Internet for Parliamentarians

On Fri, March 6, 2009 in Blogging , Institute for Policy Innovation , by Ernesto Belisario

In recent weeks there has been much discussion of the attempts of Parliament to write new rules for new technologies. In many cases, these regulatory interventions have highlighted a lack of awareness on the part of our legislature of the Internet phenomenon, the dynamics of the movement of digital content in cyberspace and the extraordinary [...]

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Telecoms Package: the EU does not want a free network?

On Sun, March 1, 2009, in Copyright , read old and new , Notifications , by Ernesto Belisario

In recent weeks the European Parliament is examining the so-called "Telecom Package", a set of provisions which could revolutionize the use of the Internet and the entire telecommunications market. This video sums up effectively the greatest dangers that the Internet would run if the "Telecoms Package" was approved without modification. For these reasons the Institute [...]

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Copyright infringement: from that pulpit is preaching!

On Sun, March 1, 2009, in Copyright & Open Source , Read old and new , by Ernesto Belisario

Certainly has something of a paradox News (learned via Slashdot) that the UMP, the party of President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, was accused of violating copyright. CBC reports on Canadian site, in fact, that the UMP would have used the song "Kids" MGMT for some of the U.S. election commercials and video distributed on the web without paying [...]

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