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Where does opinion come from? World-Information.Org traces the power structures that influence the process of opinion making and its outcome. Transnational corporations and tycoons generously fund  think tanks that produce vast quantities of scientific studies and policy recommendations. Often labeled as independent institutes these organizations aim to shape public opinion and government policy over a wide range of issues so as to advance the political ideologies of their donors. World-Information.Org examines the influence of private interest and corporate lobbying in the overall research and content production and furthermore charts the role of intelligence agencies.
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Technological measures
As laid down in the proposed EU Directive on copyright and related  rights in the information society technological measures mean "... any technology, device, or component that, in the normal course of its operations, is designed to prevent or inhibit the infringement of any copyright..." The U.S. DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) divides technological measures in two categories: 1) measures that prevent unauthorized access to a copyrighted work, and 2) measures that prevent unauthorized copying of a copyrighted work. Also the making or selling of devices or services that can be used to circumvent either category of technological measures is prohibited under certain circumstances in the DMCA. Furthermore the 1996 WIPO Copyright Treaty states that the "... contracting parties shall provide adequate legal protection and effective legal remedies against the circumvention of effective technological measures that are used by authors..."
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