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Today is: International Delete Your MySpace Account Day
UPDATE (for the Dutch readers): Naar aanleiding van mijn aankondiging op cut-up.blog, verscheen een leuk stukje verdieping op in bed with Adorno.
Vandaag is het internationale privacydag, al meent Corien Prins terecht dat er weinig te vieren valt:
Privacy is verwaarloosd en in een hoek gezet. Verwaarloosd: zo blijkt wel uit de jaarlijkse privacyranglijst van het Engelse bureau Privacy International en Amerikaanse Electronic Privacy Information Center. Ons land scoort matig op de lijst en bovendien wordt expliciet opgemerkt dat we internationaal te weinig leiderschap tonen bij het initiëren van maatregelen ter bescherming van privacy. In een hoek gezet: degene die in deze tijd nog de moed hebben dan wel de moeite nemen om het fundamentele belang van privacybescherming aan te kaarten, worden steevast afgeschilderd als zeurders die een naïeve blik op onze huidige maatschappij hebben.
Bron: Opinieweblog (XS4ALL)
Despite the resistance, American Senate is about to grant immunity to telcos that are currently breaking the law by helping the NSA to spy on citizens, all in favour of the ‘war on terrorism’. As a response the Electronic Frontier Foundation for digital citizen rights initiated the Stop the Spying! campaign, asking the American people to visually claim their right to privacy. The results can be found on Flickr.
Source: Boing Boing
Verscheen in het Nederlands op cut-up.blog.
The day before yesterday the Danish record label Urlyd claimed to have been the first to release a physical album under a Creative Commons license. The album Small Arm of Sea (2008) by singer/producer Tone will simultaneously be available as a deluxe CD/DVD or old-fashioned vinyl and as a free and legal download. The physical editions of the album also have the words “Copy this album for your friends, please!” printed on them. This all has been made possible by using a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license and the support of KODA. This Danish music copyright collecting society will take care of the commercial exploitation of the music.
A great example of how free distribution of music can be combined with commercial exploitation! It also shows how online rhetoric is influencing the offline world and our society and culture in general.
For the Dutch readers, I would however like to refer to some controversy about Urlyd claiming the first physical release under a Creative Commons license.
Verscheen ook op Simuze Nieuws.
