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Entries from February 2017.

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+ Detect OOXML files with undefined behaviour? +
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+ 21st February 2017 +
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I just noticed +the +new Norwegian proposal for archiving rules in the goverment list +ECMA-376 +/ ISO/IEC 29500 (aka OOXML) as valid formats to put in long term +storage. Luckily such files will only be accepted based on +pre-approval from the National Archive. Allowing OOXML files to be +used for long term storage might seem like a good idea as long as we +forget that there are plenty of ways for a "valid" OOXML document to +have content with no defined interpretation in the standard, which +lead to a question and an idea.

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Is there any tool to detect if a OOXML document depend on such +undefined behaviour? It would be useful for the National Archive (and +anyone else interested in verifying that a document is well defined) +to have such tool available when considering to approve the use of +OOXML. I'm aware of the +officeotron OOXML +validator, but do not know how complete it is nor if it will +report use of undefined behaviour. Are there other similar tools +available? Please send me an email if you know of any such tool.

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+ Ruling ignored our objections to the seizure of popcorn-time.no (#domstolkontroll) +
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+ 13th February 2017 +
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A few days ago, we received the ruling from +my +day in court. The case in question is a challenge of the seizure +of the DNS domain popcorn-time.no. The ruling simply did not mention +most of our arguments, and seemed to take everything ØKOKRIM said at +face value, ignoring our demonstration and explanations. But it is +hard to tell for sure, as we still have not seen most of the documents +in the case and thus were unprepared and unable to contradict several +of the claims made in court by the opposition. We are considering an +appeal, but it is partly a question of funding, as it is costing us +quite a bit to pay for our lawyer. If you want to help, please +donate to the +NUUG defense fund.

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The details of the case, as far as we know it, is available in +Norwegian from +the NUUG +blog. This also include +the +ruling itself.

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A day in court challenging seizure of popcorn-time.no for #domstolkontroll
- 2nd February 2017 + 3rd February 2017

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Yesterday, I spent the entire day in court in Follo Tingrett -representing the member association NUUG, alongside the member -association EFN and the DNS registrar IMC, challenging the seizure of -the DNS name popcorn-time.no. It was interesting to sit in a court of -law for the first time in my life.

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On Wednesday, I spent the entire day in court in Follo Tingrett +representing the member association +NUUG, alongside the member +association EFN and the DNS registrar +IMC, challenging the seizure of the DNS name popcorn-time.no. It +was interesting to sit in a court of law for the first time in my +life. Our team can be seen in the picture above: attorney Ola +Tellesbø, EFN board member Tom Fredrik Blenning, IMC CEO Morten Emil +Eriksen and NUUG board member Petter Reinholdtsen.

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The case at hand is that the Norwegian National Authority for -Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime -decided on their own, to seizure a DNS domain early last year, without -following +

The +case at hand is that the Norwegian National Authority for +Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (aka +Økokrim) decided on their own, to seize a DNS domain early last +year, without following the official policy of the Norwegian DNS authority which require a court decision. The web site in question was a site covering Popcorn -Time. Our team can be seen in the picture above: attorney Ola -Tellesbø, EFN board member Tom Fredrik Blenning, IMC CEO Morten Emil -Eriksen and NUUG board member Petter Reinholdtsen. From the other -side there were two people from Økokrim (Elisabeth Harbo-Lervik and -Stian Petersen). On the benches, appearing to be part of the -government group were two people from the Simonsen Vogt Wiik lawyer -office (Hedda Heier and Nicholas Foss Barbantonis), and three others I -am not quite sure who was.

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I did not quite know what to expect, but the government held on to -their version of the story and we held on to ours, and I hope the -judge is able to make sense of it all. Unfortunately I do not have -high hopes, as it is expensive to be right also in Norway. So far the -case have cost more than NOK 70 000,-. NUUG and EFN have asked for -donations to help fund this case, but only received around NOK 25 -000,- so far. Thus we are quite a bit short. And if we win, I expect -the government to appeal. And if the government appeal, I hope we -have enough funding to run our own appeal.

+Time. And Popcorn Time is the name of a technology with both legal +and illegal applications. Popcorn Time is a client combining +searching a Bittorrent directory available on the Internet with +downloading/distribute content via Bittorrent and playing the +downloaded content on screen. It can be used illegally if it is used +to distribute content against the will of the right holder, but it can +also be used legally to play a lot of content, for example the +millions of movies +available from the +Internet Archive or the collection +available from Vodo. We created +a +video demonstrating legally use of Popcorn Time and played it in +Court. It can of course be downloaded using Bittorrent.

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I did not quite know what to expect from a day in court. The +government held on to their version of the story and we held on to +ours, and I hope the judge is able to make sense of it all. We will +know in two weeks time. Unfortunately I do not have high hopes, as +the Government have the upper hand here with more knowledge about the +case, better training in handling criminal law and in general higher +standing in the courts than fairly unknown DNS registrar and member +associations. It is expensive to be right also in Norway. So far the +case have cost more than NOK 70 000,-. To help fund the case, NUUG +and EFN have asked for donations, and managed to collect around NOK 25 +000,- so far. Given the presentation from the Government, I expect +the government to appeal if the case go our way. And if the case do +not go our way, I hope we have enough funding to appeal.

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From the other side came two people from Økokrim. On the benches, +appearing to be part of the group from the government were two people +from the Simonsen Vogt Wiik lawyer office, and three others I am not +quite sure who was. Økokrim had proposed to present two witnesses +from The Motion Picture Association, but this was rejected because +they did not speak Norwegian and it was a bit late to bring in a +translator, but perhaps the two from MPA were present anyway. All +seven appeared to know each other. Good to see the case is take +seriously.

If you, like me, believe the courts should be involved before a DNS -domain is hijacked by the government, or the Popcorn Time technology -have a lot of useful and legal applications, I suggest you -donate to the -NUUG defence fund. Both Bitcoin and bank transfer are -available. If NUUG get more than we need for the legal action, the -rest will be spend promoting free software, open standards and -unix-like operating systems in Norway.

+domain is hijacked by the government, or you believe the Popcorn Time +technology have a lot of useful and legal applications, I suggest you +too donate to +the NUUG defense fund. Both Bitcoin and bank transfer are +available. If NUUG get more than we need for the legal action (very +unlikely), the rest will be spend promoting free software, open +standards and unix-like operating systems in Norway, so no matter what +happens the money will be put to good use.

If you want to lean more about the case, I recommend you check out the blog -posts from NUUG covering the case.

+posts from NUUG covering the case. They cover the legal arguments +on both sides.

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