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FEB
2012
Posts for ISP's and site blocks
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FEB
2012
ACTAs future in danger due to protests in many European cities
Last Saturday, thousands of people protested against the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in many European cities. For example in Amsterdam and London, 200 people went to the streets to protest against ACTA. Also, there were protest actions against the treaty in more than 50 cities in GermanyACTA is a controversial agreement. The goal of the treaty is to set op international standards...03
FEB
2012
Google follows Twitter: Country specific NTD to comply with local law
Google joins Twitter in announcing a change to its Blogger service that allows the company to make blog posts unavailable in specific regions. Google will do so in case the texts violate local laws and at national government request. Last week, Twitter announced using a similar tool to allow the microblogging service to comply with local regulations that vary from country to country. Internet...02
FEB
2012
Ziggo and XS4All will appeal court order to block The Pirate Bay
As we reported earlier on Future of Copyright, Dutch internet service providers Ziggo and XS4All were ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay (TPB) by the District Court of The Hague. In a case filed by digital rights movement BREIN, the ISPs were considered to be the designated parties to put the rampant illegal filesharing through TBP to an end.Today, Ziggo has announced they will appeal this...23
JAN
2012