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   4                 <title>Petter Reinholdtsen - Entries from October 2015</title>
   5                 <description>Entries from October 2015</description>
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  10                 <title>&quot;Free Culture&quot; by @lessig - The background story for Creative Commons - new edition available</title>
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  13                 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
  14                 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22402863.html&quot;&gt;Click
  15 here to buy the book&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  16
  17 &lt;p&gt;In 2004, as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons
  18 movement&lt;/a&gt; gained momentum, its creator Lawrence Lessig wrote the
  19 book &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_(book)&quot;&gt;Free
  20 Culture&lt;/a&gt; to explain the problems with increasing copyright
  21 regulation and suggest some solutions.  I read the book back then and
  22 was very moved by it.  Reading the book inspired me and changed the
  23 way I looked on copyright law, and I would love it if more people
  24 would read it too.&lt;/p&gt;
  25
  26 &lt;p&gt;Because of this, I decided in the summer of 2012 to translate it to
  27 Norwegian Bokmål and publish it for those of my friends and family
  28 that prefer to read books in Norwegian.  I translated the book using
  29 docbook and a gettext PO file, and a byproduct of this process is a
  30 new edition of the English original.  I&#39;ve been in touch with the
  31 author during by work, and he said it was fine with him if I also
  32 published an English version.  So I decided to do so.  Today, I made
  33 this edition
  34 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22402863.html&quot;&gt;available
  35 for sale on Lulu.com&lt;/a&gt;, for those interested in a paper book.  This
  36 is the cover:
  37
  38 &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22402863.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2015-10-23-free-culture-english-published-cover.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  39
  40 &lt;p&gt;The Norwegian Bokmål version will be available for purchase in a
  41 few days.  I also plan to publish a French version in a few weeks or
  42 months, depending on the amount of people with knowledge of French to
  43 join the translation project.  So far there is only one active
  44 person, but the French book is almost completely translated but
  45 need some proof reading.&lt;/p&gt;
  46
  47 &lt;p&gt;The book is also available in PDF, ePub and MOBI formats from
  48 &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;my
  49 github project page&lt;/a&gt;.  Note the ePub and MOBI versions have some
  50 formatting problems I believe is due to bugs in the docbook tool
  51 dbtoepub (Debian BTS issues
  52 &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=795842&quot;&gt;#795842&lt;/a&gt;
  53 and
  54 &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796871&quot;&gt;#796871&lt;/a&gt;),
  55 but I have not taken the time to investigate.  I recommend the PDF and
  56 ePub version for now, as they seem to show up fine in the viewers I
  57 have available.&lt;/p&gt;
  58
  59 &lt;p&gt;After the translation to Norwegian Bokmål was complete, I was able
  60 to secure some sponsoring from
  61 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuugfoundation.no/&quot;&gt;the NUUG Foundation&lt;/a&gt; to
  62 print the book.  This is the reason their logo is located on the back
  63 cover. I am very grateful for their contribution, and will use it to
  64 give a copy of the Norwegian edition to members of the Norwegian
  65 Parliament and other decision makers here in Norway.&lt;/p&gt;
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  70                 <title>EU-domstolen konkluderer motsatt av Skatteetaten når det gjelder Bitcoin</title>
  71                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/EU_domstolen_konkluderer_motsatt_av_Skatteetaten_n_r_det_gjelder_Bitcoin.html</link>
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  73                 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
  74                 <description>&lt;p&gt;Bitcoin er i litt vinden i Norge for tiden, med
  75 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nrk.no/ytring/en-digital-robin-hood-1.12604681&quot;&gt;kronikk
  76 om bitcoin-overføringer på tvers av landegrensene&lt;/A&gt; hos NRK Ytring
  77 for to dager siden og
  78 &lt;a href=&quot;https://tv.nrk.no/program/KOID25009815/kapital-bitcoin-en-digital-pengebinge&quot;&gt;dokumentar
  79 om bitcoin&lt;/a&gt; på NRK 2 i forgårs og i går.  I den sammenhengen er det
  80 spesielt hyggelig med en gladnyhet fra EU om Bitcoin.&lt;/p&gt;
  81
  82 &lt;p&gt;I dag konkluderte EU-domstolen at
  83 &lt;a href=&quot;http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&amp;docid=170305&amp;pageIndex=0&amp;doclang=en&amp;mode=req&amp;dir=&amp;occ=first&amp;part=1&amp;cid=604079&quot;&gt;Bitcoin-kjøp
  84 fra Bitcoin-børser ikke er MVA-pliktig&lt;/a&gt; (sak  C‑264/14).  Fant
  85 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/22/us-bitcoin-tax-eu-idUSKCN0SG0X920151022&quot;&gt;nyheten
  86 først hos Reuters&lt;/a&gt;, etter tips fra innehaveren av
  87 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitmynt.no/&quot;&gt;Bitmynt&lt;/a&gt;.  EU-domstolens avgjørelse
  88 er stikk i strid med
  89 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteetaten.no/no/Radgiver/Rettskilder/Uttalelser/Prinsipputtalelser/Bruk-av-bitcoins--skatte--og-avgiftsmessige-konsekvenser/&quot;&gt;annonseringen
  90 fra Skatteetaten i 2013&lt;/a&gt;, der de konkluderte med at bitcoin er et
  91 «formuesobjekter» som det skulle betales mva på ved kjøp og salg.
