Web Sites protest access ban: “A campaign has been initiated by elmaaltshift.com to protest a ban on accessing certain Web sites in Turkey. More than 300 Web sites — some of which are among the…
Internet Sites Protest Recent Internet Censorship: “Elmaaltshift.com has launched a protest campaign against the latest internet banning of the sites such as youtube, dailymotion, and many others. The campaign will last until the midnight of…
Pirate Bay Renamed Beijing Bay Over Olympics Tracking: “The Pirate Bay, the world’s most notorious and illicit torrent-tracking service allowing millions of users to download copyrighted movies, software, games and other works for free, has…
Another Internet Site Is Banned: “The censorship against the internet sites is continuing in Turkey. After youtube.com and dailymotion, not the sites of kliptube and gundemonline.com are banned, too.”
Olympic Committee Takedown Shows Risks of Ill-Timed Take-Downs | Electronic Frontier Foundation: “Olympic Committee Takedown Shows Risks of Ill-Timed Take-Downs” Deeplink by Corynne McSherry It’s never OK to use improper copyright claims to take down…
(Via Techdirt.) The IOC Joins the DMCA Censorship Club: “The International Olympic Committee is no stranger to overzealous protection of what they perceive to be their intellectual property. We’ve covered their ridiculous attempts to change…
Helping build the Great Firewall: “Comment is free: Dmitri Vitaliev: China is strongly criticised for its internet censorship – but it is western technology firms that have provided the tools for the job” (Via Latest…
Turkish courts impose ban on YouTube WSWS : News & Analysis : Middle East : Turkey Turkish courts impose ban on YouTube By Kerem Kaya, 6 August 2008 On May 5, all access to the…
Italian authorities attempt to take on Pirate Bay: “Italian internet service providers have attempted to block access to peer-to-peer (P2P) link-sharing site The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay claims that the action was taken on…
Some Websites Remain Blocked at Beijing Olympics: “Some websites remain inaccessible to reporters as the competition gets under way Saturday at the Beijing Olympics. (Via Wired News.)