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	<title>On the Gripping Hand</title>
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	<description>A dwarf, standing on the shoulders of Giants</description>
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		<title>Busy week for ACTA watchers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been a bunch of leaks from the ACTA process lately, and this week saw 2 of the biggest &#8211; the names of the countries who are opposing transparency and, even more surprisingly, a breakdown of the positions different negotiating teams are taking on aspects of the US proposal, known as the &#8220;Internet Chapter&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Censorship and the DIA filter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NZ Department of Internal Affairs is launching a web filter to block child abuse images (CAI)/child pornography(CP) (See my thoughts on terminology) in March, according to ZDNet. As part of the structure, there will be an Independent Reference Group that will have oversight of the process and be a point of review for complaints against the filter and its operation.

I am part of the Independent Reference Group, mainly because I don't believe the filter will work, and because I am implacably opposed to any extension of it.]]></description>
		<link>http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/censorship-and-the-dia-filter/</link>
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		<title>If you&#8217;ve nothing to fear, you&#8217;ve nothing to hide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We're talking about major changes that will hobble innovation and tie us to decaying business models that actually only benefit a very few corporations. How do artists, musicians and authors get any benefit out of this, when they're already struggling with their respective industries to make a buck? It's not piracy that's taking your money, people - it's the contracts you signed with your publishers.]]></description>
		<link>http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/if-youve-nothing-to-fear-youve-nothing-to-hide/</link>
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		<title>Mount up, people! The real fight is just beginning!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, what's hauled me back to the keyboard? ACTA - the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - you may remember that I've blogged on this before. Well, it's just entered its next round, in Korea, that well-known home of freedom and civil liberties (and the first country in the world to pass a 3 strikes law and implement it). Some of the latest draft has been leaked (again) and the Internet is noticing.]]></description>
		<link>http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/mount-up-people-the-real-fight-is-just-beginning/</link>
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		<title>Pirate Bay founders found guilty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC report that the Pirate Bay trial verdict is in and the Bay has lost. 1 year jail time and 30m Kroner (£2.4m) in damages.
The appeal should be interesting
(Tip o&#8217;the hat to Simon Grigg)
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		<link>http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/pirate-bay-founders-found-guilty/</link>
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		<title>On Copyright (pt 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may remember I mentioned the Copyright thread on Public Address System (PAS to its habitués). It got to 37 pages which we thought was quite a lot. There&#8217;s another one, starting from a review of Lawrence Lessig&#8217;s lecture in Auckland last year by Matthew Poole, which is now at 81 pages and 1600+ postings, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/on-copyright-pt-3/</link>
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		<title>ACTA Draft on Wikileaks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS: Michael has reported a new Wikileaks document which purports to be an ACTA draft. It&#8217;s a 5.2MB download and appears to be photographs of a document dated 7 July 2008.
It&#8217;s highly resistant to OCR but Wikileaks is hosting a page where transcriptions are being lodged
I think it&#8217;s awfully interesting to note that all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/acta-draft-on-wikileaks/</link>
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		<title>The ACTA non-event</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone emailed me and asked why I haven&#8217;t blogged anything about the ACTA &#8220;release of documents&#8221; last week. Basically, because it held no revelation, was not a release of information other than the spin agreed by the countries involved and because I&#8217;m currently working on something a lot closer to home, which I&#8217;ll post about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/the-acta-non-event/</link>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the beef?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Geist, Canadian law professor and copyright activist, has published an ACTA timeline from a Canadian perspective. He kindly notes my post with regard to the pre-negotiation history, and goes into a fair bit of detail from October 2007 onward, and finishing with &#8220;To be continued&#8230;&#8221;. Michael organised the Facebook protest against C-61 &#8211; the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/wheres-the-beef/</link>
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		<title>EU rejects &#8220;3 Strikes&#8221; for Filesharers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Hat-tip to harrismint for this one)
On Torrentfreak there is a report of an EU vote (481 in favour, 25 against and 21 abstentions) to accept a report about fundamental freedoms on the Internet.
For the third time in a year the European Parliament has spoken out against tougher anti-piracy legislation that would allow alleged file-sharers to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/eu-rejects-3-strikes-for-filesharers/</link>
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