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Tuesday, February 22, 2005 |
From the European Commission, the
Seventh report on the situation regarding the protection of
individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and privacy
in the European Union and in third countries covering the years 2002
and 2003. (112 page PDF)
The entirety of the section on the United States:
On 13 February 2002, the European Commission published a
staff working paper on the application of the Safe Harbour Decision
(SEC(2002) 196). The staff working paper responded to Commissioner
Bolkestein’s undertaking, following the European Parliament’s
resolution of 5 July 2000 to make periodic reports to the Article 29
Working Party and to the relevant committee of the Parliament on the
operation of the Safe Harbour Scheme.
The staff working paper concluded that on the EU side, Member States
had put into place the necessary adjustments to their national laws to
allow data to flow to organisations that selfcertified their adherence
to the Safe Harbour Scheme. On the US side, the paper reported that
the Department of Commerce had set up a website containing extensive
information on safe harbour rules, indications on how to join the
scheme and the list of organisations that had selfcertified. With
regard to the level of protection provided for by the principles and
its effective implementation by US organisations that had joined the
Safe Harbour Scheme, the paper noted that not all the organisations
had a visible privacy policy. Moreover, the paper noted that the safe
harbour principles were not systematically reflected in organisations’
posted privacy policies. Finally, the paper noted the lack of
unresolved complaints.
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Free Mojtaba and Arash Day.
The global web blog community is being called into action to lend support to two imprisoned Iranian bloggers. The month-old Committee to Protect Bloggers' is asking those with blogs to dedicate their sites on 22 February to the "Free Mojtaba and Arash Day". Arash Sigarchi and Mojtaba Saminejad are both in prison in Iran. Source: BBC
[Editor: Myself (English)]
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Hiring Practices at Less "Elite" Universities.
Another philosophy graduate student writes: I read with interest the comments concerning gappy CV's and found it piqued when discussion turned to less elite universities. I, as many graduate students, imagine that I will be headed for a school in...
[Leiter Reports]
7:20:24 AM
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Silent Disobedience.
With the 'AA's and major rightsholders going after everyone from BitTorrent tracker sites to Beatallica, most copyright violaters are keeping their heads down. But not Scott Moschella, who's documented how he stripped Apple's Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology from an iTunes track and posted the de-DRM-ed song online for others to download. Moschella used a promotional Pepsi iTunes code to purchase "Silence," by the Ciccone Youth, from the iTunes Music Store. He's now more or less daring the RIAA, Apple, or anyone else, to come after him.
But it's not like Moschella's pirating the new Kelly Clarkson single. Ciccone Youth was a side project of Mike Watt, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, and Greg Ginn (of the minutemen, Sonic Youth, and Black Flag). Named after Madonna, the band's first single was a track called "Into the Groove(y)," which featured the band playing over Madonna samples. Reportedly, it was only the benevolence of The Material Girl herself that prevented Warner Brothers from enforcing its copyrights and silencing the unauthorized samples. "Silence," the track in question, was released on Ciccone Youth's first, and only, full length album, Whitey. It's one-minute and three-seconds of complete silence. Sweet, blissful, copyrighted silence. Get it while you can.
[Stay Free! Daily]
7:19:18 AM
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The Resurrection of Indie Radio. FM never sounded so freaking good. How the coming digital boom -- and Big Radio's bottom line -- is driving the new golden age of multichannel, microniche broadcasting. By Charles C. Mann from Wired magazine. [Wired News]
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What is Mail to the Future?
The purpose of this site is to allow you to send mail to yourself or others at a specified date and time.. in the future!
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Lawsuits Not Only Reason for High Rates. President Bush has complained about the "skyrocketing" costs of "junk lawsuits" against doctors, but legal costs are not at the root of the increase in malpractice premiums. By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and JOEL BRINKLEY. [NYT > Business]
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Gonzo gone. Sonny Barger, Rosalynn Carter, Ben Fong-Torres and others remember the wild life and times of Hunter S. Thompson. [Salon.com]
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COPYRIGHT DOCUMENTARIES.
Copyright Criminals focuses on sample-based music and has a pretty sweet trailer posted under a Creative Commons license. The film is co-produced by U of Iowa professor Kembrew McLeod who once trademarked the phrase "freedom of expression" as a rather depressing joke. Kebrew's new book, Freedom of Expression: Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity can be downloaded or purchased.
The Copyfight: A Documentary About the Copyright Reform Debate by Yaz Santissi looks to be a broader and more academic look at copyright. In an email conversation, Yaz says, "My objective for the copyfight documentary is primarily to stimulate public debate about copyright legislation and inspire activism. The best way to do that is to release it to the general public directly." Yaz is making good on my intentions with Blogumentary and has posted tons of interviews with such luminaries as Laurence Lessig and Siva Vaidhyanathan.
Bit Torrent Release date: April 3, 2005
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