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RSS free speechTories broadside Blair over open source
News In response to Osborne's speech, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "The shadow chancellor raises an important issue and we look forward to engaging with him. Functionality, performance, security, value and the cost of ownership of software should be... [08 Mar 2007]
Amnesty: ISPs must safeguard free speech
News The human rights group Amnesty International has called on ISPs to do more to protect free speech online. So far, more than 60,000 people have signed the site's pledge to protect freedom of speech on the net. [20 Feb 2007]
Regulation could choke the net - Google chief
News For instance, aside from privacy and security concerns, "we have to define where free speech begins and ends", he said. In a meandering, conversational speech which lasted about 30 minutes, Schmidt mused about challenges global leaders will... [07 Feb 2007]
Google speaks to the book world
News In a speech describing his experience as a profitable author who has always distributed his books for free online under a Creative Commons licence, in addition to selling them in bookstores and online marketplaces, Doctorow said: "No matter how... [19 Jan 2007]
Dell kicks off trees-for-PCs scheme
News Company chairman Michael Dell used a keynote speech to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday to launch the "Plant a Tree for Me" programme, at the same time as introducing a number of new gaming systems and components. [10 Jan 2007]
Photos: Top 10 pieces of Linux kit
Photo Free as in speech or free as in beer? While 'free' may be the ethos behind Linux some hardware and software makers have already been turning to Linux to take money from punters - by powering cash machines. [22 Nov 2006]
US web stranglehold challenged
News Similarly, Amnesty International has sent a delegation to the Internet Governance Forum in Athens to emphasise the need for protecting free speech. The worry is that if those governments have their way, the current, virtually limitless amount of... [30 Oct 2006]
Web smut labelling plan still on cards
News Leslie Harris, executive director of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), said: "There's no way to avoid vagueness, no way to avoid over-breadth and, more importantly, no way to avoid chilling free speech. [19 Sep 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Yes, China is different
Comment Before I departed for China I listened to and read the debates about the country's state of freedom of speech, communication and internet traffic voiced in the EU and US. Edited on the London to Ipswich train a week later and despatched to silicon... [07 Aug 2006]
Global cyber-crime treaty gets Senate nod
News Attorney general Gonzales said on Friday: "The convention is in full accord with all US constitutional protections, such as free speech and other civil liberties, and will require no change to US laws. [07 Aug 2006]
China's internet revolution
Comment China is a booming internet society but how are its many constituent parts embracing the medium? Dan Ilett found a mix of priorities and a few surprises. They say a wise man learns from others' mistakes. [21 Jul 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Net neutrality
Cheat Sheet Content providers will be censored by capitalism, choice will be lost and the right to free speech banished forever. Republicans argue there should be no governmental legislation ensuring neutrality while Democrats believe the freedom of speech and... [16 Jun 2006]
Websites told: Label smut or face prison
News David Greene, director of a free-speech advocacy group called The First Amendment Project, said: "Whether artistic works or political commentary or any type of images that may arguably come close to this category, people may not publish them for... [15 Jun 2006]
US to restrict high-tech exports to China?
News He acknowledged in his speech that China's record on intellectual property and human rights - including free expression on the internet, a topic that garnered attention from Congress earlier this year - leaves much to be desired. [12 Jun 2006]
US citizen web-tracking hitting hurdles
News Based on the limited information that has been made public so far - including in a speech by Gonzales last month - Weingarten said the library association would not favour such a requirement. The statement said: "But data retention is a complicated... [01 Jun 2006]
