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World-Information City Bangalore
by World-Information.Org
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WORLD-INFORMATION CITY PROGRAMME AT BANGALORE COMPLETED +++
INFOPAPER ON IP AND THE CITY RELEASED
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Urban Futures: Global Bangalores
by World-Information.Org
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The Indian IT City Bangalore is becoming a showcase of economic globalization. But the post-Silocon Valley urban model is overshadowed by social fragmentation. [Read] |
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IP Battles in India
by World-Information.Org
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Conflicts around Indian Intellectual Property policies abound as the country adjusts to WTO / TRIPS requirements. With its Indian partners, World-Information.Org is preparing a program at Bangalore. [Read] |
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Freedom, Terror and Semiotic Democracy
by World-Information.Org
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Founding Member of Critical Art Ensemble and World-Information.Org Consultant Faces Terrorism Charges [Read] |
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World Summit on the Information Society - Success or Failure?
by World-Information.Org
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60 government leaders, officials from 175 countries and another 10,000 representatives from civil society, media, business and technology gathered in Geneva in December 2003 for a three-day World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) organized by United Nations and International Telecommunication Union. [Read] |
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World Summit on the Information Society: Infopaper Released
by World-Information.Org
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Even though not many would expect the summit in Geneva to lay the foundations for a new and different Information Society the event has a symbolic meaning. [Read] |
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Software Patents: The Limits of IP
by World-Information.Org
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“Software patents have a dubious legal basis, are unworkable, and hamper industrial growth“, says Arun Mehta, Indian IT consultant and media activist in an article soon to be published." [Read] |
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Institutional Disinformation v. Alternative News Channels
by World-Information.Org
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Disinformation is back on the agenda. It forms part of the battle for “information superiority“ in the current war, and is an essential component of strategic planning, according to the US Forces Joint Vision 2010. [Read] |
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Lethal Cognition
by World-Information.Org
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Entanglement nets form part of the less-than-lethal-weapons armory that was heralded in past years as a step to a new kind of war: bloodless, and therefore “humane”. [Read] |
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Architectures of Control. Containment And Information.
by World-Information.Org
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A far cry from the optimistic sentiment that ran across the emerging net community in the mid Nineties, „freedom of information“ in electronic networks is increasingly viewed as a „security hazard“. Systems of containment are emerging, in which data, but also bodies are directed by architectures of control.
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Creative Industries vs. Creative Commons
by World-Information.Org
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While cultural production is more and more privatized by the industry, the age-old idea of the commons undergoes a revival. [Read] |
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9/11 Paves the Way for New Surveillance Legislation
by World-Information.Org
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++ Anti-terror Laws Push Communication Interception and Data Sharing ++ Links ++ [Read] |
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CCTV Boom in UK
by World-Information.Org
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++ Surveillance Cameras Undermine Privacy ++ Links ++ [Read] |
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International Copyright: Harmonization, Enforcement & Extension
by World-Information.Org
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++ International Copyright ++ Links ++ [Read] |
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EU Directive on Copyright
by World-Information.Org
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++ Controversial Copyright Directive Finally Adopted ++ Links ++
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Gadgets Collect Data
by World-Information.Org
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++ Electronic Gadgets Threaten Consumer Privacy ++ [Read] |
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Industry Group Campaigns Against Internet-Privacy Legislation
by World-Information.Org
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++ Privacy is too Expensive ++ Links ++
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CPRM Content Protection
by World-Information.Org
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++ New Extent of Copyright Control ++ [Read] |
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Digital Copyright
by World-Information.Org
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++ Copyright Enlargement Likely ++ Links ++ [Read] |
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The Cyber-Crime Convention in Trouble
by World-Information.Org
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++ UK/USA vs. European Council ++ Links ++ [Read] |
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Big Brother Award 2000 Austria
by World-Information.Org
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++ Surveillance has Many Faces, We Name Them ++ Links ++ [Read] |
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