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Software patentability – intergroup motion in the German Parliament
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In the German Parliament Bundestag a motion is pending review and backed by all relevant political groups (except the left fringe party Die Linke). It concerns the need to better draw the line between the spheres of patentable inventions and of copyr...
Deutsche Telekom in the privacy spin zone
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Dr. Claus Ulmer of Deutsche Telekom on the European Data Protection Reform projet: However, the text of the regulation still has to be adapted to the extent that multinational corporations with numerous legal units are also clearly covered by the reg...
Philip Vermeer speaks to European legislators
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Ambassador Philip Verveer addresses internet governance and casts water on European cloud privacy concerns.
Philip Vermeer speaks to European legislators
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Ambassador Philip Verveer addresses internet governance and casts water on European cloud privacy concerns.
W3C Encrypted Media Extensions
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W3C Encrypted Media Extensions “…allows JavaScript to select content protection mechanisms, control license/key exchange, and implement custom license management algorithms. It supports a wide range of use cases without requiring client-...
W3C Encrypted Media Extensions
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W3C Encrypted Media Extensions “…allows JavaScript to select content protection mechanisms, control license/key exchange, and implement custom license management algorithms. It supports a wide range of use cases without requiring client-...
Multistakeholder WCIT
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ITU is the new multistakeholder? From an analysis of Alexander Klimburg on the ITU WCIT summit for a ITRs revision: According to noted Internet governance scholar Wolfgang Kleinwächter, the language in the new ITRs could actually imply the creat...
Multistakeholder WCIT
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ITU is the new multistakeholder? From an analysis of Alexander Klimburg on the ITU WCIT summit for a ITRs revision: According to noted Internet governance scholar Wolfgang Kleinwächter, the language in the new ITRs could actually imply the creat...
Egg, bacon, sausage and Microsoft Windows RT branding
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I am confused. I don’t get the branding. Windows RT, or Windows Surface RT, the Operating System or Microsoft’s own tablet device (where Microsoft competes with OEMs)? We do know “Windows NT”, the server and enterprise operati...
Egg, bacon, sausage and Microsoft Windows RT branding
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I am confused. I don’t get the branding. Windows RT, or Windows Surface RT, the Operating System or Microsoft’s own tablet device (where Microsoft competes with OEMs)? We do know “Windows NT”, the server and enterprise operati...
Breyer vs. Kommission
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Im Fall Breyer verweigert die Kommission den Zugang zu einem Rechtsgutachen zur Anwendbarkeit des Gemeinschaftsrechts in einem Zweitantrag mit dem Hinweis auf den Schutz der Rechtsberatung. Wie schon in ähnlichen Fällen ist dabei ein allgemeiner re...
Breyer vs. Kommission
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Im Fall Breyer verweigert die Kommission den Zugang zu einem Rechtsgutachen zur Anwendbarkeit des Gemeinschaftsrechts in einem Zweitantrag mit dem Hinweis auf den Schutz der Rechtsberatung. Wie schon in ähnlichen Fällen ist dabei ein allgemeiner re...
2001 The European Parliament wants Open Source for security reasons
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29. Urges the Commission and Member States to devise appropriate measures to promote, develop and manufacture European encryption technology and software and above all to support projects aimed at developing user-friendly open-source encryption...
2001 The European Parliament wants Open Source for security reasons
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29. Urges the Commission and Member States to devise appropriate measures to promote, develop and manufacture European encryption technology and software and above all to support projects aimed at developing user-friendly open-source encryption...
Düsseldorfer Programm der Europa-Union
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Die Europa-Union hat sich ein neues Programm gegeben, dabei sind die Forderunge durchaus nicht mehr verfassungskonform in Deutschland, so will die Europa-Union Wahlrecht auf allen Ebene nur im Wohnsitzland gewähren. Das widerspricht dem Grundgesetz...
Düsseldorfer Programm der Europa-Union
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Die Europa-Union hat sich ein neues Programm gegeben, dabei sind die Forderunge durchaus nicht mehr verfassungskonform in Deutschland, so will die Europa-Union Wahlrecht auf allen Ebene nur im Wohnsitzland gewähren. Das widerspricht dem Grundgesetz...
Exxon’s Nicolas Mockfort – killed or assasinated?
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The ExxonMobile Executive Nicolas Mockfort was shot dead in Brussels close to Italian restaurant Da Marcello two weeks ago, in an event that looked first like car jacking. To the Belgian police authorities it appears likely that he was asssasinated.
Exxon’s Nicolas Mockfort – killed or assasinated?
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The ExxonMobile Executive Nicolas Mockfort was shot dead in Brussels close to Italian restaurant Da Marcello two weeks ago, in an event that looked first like car jacking. To the Belgian police authorities it appears likely that he was asssasinated.
