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Same Technology, Different Freedoms: How U.S. Copyright Law Can Restrict Mobile Devices

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  • James Losey
November 16, 2012

This piece has been cross-posted from Global Voices Advocacy

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Game Over for Lieberman Cybersecurity Bill | POLITICO

November 15, 2012

... James Gattuso, senior research fellow in regulatory policy, The Heritage Foundation; and Sascha Meinrath, vice president of the New America Foundation and director of the Open Technology Institute. It starts at noon in Rayburn 2218. http://bit.ly ...

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Große Firewall : Totschweigen Ist Gold | Tagesspiegel

November 14, 2012

Diskussionen über Massenversammlungen schießen bei Sina Weibo immer wieder auf Nummer eins der am meisten gesuchten Themen. Die Medienexpertin Rebecca MacKinnon beschreibt das chinesische Internet als ein großes Vogelhaus. Der Käfig sei ...

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Nach der Us-Wahl: "Die Regierung Versteht Netzwerk-Effekte Nicht" | Heise Newsticker

November 13, 2012

An der bisherigen Bilanz Barack Obamas insgesamt und speziell im Bereich der Kommunikationstechnik, des Urheberrechts und der Netz-Infrastruktur lässt Sascha Meinrath kein gutes Haar. "Was die Obama-Regierung erreicht hat, ist im Vergleich zu ihren ...

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彭博社就封网发表社论:习近平先生，推倒防火墙 | 加拿大家园网

November 11, 2012

然而，互联网研究员麦康瑞 Rebecca MacKinnon 称中国的“网络独裁”为天才，因为它侧重于满足一般不需要或不想要访问国外网站的用户，并依赖于自我审查以实现其目的。推动中国的企业内部网的变化意味着寻找一种方法来 ...

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What Sandy Has Taught Us About Technology, Relief and Resilience | Forbes

November 10, 2012

The Red Hook Initiative has been working on such a project with the New America Foundation (NAF)’s Open Technology Institue, and it managed to survive the hurricane itself. Josh Breitbart, the director of field operations for NAF, mentioned that because the network was built on an open platform, they were quickly able to adapt it to storm-related needs–i.e., adding an SMS reporting service.

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What Sandy Has Taught Us About Technology, Relief and Resilience | Forbes

November 10, 2012

[For more on the power of mesh networks, see this excellent talk by Sascha Meinrath at Personal Democracy Forum this year.] The Red Hook Initiative has been working on such a project with the New America Foundation (NAF)'s Open Technology Institue, ...

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At&T Caves In Over Facetime Access | TG Daily

November 9, 2012

Public Knowledge, Free Press and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute had all complained to the FCC over the company's policy, saying it forced customers to pay AT&T for an Apple-developed application that should have been free to ...

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First News Briefs For November 8, 2012 | Wireless Week

November 8, 2012

The New America Foundation is wading into the 700 MHz interoperability debate. The director of the nonprofit's Wireless Future Project, Michael Calabrese, met with the a legal advisor to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Monday to urge the commission ...

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Mr. Xi, Tear Down This Firewall!

November 8, 2012

The genius of what Internet researcher Rebecca MacKinnon calls China's "networked authoritarianism," however, is that it focuses on satisfying average users who don't need or want access to foreign sites, and relies on elf-censorship ...

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