Tag Archives: European Parliament
Why students protest ACTA?
Because of everything, the way it was signed (first by not telling anybody interested about it, enforced by big companies, never consulted with anybody representing either internet providers or users or smaller companies, anything, just ‘the big rich ones’), the fact it was a lie from the beginning, that we weren’t the last to sign, then …
ACTA’s EU chief Kader Arif resigns in protest
You may have heard a lot about SOPA and PIPA, legislation proposed by the U.S. congress and senate respectively, to regulate the internet. Fortunately, amid widespread campaigns from the internet community, these proposals have been put on the shelf (for now). Unfortunately, ACTA, an international agreement on intellectual property which would have similarly disastrous effects …
Announcing Keynote: Lawrence Lessig
Harvard Professor, visionary, inventor of Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig will participate at the Students for Free Culture conference 2012 at the European Parliament in Bruxelles. Professor Lessig will give a talk about the Education position paper – his insights on open access policy – how open should universities be? Professor Lessig will also participate in …
