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                <title>Is Pentagon deciding the Norwegian negotiating position on Internet governance?</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2015 13:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;In Norway, all government offices are required by law to keep a
list of every document or letter arriving and leaving their offices.
Internal notes should also be documented.  The document list (called a mail
journal - &quot;postjournal&quot; in Norwegian) is public information and thanks
to the Norwegian Freedom of Information Act (Offentleglova) the mail
journal is available for everyone.  Most offices even publish the mail
journal on their web pages, as PDFs or tables in web pages.  The state-level offices even have a shared web based search service (called
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oep.no/&quot;&gt;Offentlig Elektronisk Postjournal -
OEP&lt;/a&gt;) to make it possible to search the entries in the list.  Not
all journal entries show up on OEP, and the search service is hard to
use, but OEP does make it easier to find at least some interesting
journal entries .&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In 2012 I came across a document in the mail journal for the
Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications on OEP that
piqued my interest.  The title of the document was
&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oep.no/search/resultSingle.html?journalPostId=4192362&quot;&gt;Internet
Governance and how it affects national security&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (Norwegian:
&quot;Internet Governance og påvirkning på nasjonal sikkerhet&quot;).  The
document date was 2012-05-22, and it was said to be sent from the
&quot;Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations&quot;.  I asked for a
copy, but my request was rejected with a reference to a legal clause said to authorize them to reject it
(&lt;a href=&quot;http://lovdata.no/lov/2006-05-19-16/§20&quot;&gt;offentleglova § 20,
letter c&lt;/a&gt;) and an explanation that the document was exempt because
of foreign policy interests as it contained information related to the
Norwegian negotiating position, negotiating strategies or similar.  I
was told the information in the document related to the ongoing
negotiation in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).  The
explanation made sense to me in early January 2013, as a ITU
conference in Dubay discussing Internet Governance
(&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union#World_Conference_on_International_Telecommunications_2012_.28WCIT-12.29&quot;&gt;World
Conference on International Telecommunications - WCIT-12&lt;/a&gt;) had just
ended,
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.digi.no/kommentarer/2012/12/18/tvil-om-usas-rolle-pa-teletoppmote&quot;&gt;reportedly
in chaos&lt;/a&gt; when USA walked out of the negotiations and 25 countries
including Norway refused to sign the new treaty.  It seemed
reasonable to believe talks were still going on a few weeks later.
Norway was represented at the ITU meeting by two authorities, the
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nkom.no/&quot;&gt;Norwegian Communications Authority&lt;/a&gt;
and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/sd/&quot;&gt;Ministry of
Transport and Communications&lt;/a&gt;.  This might be the reason the letter
was sent to the ministry.  As I was unable to find the document in the
mail journal of any Norwegian UN mission, I asked the ministry who had
sent the document to the ministry, and was told that it was the Deputy
Permanent Representative with the Permanent Mission of Norway in
Geneva.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Three years later, I was still curious about the content of that
document, and again asked for a copy, believing the negotiation was
over now.  This time
&lt;a href=&quot;https://mimesbronn.no/request/kopi_av_dokumenter_i_sak_2012914&quot;&gt;I
asked both the Ministry of Transport and Communications as the
receiver&lt;/a&gt; and
&lt;a href=&quot;https://mimesbronn.no/request/brev_om_internet_governance_og_p&quot;&gt;asked
the Permanent Mission of Norway in Geneva as the sender&lt;/a&gt; for a
copy, to see if they both agreed that it should be withheld from the
public.  The ministry upheld its rejection quoting the same law
reference as before, while the permanent mission rejected it quoting a
different clause
(&lt;a href=&quot;http://lovdata.no/lov/2006-05-19-16/§20&quot;&gt;offentleglova § 20
letter b&lt;/a&gt;), claiming that they were required to keep the
content of the document from the public because it contained
information given to Norway with the expressed or implied expectation
that the information should not be made public.  I asked the permanent
mission for an explanation, and was told that the document contained
an account from a meeting held in the Pentagon for a limited group of NATO
nations where the organiser of the meeting did not intend the content
of the meeting to be publicly known.  They explained that giving me a
copy might cause Norway to not get access to similar information in
the future and thus hurt the future foreign interests of Norway.  They
also explained that the Permanent Mission of Norway in Geneva was not
the author of the document, they only got a copy of it, and because of
this had not listed it in their mail journal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Armed with this
knowledge I asked the Ministry to reconsider and asked who was the
author of the document, now realising that it was not same as the
&quot;sender&quot; according to Ministry of Transport and Communications.  The
ministry upheld its rejection but told me the name of the author of
the document.  According to
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/unga69_rapport1/id2001204/&quot;&gt;a
government report&lt;/a&gt; the author was with the Permanent Mission of
Norway in New York a bit more than a year later (2014-09-22), so I
guessed that might be the office responsible for writing and sending
the report initially and
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mimesbronn.no/request/mote_2012_i_pentagon_om_itu&quot;&gt;asked
them for a copy&lt;/a&gt; but I was obviously wrong as I was told that the
document was unknown to them and that the author did not work there
when the document was written.  Next, I asked the Permanent Mission of
Norway in Geneva and the Foreign Ministry to reconsider and at least
tell me who sent the document to Deputy Permanent Representative with
the Permanent Mission of Norway in Geneva.  The Foreign Ministry also
upheld its rejection, but told me that the person sending the document
to Permanent Mission of Norway in Geneva was the defence attaché with
the Norwegian Embassy in Washington.  I do not know if this is the
same person as the author of the document.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I understand the situation correctly, someone capable of
inviting selected NATO nations to a meeting in Pentagon organised a
meeting where someone representing the Norwegian defence attaché in
Washington attended, and the account from this meeting is interpreted
by the Ministry of Transport and Communications to expose Norways
negotiating position, negotiating strategies and similar regarding the
ITU negotiations on Internet Governance.  It is truly amazing what can
be derived from mere meta-data.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wonder which NATO countries besides Norway attended this meeting?
