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No patents -take action!

21-09-2003 02:01

Patents being discussed in Euro parliament 23/09 !  http://swpat.ffii.org/

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US "advices" EU in law on software-patents

19-09-2003 12:48

once there were ideas...
Just released, three days old. Seven copies of a fax send by the US to the EU. Obtained by netkwesties, Dutch e-zine about issues on the internet.

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From Palestine, the Next Revolution in File Sharing

18-09-2003 18:51

From the legacy of Napster comes ES5 - the product of an international team dedicated to the success of Peer-to-Peer file sharing. Built with a high attention to privacy and stealth, the group cleverly positioned themselves in a place of few intellectual property laws - Palestine.

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WANTED: PC Users' downtime to study Global Climate

15-09-2003 04:36

"Those taking part will be contributing to the biggest climate science project ever. We already have more than a thousand people world-wide who have signed up. The more participants we get, the more successful the experiment will be."

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Stop GM Commercialisation - Target Bayer Cropscience!

14-09-2003 13:53

Over the next few months the government is expected to reach a decision on whether to allow the commercial growing of GM crops in the UK, which could begin as early as next spring. The environment and our health is under threat.

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Indymedia Public Access Point for DSEi - thanks to all imc'istas

13-09-2003 18:02

indymedia access point for dsei protests
A big thankyou to all of the imc'istas who helped set up and run the indymedia access point at ground zero, right next to the ExCel centre at St Annes Parish Hall, as well as everyone who helped and contributed to the reporting, both on the streets and behind the computers in london, the rest of the uk and further abroad - as well as the radio crew who streamed on the net over several days and the video folks who managed to publish a lot of good footage.

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ACLU defends RFID Protestor Rights to Free Speech

13-09-2003 11:43

CASPIAN, an organization opposed to RFID tagging of consumer items, was denied the right of free speech at a public convention venue. The operators of McCormick Place in Chicago denied the group the right to wear t-shirts with printed messages. Members of the public walk through the buildings regularly, and there are shops and a public train stop within the buildings.

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Gillette Photo Surveillance Hits Asda

11-09-2003 17:26

Unaware shoppers are being photographed and tracked by "Smart shelf" surveillance cameras and RFID, radio frequency transmitters hidden in the packaging of Gillette razor products.

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World Wide Digital Attack

11-09-2003 14:24

World Wide Digital Attack

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Intellectual property invites itself to the WSIS

11-09-2003 09:00

The organization I3C (Internet Créatif, Coopératif et Citoyen - Creative, Cooperative and Community Internet) is organizing a meeting on 11 October called “Intellectual property invites itself to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).”

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CASPIAN to protest launch of "spy chip" network

10-09-2003 23:29

CASPIAN plans to protest the launch of the EPC "spy chip" network. UK protest also planned as well as virtual protests.

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Capitalist to crush the 'Commie' horde of Linux users

09-09-2003 23:31

Despite being a Linux distributor, Darl McBride (CEO of SCO) found the entire free-software trend "communistic." "We don't get the whole free-lunch thing."

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350 strike at Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station

09-09-2003 18:20

350 workers walked out on strike at Hinkley 'B' last week after a serious accident to a contractor.

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200 demonstrators detained

09-09-2003 15:58

A small breakaway group of protestors earlier outwitted slow-footed cops and attempted to storm the eastern entrance to the Excel Centre hosting the arms fair DSEi 2003.

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protesters detained on Connaught Overpass

09-09-2003 14:28

Report phoned in from Sheffield anti-DSEI protestors currently on Connaught Overpass [west of Exel Centre].

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anti-DSEI actions

09-09-2003 10:31

As part of the on-going anti-DSEI protests, between 0800 and 0830 this morning, three co-ordinated affinity groups attempted actions against three companies involved in the arms trade.

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Sandhurst Protest

08-09-2003 14:05

Notags.co.uk will celebrate Radio Frequency Identification’s (RFID) ‘Big Moment in History’ with a demonstration outside a Tesco store in Sandhurst, Berkshire on Monday 15 September

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Video Meeting for DSEI Sun 7th 12pm

06-09-2003 08:14

Video meeting to plan for DSEI Sunday 12pm 7th Sept. after the IMC volunteers meeting at the convergence space

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picture report about the anti-software patenting protest in Brussel

05-09-2003 13:00

and the winner is...... Microsoft!
Here is a picture report about the anti-software-patenting protests in Brussel.

 http://segert.net/epatents/index.php

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Fluent anti-DSEi action in Sheffield

02-09-2003 19:50

Fluent deal in Death
Around twenty people took action against Fluent Ltd, a computer modelling software company on an industrial estate next to Sheffield airport today.