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Posted by Tim Berners-Lee, Scientific American (November 22, 2010)The Web is
critical not merely to the digital revolution but to ourcontinued prosperity, and even our liberty. Like democracy itself, it
needs defending......In
contrast, not using open standards creates closed worlds. Apple’s iTunessystem, for example, identifies songs and videos using URIs that are open.But
instead of "http:” the addresses begin with "itunes:,” which is proprietary.In fact, you
can access an "itunes:” link only using Apple’s proprietary iTunes program...
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Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) invites individuals, community
groups
and institutions to celebrate the Document Freedom Day (DFD) on March 30,
2011.
DFD is the global day to celebrate Open Standards and open document
formats.
Open Standards ensure the freedom to access
your data and the freedom to build Free Software.
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From NorthxSouth (March 07, 2010)
Read how U.S. trade lobby suppresses the extent of free
and open software in emerging markets (Brazil, India and others). |
The International Intellectual Property
Alliance is private
sector coalition,
formed in 1984, of trade associations representing
U.S. copyright
based industries in the bilateral and multilateral efforts
working to improve:
- international enforcement of
copyrighted materials, and
- open up foreign markets closed by piracy and other market access barriers.
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Document Freedom Day is global day for document liberation. It will
be the day of grassroots effort to educate the public about the
importance of Free Document Formats and Open Standards in general.
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