- Online Gamers in China To Register with Real Names
No anonymity, even in MMORPGs.- South African IP Bill locks down innovation
Public sector innovators will have to hand over their ideas to be patented by the government.- EU Privacy Watchdog: Protections Are Growing Weaker
Data retention laws have weakened European privacy, says Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor.- Piracy Tax for the UK?
ISPs and rightsholders will be asked to pay a tariff for a Net "Rights Agency" that collect and hand over personal data on repeat infringers in the UK, says the FT.- Vodafone's Child Porn Filter Blocks Innocent Czech Tech Blogs
Czech users report that innocent sites are being caught up in a cellphone website blacklist.- Anti-Censorship Proxies Selling Data About Users
DynaWeb FreeGate, GPass, and FirePhoenix all aggregate data on their customers and sell the information on commercially, says Berkman's Hal Roberts.- A Study of the Internet Censorship in China
One blocked Chinese citizen experiments with the Great Firewall.
