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Vietnam Clamps Down On Bloggers And Online Journalists
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| The Committee to Protect Journalists is condemning the recent arrests of
| online journalists and political bloggers in Vietnam.
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| The crackdown comes as online journalists and bloggers independent reporting
| challenges Vietnam's tightly censored state-run media's monopoly on local
| news and opinion.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/09/04/vietnam-clamps-down-on-bloggers-and-online-journalists
Natalia Estemirova, champion of ordinary Chechens
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| Natalia Estemirova was Chechnya's great champion of human rights until her
| kidnap and murder last month.
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http://www.opendemocracy.net/russia/article/natalia-estemirova-champion-of-ordinary-chechens
Umberto Eco leads writersâ revolt against Silvio Berlusconiâs attempt to gag
press
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| Italyâs artistic and intellectual elite was in open revolt yesterday against
| Silvio Berlusconiâs moves to sue at least three newspapers at home and
| abroad. More than 120,000 people have signed an online petition defending
| press freedom.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6816390.ece
Korea: copyright against censorship
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| Just as South Korea prepares to spend more on protecting IP, copyright law
| appears to have become a thorn in the side of the governmentâs historical
| revisionism.
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http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2009/09/korea-copyright-against-censorship.html
MLB Refuses To Give Permission To Guy To Describe Game To A Friend
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| Now, obviously, this is a bit of a joke (and a funny one), but it does
| highlight a rather serious problem. Copyright holders are pretty regularly
| claiming significantly more rights than they actually hold over content, and
| many people simply assume that they can do this. This leads to them to think
| that they don't have basic rights concerning not just "fair use" but stuff
| that is obviously not covered by copyright, such as an "account of this
| game." There really should be sanctions against such copyfraud.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090904/0304256103.shtml
Recent:
China's internet: the wild, wild East
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| The government frequently cites pornography as the most important reason for
| China's controls on the Internet, but right now, the censors are particularly
| nervous for political reasons including the recent riots in Xinjiang, and the
| possibility of something going wrong on October 1, when the People's Republic
| celebrates the 60th anniversary of its founding.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/6088713/Chinas-internet-the-wild-wild-East.html
China: Are Tibetan Bloggers Being Silenced?
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| Quite alarming to report that all of the most popular Tibetan language blog
| hosting sites (except one) have been inaccessible for almost three weeks now.
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http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/08/28/china-are-tibetan-bloggers-being-silenced/
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