  92 Dermed la Skatteetaten opp til dobbel MVA-betaling hvis en kjøpte noe
  93 med Bitcoin fra Norge (først mva på kjøp av Bitcoin, deretter mva på
  94 det en kjøper med Bitcoin).  Jeg lurer på om denne avgjørelsen får
  95 Skatteetaten til å bytte mening.  Gleder meg til fortsettelsen.&lt;/p&gt;
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 100                 <title>Lawrence Lessig interviewed Edward Snowden a year ago</title>
 101                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lawrence_Lessig_interviewed_Edward_Snowden_a_year_ago.html</link>
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 103                 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2015 11:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
 104                 <description>&lt;p&gt;Last year, &lt;a href=&quot;https://lessig2016.us/&quot;&gt;US president candidate
 105 in the Democratic Party&lt;/a&gt; Lawrence interviewed Edward Snowden.  The
 106 one hour interview was
 107 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Sr96TFQQE&quot;&gt;published by
 108 Harvard Law School 2014-10-23 on Youtube&lt;/a&gt;, and the meeting took
 109 place 2014-10-20.&lt;/p&gt;
 110
 111 &lt;p&gt;The questions are very good, and there is lots of useful
 112 information to be learned and very interesting issues to think about
 113 being raised.  Please check it out.&lt;/p&gt;
 114
 115 &lt;iframe width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/o_Sr96TFQQE&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;
 116
 117 &lt;p&gt;I find it especially interesting to hear again that Snowden did try
 118 to bring up his reservations through the official channels without any
 119 luck.  It is in sharp contrast to the answers made 2013-11-06 by the
 120 Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg to the Norwegian Parliament,
 121 &lt;a href=&quot;https://tale.holderdeord.no/speeches/s131106/68&quot;&gt;claiming
 122 Snowden is no Whistle-Blower&lt;/a&gt; because he should have taken up his
 123 concerns internally and using official channels.  It make me sad
 124 that this is the political leadership we have here in Norway.&lt;/p&gt;
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 129                 <title>The Story of Aaron Swartz - Let us all weep!</title>
 130                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Story_of_Aaron_Swartz___Let_us_all_weep_.html</link>
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 132                 <pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2015 12:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
 133                 <description>&lt;p&gt;The movie &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.takepart.com/internets-own-boy&quot;&gt;The
 134 Internet&#39;s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz&lt;/a&gt;&quot; is both inspiring
 135 and depressing at the same time.  The work of Aaron Swartz has
 136 inspired me in my work, and I am grateful of all the improvements he
 137 was able to initiate or complete.  I wish I am able to do as much good
 138 in my life as he did in his.  Every minute of this 1:45 long movie is
 139 inspiring in documenting how much impact a single person can have on
 140 improving the society and this world.  And it is depressing in
 141 documenting how the law enforcement of USA (and other countries) is
 142 corrupted to a point where they can push a bright kid to his death for
 143 downloading too many scientific articles.  Aaron is dead.  Let us all
 144 weep.&lt;/p&gt;
 145
 146 &lt;p&gt;The movie is also available on
 147 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXr-2hwTk58&quot;&gt;Youtube&lt;/a&gt;.  I
 148 wish there were Norwegian subtitles available, so I could show it to
 149 my parents.&lt;/p&gt;
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 154                 <title>Alle Stortingets mobiltelefoner kontrolleres fra USA...</title>
 155                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Alle_Stortingets_mobiltelefoner_kontrolleres_fra_USA___.html</link>
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 157                 <pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2015 09:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
 158                 <description>&lt;p&gt;Jeg lot meg fascinere av
 159 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/Stortinget-har-tilgang-til-a-fjernstyre-600-mobiler-8192692.html&quot;&gt;en
 160 artikkel i Aftenposten&lt;/a&gt; der det fortelles at «over 600 telefoner som
 161 benyttes av stortingsrepresentanter, rådgivere og ansatte på
 162 Stortinget, kan «fjernstyres» ved hjelp av
 163 &lt;a href=&quot;https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airwatch.androidagent&quot;&gt;programvaren
 164 Airwatch&lt;/a&gt;, et såkalte MDM-program (Mobile Device Managment)».  Det
 165 hele bagatelliseres av Stortingets IT-stab, men det er i hovedsak på
 166 grunn av at journalisten ikke stiller de relevante spørsmålene.  For
