European Digital Rights: Activist Guide to the Brussels Maze (2012)
Filed under booklet | Tags: · acta, copyright, european union, internet activism, law
“The purpose of this booklet is to provide activists with an insight into where EU legislative and non-legislative Proposals come from, what can be achieved at each stage of the administrative process. As the lifetime of any EU Proposal of any description is very long, it is important to know where to target any activity at any given moment. Every institution is very powerful and influential at certain moments and very much a spectator at other moments. We hope that this guide will help serve as a map of the Brussels maze.”
Written by Joe McNamee, Kirsten Fiedler, Marie Humeau
Publisher European Digital Rights (EDRi), Brussels, 23 January 2012
The EDRi Papers, Edition 01
Creative Commons 3.0 License
26 pages
commentary (Bits of Freedom) [Dutch]
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Per-Olof Ågren: 69 teser om internet (2011) [Swedish]
Filed under book | Tags: · copyright, filesharing, intellectual property, internet, web, web 2.0
Internet är ett mångfacetterat fenomen som måste förstås på ett mångfacetterat sätt. I 69 teser om internet lägger Per-Olof Ågren fram ett antal olika teser från ett flertal olika perspektiv. “Internet eroderar geniet”, “Internet är ett kvasiobjekt”, “Sokrates hade älskat internet”, “Vi bubblifieras på internet”, “Internet genererar u-samhället”, “På internet verkar smittor” och “Internet glittrar” är några exempel på bokens teser.
Publisher Books on Demand GmbH, Stockholm, December 2011
ISBN 978-91-7463-326-9
88 pages
commentary (Rasmus Fleischer, Copyriot.se, in Swedish)
Comment (0)EFF: Teaching Copyright (2009)
Filed under syllabus | Tags: · copyright, education, fair use, filesharing, free culture, intellectual property, internet, law, mashup, public domain, remix, technology
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about legal rights and responsibilities in the digital era.
This is especially disconcerting when it comes to information being shared with youth. Kids and teens are bombarded with messages from a myriad of sources that using new technology is high-risk behavior. Downloading music is compared to stealing a bicycle — even though many downloads are lawful. Making videos using short clips from other sources is treated as probably illegal — even though many such videos are also lawful.
This misinformation is harmful, because it discourages kids and teens from following their natural inclination to be innovative and inquisitive. The innovators, artists and voters of tomorrow need to know that copyright law restricts many activities but also permits many others. And they need to know the positive steps they can take to protect themselves in the digital sphere. In short, youth don’t need more intimidation — what they need is solid, accurate information.
EFF’s Teaching Copyright curriculum was created to help teachers present the laws surrounding digital rights in a balanced way.
Teaching Copyright provides lessons and ideas for opening your classroom up to discussion, letting your students express their ideas and concerns, and then guiding your students toward an understanding of the boundaries of copyright law.
Published by Electronic Frontier Foundation, May 2009
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