Wikipedia founder to launch SA academies
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| Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales will be in South Africa next month to promote
| his goal of having Wikipedias in all major languages around the world.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1841
Boston University Free Culture
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| I’m proud to announce that Free Culture has just received a go-ahead from BU.
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http://www.thenewfreedom.net/wp/2007/10/24/boston-university-free-culture/
Crazy companies think they can censor the Web now:
Kicking off the debate about free speech
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| Although the posters used pseudonyms and may have thought that they were safe
| from any legal action, they may now be tracked down after deputy Judge
| Richard Parkes agreed that their posts "may reasonably be understood to
| allege greed, selfishness, untrustworthiness and dishonest behaviour on the
| part of the claimants".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7056659.stm
Is fascism back?
Italy wants to register bloggers
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| Ricardo Franco Levi, undersecretary to the President of the Council, has
| written a law that requires anyone with a blog or a website has to register
| it with Communications Authority, produce certificates, pay a tax, even if
| they provide information without any intention to make money.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/25/italy-wants-register-bloggers
Related:
Chinese Internet dissident committed to mental hospital
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| "It is not acceptable that Chinese authorities use such methods to silence
| citizens who have merely peacefully voiced their opinions", expressed the
| organisation in an announcement. Apparently authorities have not abandoned
| the practice of punishing those who have exposed the abuse of power and
| defied censorship by compulsorily committing them to mental institutions.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/94864/from/rss09
Bloggers should be allowed to join the journalist party
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| Look, there is no debating the fact that there are numerous writers on the
| Internet that write extremely well and can tack prose together better than
| anyone. Sometimes, these writers are discovered because they were either
| lucky or had the drive to make a career out of their passion. On the other
| hand, there are some that simply don't want the exposure or income -- they
| simply want to write. Why should the government deny those writers the right
| to do what they love just because they don't want writing to make up the
| majority of their livelihood?
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| In a word, this new bill is disgusting.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9800184-17.html?tag=rsspr.6214423&part=rss&subj=news
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