Tag Archives: Politics

Inauguration of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

Posted on 30. October, 2006 by Georg Greve

Today is the first day of the inauguration meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Athens, Greece. The IGF is an outcome of the second phase of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and follows … Continue reading →

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Sign up against cultural repression in Brazil

Posted on 18. October, 2006 by Georg Greve

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), two organisations that have achieved questionable fame with their lawsuits against young children and grandparents in the United States (also see the resources of the … Continue reading →

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European Commission seeking position on DRM (and it doesn’t look good)

Posted on 12. October, 2006 by Georg Greve

[ copied here from DRM.info, original posting: “European Commission seeking position on DRM” ] IP-Watch.org reports that “EU Online Content Stakeholders Debate DRM“, which demonstrates the need for a much more informed debate on Digital Restrictions Management. On the one … Continue reading →

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DAY AGAINST DRM: Launch of DRM.info, the DRM awareness portal

Posted on 3. October, 2006 by Georg Greve

To describe the past weeks running up on 3 October as hectic would be a major understatement. Within very short time, a group of dedicated FSFE people put together a collaborative effort among digital liberty, new media, consumer protection and … Continue reading →

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WIPO General Assembly: Broadcasting Treaty, Development Agenda and better NGO participation

Posted on 28. September, 2006 by Georg Greve

Because FSFE is about to open an office in Zürich and we’re also preparing some interesting actions for next week, I’m currently quite pressed for time. That is why I decided to shorten my stay at the WIPO General Assembly … Continue reading →

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Piracy redefined, and other gems from Helsinki

Posted on 25. September, 2006 by Georg Greve

End of last week I found myself at a seminar of the Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) in Helsinki, Finland. The seminar was titled "IPR Protection of Software: Copyright, Patent and/or Open Source?" and sponsors were in … Continue reading →

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FSFE submissions to IGF: Sovereign Software and Free Software Essentials

Posted on 3. August, 2006 by Georg Greve

Last night the deadline for submissions to the first meeting of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) ran out — and just in time I finished my last submission on behalf of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Still … Continue reading →

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WIPO PCDA2: Process derailed, future unclear

Posted on 30. June, 2006 by Georg Greve

Although I could not attend the last day in person, from this article on IP-Watch it appears that the Development Agenda process has apparently been derailed by yesterdays breakup [1, 2] as a reaction to the proposal of the chair. … Continue reading →

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WIPO PCDA2: Free Software: Feedback to our work, and perspectives

Posted on 29. June, 2006 by Georg Greve

Besides the highly controversial plenary discussion, which seems to have led to a stalemate at the current point in time, there were some very interesting points at this PCDA meeting in relation to the work FSFE has been doing at … Continue reading →

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WIPO PCDA2: Escalation on day four: What is the future of the Development Agenda?

Posted on 29. June, 2006 by Georg Greve

The Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA/2) took place this week at the WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland. As in February [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and the year before, FSFE was at the meeting … Continue reading →

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