Welcome Digital Rights Ireland
In Ireland, a new group working for digital civil rights has formed: Digital Rights Ireland.
With members in a range of specialised legal and technical areas, Digital Rights Ireland will act as a focal point for policy makers who wish to gauge the impact of their regulation in this complicated, and sometimes esoteric, area. In addition, the group aims to provide an informed position on issues in the digital rights field, free from any commercial or political bias. Current areas of concern include data retention, rights to privacy/data protection, helping people to fight spam, and intellectual property issues.
While I don’t believe that any information on this field is to be had “free from any commercial or political bias”, this initiative is definitely a good thing. We should not leave it to Big Business to “inform” politicians about what’s good for us.
Welcome to the family!