 11, 2008 (boomark / email).