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Vienna Manipulations update: Microsoft unhappy about reality
It seems that the blatant manipulation of the "Digital Rights and Creative Commons" panel outcome has created quite a storm. Besides those already referenced in earlier blog entries, I found this featured in Linux Weekly News, derStandard.at, de.internet.com, boingboing.net, netzpolitik.org, … Continue reading
Microsofts implementation of democracy
Software developers already know the tendency of Microsoft to have its own implementation of everything — which is generally and on purpose incompatible with the standard to allow Microsoft to force its desktop monopoly into other areas. That is essentially … Continue reading
More news about the Vienna Manipulations
Since their German article was so good, I asked Heise whether they would provide an English version of it, and they did. So you can now read the best analysis to date in English. Even more interesting: I received email … Continue reading
Vienna manipulations in the press
The discussion about the obvious manipulation of the Vienna Declaration on ICT and Creativity is spreading: Heise, Germanys largest publishing house for IT and related news published an excellent piece about the Vienna Declarations under the title Microsoft, die "Vienna … Continue reading
And the price for DRM promotion goes to…
Thanks to someone who pointed out the member list of the creativwirtschaft.at I have been able to check out where the rather uncritical view of Digital Restriction Measures (DRM) came from. As you can see for yourself, most of the … Continue reading
The next Vienna Conclusion: So it WAS Microsoft that asked to delete Free Software
The ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) features a report in its futurezone.orf.at section about the Free Software censorship described in my blog entry "The Vienna Conclusion: Sponsorship+Politics=Influence". They describe the situation, quote the rapporteur of the panel, Ralf Bendrath, that he … Continue reading
Life after WSIS?
It is probably too early to summarise everything that took place in and around the WSIS, in particular its statements and activities. Thinking about a first summary, there are a couple of things that come to my mind, though. Firstly, … Continue reading
Will we one day have a World Intellectual Wealth Organisation?
Besides spreading the word about how Free Software was censored from the "Vienna Conclusions on ICT & Creativity", I also participated in a panel on the ongoing World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) reform: As you may know from Karstens Blog, … Continue reading
Article: WSIS and the Software Challenge
Wolfgang Kleinwächter asked me to write about "WSIS and the Software Challenge" for the UN ICT Task Force Series 8 (2005): "The World Summit on the Information Society — Moving from the Past into the Future" It was edited by … Continue reading
The Vienna Conclusion: Sponsorship+Politics=Influence
In June 2005, the Austrian government has been holding a very high-level conference on "ICT & Creativity" as part of the WSIS process. The dignitaries included Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, Director-General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNIDO Carlos Magarinos … Continue reading