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1227014410|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — 53 answers to the revision of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF): The Commission has published on its website the list of stakeholders who contributed to the consultation on the revision of the European Interoperability Framework (EIFv2). Even if the European Interoperability Framework is mostly directed to provide open standards, it can be expected that some large industry players wants to put their patents and restrictions on how citizens can communicate with their governments. (Comments: 1)

1226910615|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Public letter concerning "interoperability" of Tineke Egyedi: Digital Majority publishes an open letter from the standards researcher from Dutch Technical University of Delft concerning "Interoperability between multi-vendor OOXML applications" (Comments: 0)

1226907963|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Lutz Heilmann and the Soviet Internet: Lutz Heilmann, an MP of the party fraction "DIE LINKE" in the German Parliament uses a court injunction to cut off the domain of the German Wikipedia.de. DIE LINKE originates from the governing party of the German Democratic Republic SED and underwent several transformations. The case relates to allegations of an sms blackmail and an alleged participation in a sex shop business of a former partner and drew attention to his former service as an object protector of the GDR State security services. (Comments: 1)

1226532834|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Napster judge proposes a soviet internet: Judge Miriam Hall Patel, who presided over the case that killed off original Napster, is proposing that "Manufacturers and developers would need approval from this body before introducing an application or device capable of recording, distributing or copying music to consumers. The body would include technology experts to aid in making those decisions quickly -- Patel described this as "sort of like the FDA, but much faster."". (Comments: 0)

1226054463|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Council does not want to provide its contract with Microsoft, destroys study on Open Source: Marco Cappato MEP asked the Council to provide him the contract concluded by the Council and Microsoft, and the Study on the Open Source realized by the interinstitutional committee on informatics in 2005. The Council refused to supply these documents. (Comments: 2)

1225918918|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — OpenParliament petition goes to the European Parliament PETI committee: The OpenParliament petition goes to the European Parliament PETI committee. The draft agenda of tomorrow mentions another interesting petition by a German citizen who has been required by the state to purchase Microsoft products. The European Parliament also forces European citizens to buy a copy of Microsoft Word to consult parliamentary questions, or to use Windows Media Player to view the European Parliament's webTV WMV streaming. Time to send the bill to President Poettering. (Comments: 4)

1225820764|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — OGG Theora Licence contains provisions on patent licensing: The OGG Theroa Licence contains some provisions on patent licensing. On2, the owner of the patent, basically waive its rights to enforce the patent. (Comments: 0)

1225699346|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — ACTA = ISP liabilities, Criminal sanctions for file sharing, and cheap guns for Patent Trolls: According to a leaked document authored by the European Commission DG Trade, the secret ACTA treaty will reopen the debate on the liabilities of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) over content, as well as trying to achieve criminal sanctions in the EU under the French Presidency Sarkozy. ACTA will also copy/paste harsh provisions of the Fourtou directive, which allow freeze of bank accounts for suspected patent infringements. (Comments: 0)

1225398399|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Soviet Internet arrives in France: The Soviet Internet where all software that runs on the internet needs to be certified by the State has arrived in France. The rapporteur over the law Hadopi (Internet and Creations) in the French Senate, Mr Tholliere (UMP, same party as Sarkozy), is proposing that all software running on the internet should have a stamp from the State in order to be legal. (Comments: 0)

1223288115|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — ACTA and other monsters discussed behind Council closed doors: The Council is discussing measures to curb infringements of patented progress bars and others counterfeited shoes. ACTA and other monsters are discussed behind Council closed doors. (Comments: 0)

1222166736|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Urgent reform of the European Law making process needed?: I am following the Telecom Package amendments fiasco, here are some ideas for reforming the process of adoption of the laws in Europe, without any need to change the treaties. (Comments: 0)

1222159608|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z — Microsoft platform lobbies against European Parliament resolution on Open Source software: Microsoft lobby plafform "Voices for Innovation", which is managed by APCO (a well-known lobby firm in Brussels of which Microsoft is a client), has sent an alert to their corporate members asking them to lobby against a parliamentary resolution led by Rocard-Cotigny-Geremek-Geremek, which is asking to migrate the European Parliament systems to FLOSS, and to give some funds for R&D of FLOSS in Europe. (Comments: 2)