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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “techdirt”

 

• Heres Another Inventor Who Willingly Gave Away His Greatest Idea In Order To Establish It As A Global Standard

  
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  Beyond the fact that you are using it to read these words, the Web has undeniably had a major impact on a large part of the worlds population. Its certainly one of the greatest inventions of recent times, and as Techdirt has noted before, one of the reasons it has taken off in such an amazing way, and led to so many ...
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• French Politician Wants To Limit How Cheaply Companies Can Sell Goods Online Compared to Physical Shop Prices

  
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  A couple of weeks ago, Techdirt wrote about a store that was trying to charge customers $5 for " just looking ", because it felt that many people were merely inspecting goods there before then buying them online.  Guillaume Champeau  points us to a French politician who is also worried about the same problem, and ...
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• How Multilateral Free Trade Agreements Are Bypassing Democratic Decision-Making Around The World

  
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  One of the most worrying aspects of ACTA -- which began life as a "simple" treaty about combatting counterfeit goods -- was how it morphed into a new approach to global policy making. This had two key aspects. First, the treaty would be negotiated in secret, with minimal input from the public, but plenty from ...
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• French Intelligence Agency Forces Wikipedia Volunteer to Delete Article; Re-Instated, It Becomes Most-Read Page On French Wikipedia

  
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  Last week, we wrote about an organization that was  unhappy  that a Wikipedia article no longer existed. Now we have the opposite problem: an organization unhappy because a Wikipedia article does exist. And not just any organization, but the "Direction Centrale du Renseignement Intéieur" (Central Directorate of ...
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• Icelandic Politicians Ignore Crowdsourced Constitution; Pirate Party Rejoices

  
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  Techdirt has been following the fascinating saga of Icelands  crowdsourced constitution  for nearly two years. Back in October 2012, we noted that Icelandic citizens gave it a pretty big  thumbs up . Reflecting that, it really looked like Icelands parliament might pass the associated bill, and go down in the ...
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• Amazon Refuses To Publish First Cornish-Language Ebook

  
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  As weve noted before, Amazon is beginning to wield  considerable power  over the entire publishing chain. The past teaches us that as successful companies gain near-monopoly powers, their arbitrary decisions become more problematic.  Heres an unusual example of that , pointed out to us by  @IndigenousTweet  via  ...
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• Wikipedia Editor Threatened With Lawsuit For Participating In Discussion Leading To Deletion Of Entry

  
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  After weathering earlier  attacks  on its reliability, Wikipedia is now an essential feature of our online and cultural landscapes. Indeed, its hard now to imagine a world where you cant quickly check up some fact or other by going online to Wikipedia and typing in a few keywords. But that centrality brings with it ...
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• Indian Supreme Court Rejects Trivial Evergreening Of Pharma Patents

  
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  Back in October last year, in the context of India showing itself increasingly sceptical about  pharma patents  that drive up drug prices beyond the reach of its citizens, we wrote about an important court battle over Novartiss drug Gleevec, sold as Glivec in India.  The definitive judgement from Indias Supreme ...
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• NATO Cyberwar Manual Says Hacktivists Must Wear A Uniform

  
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  Last year, Techdirt wrote about an interesting article suggesting that we should  welcome  "cyberwar" since it would be so much less painful than the ordinary kind. Of course, that begs the question what we actually mean by "cyberwar", since some forms are probably less humane than others. As we have pointed out, ...
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