TACD Resolution on IPR Enforcement

A colleague informed me that I completely overlooked the TACD recommendations on IPR enforcement (patents, copyright, trademarks etc.) measures. TACD stands for the transatlantic consumer dialogue and they officially represent “consumers” as stakeholders in the ongoing transatlantic Transatlantic Economic Council and ACTA negotiations as a counterpart to TABD, the transatlantic business dialogue.
It follows a [...]

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Analysis Mason spectrum report for the EU Commission

Today a larger stakeholder conference about white space allocation / digital dividend policy takes place in Brussels, from the announcement:
Organised in association with Analysys Mason, the authors of the report on which the Commission’s Digital Dividend roadmap (due for release this Autumn) will be based, this one-day interactive policy forum is strategically timed to offer [...]

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The SWIFT scandal of Lisbon

The EU-Constitution, later rebranded as the Lisbon Treaty did not get a very warm reception. 1. December is Lisbon day, the new Treaty enters into force. And what is the Council of Ministers about to do 30 November? This monday the ministers are about to pass the SWIFT agreement with the United States prior to [...]

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Ad ACTA

In der linken Zeitung taz äußert sich Constanze Kurz zum Thema ACTA. Mir scheint es sehr wichtig, bei diesem Thema für mehr öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit zu sorgen, möchte trotzdem die groben Aussagen präzisieren:
Wer das vor zehn Jahren berichtet hätte, wäre als Verschwörungstheoretiker abgestempelt worden: Vertreter der Industrieländer verhandeln geheim über einen internationalen Vertrag. Ohne Parlamentsmandat und [...]

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Sharp mit neuem Photovoltaik Kanal auf Youtube

Sharp mag es solar:
Anlässlich des 50. Solar-Jubiläums hat Sharp einen eigenen Videokanal auf YouTube eingerichtet. Dort stehen den Internetnutzerinnen und -nutzern ab sofort Filme zu verschiedenen Themen rund um die Photovoltaik zur Auswahl. Auch Interviews mit führenden Persönlichkeiten aus der Photovoltaik Branche wie Dr. Franz Alt, Dipl. Meteorologe Sven Plöger und Klimaforscher Prof. Mojib Latif [...]

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Intellectual Ventures Bulk Data

Here are the patent applications and grant from the US company Intellectual Ventures.
bulk.resource.org, a service of Public.Resource.Org.
“LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve, and
serve this open access Archival Unit.”
This system contains UNSUPPORTED, AS-IS copies of selected
U.S. government archives.
Anyone interested to analyse the zipped documents which contain XML files? A few years ago colleagues from [...]

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Åsa Torstensson visits Washington on ACTA transparency

There is a new information from Sweden, Åsa Torstensson from the Swedish Government will meet the United States representatives on ACTA transparency. She is the Swedish minister for Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communication, and Sweden is still presidency of the European Council. We rebuild kindly translated the substance of her message for non-Swedish [...]

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Wikileaks – Demokratie oder Informationsterror?

Der Markus Beckedahl verlinkt in seinem Blog ein Interview über den Dienst Wikileaks, das “demokratischte Medium des Internets”, aus dem Deutschlandradio.
Dabei handelt es sich um einen Dienst, der Verschlusssachen der allgemeinen Netzöffentlichkeit verfügbar macht und damit die Intransparenz von Regierungshandeln und Vertraulichkeit von wirtschaftlichem Handeln untergräbt. So sehr es Blogger und Journalisten freut, an brisante [...]

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RGI 1.0 has landed

The French Interoperability Framework RGI 1.0 is out and officially enacted.
Here is the readers digest quote from an interoperability specialist’s rant about the French paper:
- the document is of poor quality. By this I mean that you do not expect this kind of document stemming from a french central administration: a few spellchecking errors, [...]

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Colour dictionary Ghostwhite

Ghostwhite is a very useful colour for web spplications. When you consult the colour dictionary you will find out the hex code. For CSS files it is better to use the hex codes, otherwise the W3C validator would complain.

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