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The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture
Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2012), xxv, 220 pp.
"Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed using devices that are increasingly user-friendly and affordable. However, along with this technological democratization comes a paradoxical
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Iraq’s Information Crimes Law: Badly Written Provisions and Draconian Punishments Violate Due Process and Free Speech
New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2012), 15 pp.
"Iraq’s parliament is in the process of enacting an “Information Crimes Law” to regulate the use of information networks, computers, and other electronic devices and systems. The draft law includes vague provisions that would allow Iraqi authorities to deter legitimate criticisms of or peacefu
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Netzpolitik aus internationaler Perspektive: Länderberichte aus den USA, Großbritannien, Spanien, Polen, Indien und Korea
Sankt Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2011), 114 pp.
"Die Forderung nach Sicherheit im Internet, besonders in Hinblick auf die persönlichen Daten, die Gewährung der Freiheit dieses Mediums ohne staatliche Eingriffe, die Diskussion um adäquate Formen des Urheberrechts und seiner Durchsetzung sowie eine Fokussierung auf die Risiken verbunden mit eine
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La política de Internet desde una perspectiva internacional: Seis informes nacionales
Sankt Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2011), 108 pp.
Telecommunications Regulation Handbook
Washington, DC: infoDev Information for Development Program; ITU, 10th anniversary ed. (2011), 241 pp.
Freedoms in Iraq: An Increasingly Repressive Legal Net
Washington, DC: IREX; Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2011), 41 pp.
"This report reviews five pieces of legislation affecting the freedoms of assembly and expression that have been introduced in recent years in Iraq. Of these, only one, the Journalists Rights Law (Journalist Law), has actually been passed into law, in August 2011. The other four – the draft Commis
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The Media and Liability for Content on the Internet
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 23 pp.
"Speakers may be liable for content online in many of the same ways as offline, but additional rules often exist. Many countries are enacting internet-specific speech laws, often imposing enhanced liability for online expression. In addition, some governments are extending broadcast-type regulations
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Study of Legal Provisions and Practices Related to Freedom of Expression, the Free Flow of Information and Media Pluralism on the Internet in the OSCE Participating States
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2010), 37 pp.
"Today, many OSCE participating States are reacting to the availability and dissemination of certain types of (illegal or unwanted) content through the Internet by trying to regulate or control its dissemination. There is particularly major concern about the availability of terrorist propaganda, rac
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Guide to the Digital Switchover
Key Guides
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2010), 120 pp.
"If carried out properly, the digital switchover can safeguard human rights, including freedom of the media and the right to access information. If all parties involved in the process co-operate, including broadcasters, producers, resellers and consumer associations, the result is a media landscape
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Digital Media Law
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell (2010), ix, 352 pp.
Digital Solidarities, Communication Policy and Multi-Stakeholder Global Governance: The Legacy of the World Summit on the Information Society
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2010), xvii, 281 pp.
"Examines the actors, structures and themes that shaped the WSIS with a particular focus on the role played by civil society. The book investigates how civil society self-organization has continued post-WSIS through the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and other policymaking venues, and reflects on w
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An Introduction to Internet Governance
Msida (MT); Geneva: DiploFoundation, 4th ed. (2010), 202 pp.
"An Introduction to Internet Governance provides a comprehensive overview of the main issues and actors in this fi eld. The book is written in a clear and accessible way, supplemented with numerous fi gures and illustrations. It focuses on technical, legal, economic, development, and sociocultural a
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Freedom of Connection – Freedom of Expression: The Changing Legal and Regulatory Ecology Shaping the Internet
Oxford; Paris: University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute; UNESCO (2010), 103 pp.
"The report explores the various legal and policy mechanisms that are crucial for the free flow of information, providing guidance for policy-makers and other relevant users, for the creation of environments conducive to the freedom of expression. As this publication makes clear, freedom of expressi
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The APC ICT Policy Handbook
Key Guides
Association for Progressive Communications (APC), 2nd revised ed. (2009), 227 pp.
Winning the Web: Stories of Grassroots Campaigning for Access to Knowledge in the Networked Digital Age
Open Society Institute (2009), 49 pp.
"This report has looked at six successful intellectual property (IP) reform campaigns from around the world, and examined the strategies, messages and goals of the campaigners who fought them. Although each example has its own lessons to share, broad trends have emerged. Several of the most striking
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Copyright Law, Digital Content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific
Sydney University Press (2008), xvii, 354 pp.
Frequently Asked Questions About Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in ICTs for Development: A Guide for National ICT Policy Animators
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2007), 31 pp.
"Partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and particularly civil society in promoting information and communication technology (ICT) policy are a relatively new venture. The mechanisms, management and governance of such partnerships, from loose arrangements to more formal mechanism
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Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Deconstructing WSIS
Bristol: intellect (2006), 215 pp.
"The Information Society is one of the recurrent imaginaries to describe present-day structures, discourses and practices. Within its meaning is enshrined the promise of a better world, sometimes naively assuming a technological deus ex machina, in other cases hoping for the creation of policy tools
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