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 WSIS as a case of information capitalism? Critical Perspectives at Incommunicado Conference
03/07/2005 -- A conference in Amsterdam last week brought together many info-activists and critical intellectuals for reflections on the “information for development” discourse. Themes of the “Incommunicado” event ranged from multi-stakeholderism at WSIS to the global political economy of information. It also was the largest gathering of people involved inside and outside the WSIS that provided a critical look at “the big picture”. | Communication Rights, WSIS

 

Magazine features

 The People Own Ideas!
19/06/2005 -- Lawrence Lessig is a professor of law at Stanford Law School. He is the author of The Future of Ideas and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. His most recent book, Free Culture, was released in paperback this spring and is available as a free download at www.free-culture.org. | Freedom of Expression, Intellectual Property, Laws and Regulation

 

Overviews

 DIPLO: Call for Applications: Internet Governance Research
12/08/2005 -- To build on the Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme that was run earlier in the year, Diplo, in cooperation with the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), is currently accepting applications for the Internet Governance Research Programme. | Internet Governance

 

 Internet Filtering in China 2004-2005 (A country study from opennetinitiative.net)
09/07/2005 -- China’s Internet filtering regime is the most sophisticated effort of its kind in the world. Compared to similar efforts in other states, China’s filtering regime is pervasive, sophisticated, and effective. It comprises multiple levels of legal regulation and technical control. It involves numerous state agencies and thousands of public and private personnel. It censors content transmitted through multiple methods, including Web pages, Web logs, on-line discussion forums, university bulletin board systems, and e-mail messages. China | Censorship, Communication Rights, Freedom of Expression

 

 Snapshot of community radio advocacy in India
27/06/2005 -- Over the years, as commercial FM stations struggled to survive, small experiments in three corners of the country were making the right noises for community radio. The Voices cable radio project, supported by Unesco, the AID project in Jharkhand and the KMVS project in Kutch showed remarkable community empowerment. Many other projects were snuffed out even before they could start – the DDS initiative in Pashtapur, with Unesco help, was denied permisson by the government while a tiny radio transmitter managed by women in Oravakkal, Andhra Pradesh, was seized by officials. The cr-india mailing list, run by community radio enthusiasts, was flooded with mails expressing outrage. India | Media

 

 Joint declaration of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and RSF on guaranteeing media freedom of the Internet
24/06/2005 -- The Organizations for Security and Cooperation (OSCE)representative and Reporters Sans Frontieres issued a statement on guranteeing media freedom of the Internet on On the occasion of the Third Internet Conference of the
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media in Amsterdam
(17-18 June 2005). | Censorship, Communication Rights, Freedom of Expression