On Friday 16 March 2012 12:16:11 Sam Tuke wrote:
> The links are all dead (but the server is running Ubuntu!). I'll get back
> to them to let them know.
OK, their server is back up now. Any volunteers for beginning to investigate
the consultation document, or prepare FSFE's response?
It can be found here:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-standards-open-
opportunities-flexibility-and-efficiency-government-it
I've copied in the policy team.
Thanks,
Sam.
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Hi,
EDRi has published an article about "the plans to bring ACTA back
to life":
http://www.edri.org/acta_revival
Their analysis is probably correct, and definitely worth a read.
Best regards,
Karsten
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Dear all,
Our leaflet about software patents that we use at the booth, is really
outdated and should be updated as soon as possible. As we already had a
discussion on internal mailing lists, you are now all up to date with
your arguments and knowledge : )
So, please help me to update our leaflet. Therefore, I opened an
etherpad where I inserted the text of the actual leaflet and spontaneous
ideas about what we can included in the leaflet:
http://policy.etherpad.fsfe.org/7
I think the length that the text on the etherpad has now is
approximately the text length we can use on the leaflet.
Thank you very much for you participation and ideas,
best regards,
Erik
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Hello,
This stopped my letter writing for today: "A new Web standard proposal
authored by Google, Microsoft, and Netflix seeks to bring copy
protection mechanisms to the Web. The Encrypted Media Extensions draft
defines a framework for enabling the playback of protected media
content in the Web browser. The proposal is controversial and has
raised concern among some parties that are participating in the
standards process."
<http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/unethical-html-video-copy-prot…>
Several key actors seem to be against it, but I think that the FSFE
should also issue a clear statement against this.
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Hi,
the Wall Street Journal has a very interesting interview with
Kader Arif, the former EP rapporteur on ACTA.
I've summarised it in a blog post:
http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2012/02/15/either-acta-is-useless-or-it-is-a-…
Best regards,
Karsten
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Hi,
would someone here like to check if there's anything in the
presentation that's interesting for us, based on the briefing we
submitted to the EC?
The IP-Watch article might be paywalled, but Commissioners'
speeches are usually available online somewhere.
Best regards,
Karsten
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