Intellectual Property Law

global minilinks for 2008-09-04

By danny

• Europe's Privacy Czar Attacks Telecom Amendments in EU
  Says that they could allow over-reaching controls over Internet technology.
• Kremlin Web Critic Shot by Police in Ingushetia
  Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the ingushetiya.ru site, and vocal critic of Ingushetia regional administration, was shot by a police officer, and died from his injuries, after being detained.
• NZ Judge bans Net Naming of Defendants Online
  Worries about "viral nature" of reporting, censors website.
• Wiretapping Comes to Uganda
  New "privacy" bill is slammed by Amnesty International.
• Malaysia Clamping Down on Internet Free Speech
  Rumors of portal site blocked, and a cabinet decision to sue critics of the new government for defamation.
• India's Info-Activism Camp
  Want to use digital advocacy in the developing world? Come to Tactical Tech's Info-Activism Camp - Feb 2009, India.
• Stop Software Patents Petition
  Activists in Europe take the initiative to stop software patents permanently.
• Egyptian Blogger Mohamed Refaat is Arrested
  He had already been detained for a month before being charged under Egypt's emergency laws.
• Britain Plans Mandatory ISP Logging of Internet
  Data retention will enter into British law after consultation, but without parliamentary debate.

Full post as published by Electronic Freedom Foundation - Deep Links on September 04, 2008 (boomark / email).