News from the Last Week
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Matt Lee
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Published on
Sep 07, 2004 04:53 PM
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International coalition of Internet freedom organizations urges W3C to reject Encrypted Media Extensions, a proposal to build Digital Restrictions Management into the Web
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Zak Rogoff
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Apr 24, 2013 03:48 PM
- BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 -- Today a coalition of twenty-seven organizations released a joint letter to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Web's standards-setting body, condemning Encrypted Media Extensions (EME). EME is a proposal to incorporate support for Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) -- the systems used by media and technology companies to restrict watching, sharing, recording, and transforming digital works -- into HTML, the core language of the Web.
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Coaliția internațională a organizațiilor ce luptă pentru libertatea Internetului îl îndeamnă pe W3C să respingă „Encrypted Media Extensions”, o propunere de încorporare a „Digital Restrictions Management” în Web.
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Zak Rogoff
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Apr 30, 2013 10:22 AM
- Boston, Massachusetts, SUA – miercuri, 24 aprilie 2013 – Astăzi, o coaliție de douăzeci și șapte de organizații a publicat o scrisoare comună adresată lui „World Wide Web Consortium” (abr. W3C), organizație ce stabilește standardele pentru Web, în care condamnă „Encrypted Media Extensions” (abr. EME, rom. Extensii de Medii Criptate). EME este o propunere de a încorpora suportul pentru „Digital Restrictions Management” (abr. DRM, rom. Gestiunea Restricțiilor Digitale) – sistemele folosite de firmele din domeniile mediilor digitale și tehnologiei pentru a restricționa vizionarea, împărțirea, înregistrarea și transformarea lucrărilor digitale – în HTML, limbajul de bază al Web-ului.
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The FSF is hiring: Seeking a full-time outreach and communication coordinator
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John Sullivan
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Apr 29, 2013 02:14 PM
- The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Boston-based 501(c)(3) charity with a worldwide mission to protect freedoms critical to the computer-using public, seeks a motivated and organized tech-friendly Boston-based individual to be its full-time outreach and communication coordinator.
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FSF-certified to Respect Your Freedom: ThinkPenguin USB Wifi adapter with Atheros chip
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Josh Gay
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May 01, 2013 09:29 AM
- BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to the TPE-N150USB Wireless N USB Adapter, sold by ThinkPenguin. The RYF certification mark means that the product meets the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy. The TPE-N150USB can be purchased from http://www.thinkpenguin.com/TPE-N150USB. Software certification focused primarily on the firmware for the Atheros AR9271 chip used on the adapter.