 167 meg er det relevante spørsmålet hvem som har lovlig tilgang (i henhold
 168 til lokal lovgiving, dvs. i hvert fall i Norge, Sverige, UK og USA)
 169 til informasjon om og på telefonene, og hvor enkelt det er å skaffe
 170 seg tilgang til hvor mobilene befinner seg og informasjon som befinner
 171 seg på telefonene ved hjelp av utro tjenere, trusler, innbrudd og
 172 andre ulovlige metoder.&lt;/p&gt;
 173
 174 &lt;p&gt;Bruken av AirWatch betyr i realiteten at USAs etteretning og
 175 politimyndigheter har full tilgang til stortingets mobiltelefoner,
 176 inkludert posisjon og innhold, takket være
 177 &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act_of_1978_Amendments_Act_of_2008&quot;&gt;FISAAA-loven&lt;/a&gt;
 178 og
 179 &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter&quot;&gt;National
 180 Security Letters&lt;/a&gt;&quot; og det enkle faktum at selskapet
 181 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airwatch.com/&quot;&gt;AirWatch&lt;/a&gt; er kontrollert av et
 182 selskap i USA.  I tillegg er det kjent at flere lands
 183 etterretningstjenester kan lytte på trafikken når den passerer
 184 landegrensene.&lt;/p&gt;
 185
 186 &lt;p&gt;Jeg har bedt om mer informasjon
 187 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mimesbronn.no/request/saksnummer_for_saker_anganede_br&quot;&gt;fra
 188 Stortinget om bruken av AirWatch&lt;/a&gt; via Mimes brønn så får vi se hva
 189 de har å fortelle om saken.  Fant ingenting om &#39;airwatch&#39; i
 190 postjournalen til Stortinget, så jeg trenger hjelp før jeg kan be om
 191 innsyn i konkrete dokumenter.&lt;/p&gt;
 192
 193 &lt;p&gt;Oppdatering 2015-10-07: Jeg er blitt spurt hvorfor jeg antar at
 194 AirWatch-agenten rapporterer til USA og ikke direkte til Stortingets
 195 egen infrastruktur.  Det stemmer at det er teknisk mulig å sette
 196 opp mobiltelefonene til å rapportere til datamaskiner som eies av
 197 Stortinget.  Jeg antar det rapporteres til AirWatch sine sentrale
 198 tjenester basert på det jeg leste fra beskrivelsen av
 199 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airwatch.com/solutions/mobile-device-management/&quot;&gt;Mobile
 200 Device Management&lt;/A&gt; på AirWatch sine egne nettsider, koblet med at
 201 det brukes en standard app som kan hentes fra &quot;app-butikkene&quot; for å få
 202 tilgang.  Enten må app-en settes opp individuelt hos Stortinget, eller
 203 så får den beskjed fra AirWatch i USA om hvor den skal koble seg opp.
 204 I det første tilfellet vil den ikke rapportere direkte til USA, men
 205 til programvare utviklet av AirWatch som kjører på en maskin under
 206 Stortingets kontroll.  Det er litt bedre, men fortsatt vil det være
 207 umulig for Stortinget å være sikker på hva programvaren som tar imot
 208 forbindelser gjør.  Jeg ser fra beskrivelsen av
 209 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airwatch.com/differentiators/enterprise-integration/&quot;&gt;Enterprice
 210 Integration&lt;/a&gt; hos AirWatch at det er mulig å ha lokal installasjon,
 211 og håper innsynsforespørsler mot Stortinget kan fortelle mer om
 212 hvordan ting konkret fungerer der.&lt;/p&gt;
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 217                 <title>French Docbook/PDF/EPUB/MOBI edition of the Free Culture book</title>
 218                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/French_Docbook_PDF_EPUB_MOBI_edition_of_the_Free_Culture_book.html</link>
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 220                 <pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
 221                 <description>&lt;p&gt;As I wrap up the Norwegian version of
 222 &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;Free
 223 Culture&lt;/a&gt; book by Lawrence Lessig (still waiting for my final proof
 224 reading copy to arrive in the mail), my great
 225 &lt;a href=&quot;http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;dblatex&lt;/a&gt; helper and
 226 developer of the dblatex docbook processor, Benoît Guillon, decided a
 227 to try to create a French version of the book.  He started with the
 228 French translation available from the
 229 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wikilivres.ca/wiki/Culture_libre&quot;&gt;Wikilivres wiki
 230 pages&lt;/a&gt;, and wrote a program to convert it into a PO file, allowing
 231 the translation to be integrated into the po4a based framework I use
 232 to create the Norwegian translation from the English edition.  We meet
 233 on the &lt;a href=&quot;irc://irc.freenode.net/%23dblatex&quot;&gt;#dblatex IRC
 234 channel&lt;/a&gt; to discuss the work.  If you want to help create a French
 235 edition, check out
 236 &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/marsgui/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;his git
 237 repository&lt;/a&gt; and join us on IRC.  If the French edition look good,
 238 we might publish it as a paper book on lulu.com.  A French version of
 239 the drawings and the cover need to be provided for this to happen.&lt;/p&gt;
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