 | INTERNET LAW - Chinese Great Firewall of Internet Facing Increased Criticism & Internal Attacks |
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| | Kelly O'Connell, IBLS Editor
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
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| | Reports that China's massive Internet is heavily policed and censored is news to few political aficionados or students of the World Wide Web but a movement is growing within the country to fight back against the Government's heavy hand and refusal to allow any genuine rights of free speech or expression. Now a protest surge is developing behind an 18-year-old student's obscure blog that questions whether China's policies are either logically related to their stated aims or even a smart policy for the State to pursue.
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| INTERNET LAW - 'Net Neutrality' Laws Will Cause $70 Billion Loss |
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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| | What is Net Neutrality & will it help or hurt the Internet's development in the long run? This article will answer these questions, regarding the proposed Net Neutrality rules: What is Net Neutrality, Whose Idea is it?, What are the Main Points of the ACI Study?, How Will Net Neutrality Effect the Poorest?, How Does Multi-Sided Pricing Help?, What do Internet Pioneers Think of this Net Neutrality Legislation?
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| INTERNET LAW - Annoying Bloggers- May ISPs Reveal their Identity? |
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| | Martha L. Arias, IBLS Director.
Monday, May 14, 2007
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| | These are some revealing facts about blogs reported by Technorati statistics: The blogosphere is now 70 million weblogs wide, about 120,000 new blogs are created each day, 1.4 blogs are created every second, and 17 posts are made every second. And, who is blogging the most? The same report shows that Japan is the top blogging nation; and Japanese (37%), English (36%), Chinese (8%) and Italian (3%) respectively are the top four languages for blogging. In 2004, Lycos announced the four most popular blogging topics, entrainment; personal journals; education; health/fitness/parenting/babies/pregnancy; and politics. In 2006, another company reported that politics and technology were the most popular blogging sites in the United States.
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| INTERNET LAW - AT&T – BellSouth Merger: Impact on Internet Service |
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| | Martha L. Arias, IBLS Director.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
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| | AT&T and BellSouth announced earlier this year that AT&T will acquire all property, licenses and authorizations held by Bellsouth as part of a multimillion dollar (US$83 billion) transaction. The United States (US) Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) approval and conditions are expected to be issued on November 3rd, 2006. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - Employee Blogs Pose Potential Problems for Businesses |
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| | IBLS Contributors: Thomas J. Benedict, White & Case LLP, US, tbenedict@whitecase.com, and Timothy M. Rusche, White & Case LLP, US, trusche@whitecase.com
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
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| | Many employers have yet to recognize the potential harm to their companies that may result from employees who blog. Taking steps to protect against harmful blogging, however, is an increasingly essential part of running a business. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - The EU supports the newly created Internet Governance Forum |
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| | Editor, Maricelle Ruiz, IBLS Director -- Europe
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
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| | The European Union holds firm to its position that all countries must participate "equally" in the control of the World Wide Web by supporting the new Internet Governance Forum - slated to meet for the first time from October 30 to November 2 in Athens - in a recently released report prepared by the European Commission. [More...] |
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| INTERNET LAW - Call to connect the unconnected by 2015 |
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - World Telecommunication Development Conference sets agenda to connect the world by 2015 |
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - A “Triple Play” for Europe |
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| | Viviane Reding Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - Information System made available for all EU Member States |
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Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - CARPE DIEM Europe must seize the day to stay ahead in information and communication technologies. Viviane Reding sets out her priorities. |
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| | Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, Parliament Magazine
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - International Mobile Roaming: Commissioner Reding outlines proposal for an EU regulation to bring down prices and presents new figures |
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| | European Commission
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - ICT are new opportunities for social inclusion, participation, business, growth and jobs in the EU and China |
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| | Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - European Institute of Technology: the Commission proposes a new flagship for excellence |
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| | European Commission
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - The ICT industry as driver for competition, investment, growth and jobs – if we make the right choices |
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| | Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - State aid: Commission endorses aid to promote fast Internet access for business parks in Wales |
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| | European Commission
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - Interoperability between national administrations for pan-European eGovernment services |
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| | European Commission
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - Mergers: Commission approves acquisition by T-Systems of IT service provider Gedas |
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| | European Commission
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - Dutch, Danish and French enterprises win European Information Society Technology Grand Prize 2006 |
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| | European Union
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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| INTERNET LAW - EU telecom markets: investments and innovation up, outlook positive |
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| | European Commission
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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