And what exactly was said and done at the meeting?  Anyone know?&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>New book, &quot;Fri kultur&quot; by @lessig, a Norwegian Bokmål translation of &quot;Free Culture&quot; from 2004</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;People keep asking me where to get the various forms of the book I
published last week, the Norwegian Bokmål edition of Lawrence Lessigs
book &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.free-culture.cc/&quot;&gt;Free Culture&lt;/a&gt;.  It was
published on paper via lulu.com, and is also available in PDF, ePub
and MOBI format.  I currently sell the paper edition for self cost
from lulu.com, but might extend the distribution to book stores like
Amazon and Barnes &amp; Noble later.  This will double the price and force
me to make a profit from selling the book.  Anyway, here are links to
get the book in different formats:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22406445.html&quot;&gt;Buy 
    paper edition from lulu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig/raw/master/archive/freeculture.nb.pdf&quot;&gt;Download
    PDF, size 7.9 MiB&lt;/a&gt; (gratis/free)&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig/raw/master/archive/freeculture.nb.epub&quot;&gt;Download
    ePub, size 11 MiB&lt;/a&gt; (gratis/free)&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig/raw/master/archive/freeculture.nb.mobi&quot;&gt;Download
    MOBI, size 3.8 MiB&lt;/a&gt; (gratis/free)&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note that the MOBI version have problems with the table of content,
at least with the viewers I have been able to test.  And the ePub file
have several problems according to
&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/IDPF/epubcheck&quot;&gt;epubcheck&lt;/a&gt;, but seem
to display fine in the viewers I have tested.  All the files needed to
create the book in various forms are available from
&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;the
github project page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The project got press coverage from the Norwegian IT news site
digi.no.  Check out the article
&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.digi.no/juss_og_samfunn/2015/10/29/vil-apne-politikernes-oyne-for-creative-commons&quot;&gt;Vil
åpne politikernes øyne for Creative Commons&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I&#39;ve &lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/freeculture&quot;&gt;blogged
about the project&lt;/a&gt; as it moved along.  The blogs document the translation
progress and insights I had along the way.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Gavebok overlevert Stortinget i dag</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 11:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Like før kl. 11 i dag leverte jeg fem esker med gaveinnpakkede
bøker til Stortinget, for utdeling til alle stortingsrepresentanter.
Det ble etterfulgt av følgende pressemelding.  Stor takk til NUUG for
lån av epostliste for å sende ut pressemeldingen.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Er opphavsretten for streng, spør ny bok&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I dag kommer boken «&lt;a href=&quot;http://free-culture.cc/&quot;&gt;Fri
kultur&lt;/a&gt;» av Lawrence Lessig ut på norsk.  Boken handler om
utviklingen og utvidelsene opphavsretten har hatt de siste 40 årene.
Boken er i dag gitt i gave til alle stortingsrepresentantene.
Oversetter og utgiver Petter Reinholdtsen håper Stortinget vil tenke
seg om to ganger neste gang det er snakk om utvidelse av
opphavsretten.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Boken forteller om hvordan store medieaktører ved hjelp av
opphavsretten bruker teknologi til å begrense kulturen og kontrollere
kreativiteten.  Den er skrevet av stifteren av
&lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons&lt;/a&gt;, professor
Lawrence Lessig, som for tiden er med i kampen om å bli Demokratenes
&lt;a href=&quot;https://lessig2016.us/&quot;&gt;presidentkandidat i USA sitt
presidentvalg i 2016&lt;/a&gt;.  Lessig ble sist omtalt i norske medier da
NRK i høst viste dokumentaren «Kampen for et demokratisk internett»
som også er
&lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.org/details/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz&quot;&gt;tilgjengelig
fra The Internet Archive&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Boken beskriver hvordan opphavsrettens makt i USA har blitt
betydelig utvidet etter 1974 langs fem kritiske akser: varighet (fra
32 til 95 år), omfang (fra utgivere til alle), rekkevidde (gjelder nå
enhver fremvisning via datamaskin), kontroll (avledede verk er
definert så bredt at i praksis alle nye åndsverk risikerer søksmål fra
en opphavsrettsinnehaver) og til sist maktkonsentrasjon og integrering
av mediebransjen.  Den dokumenterer også hvordan medieindustrien har
lyktes med å bruke rettsvesenet til å begrense konkurranse, og i
praksis har skaffet seg vetorett over teknologiske nyvinninger.
Nedlasting av fritt, lovlig og i utgangspunktet gratis materiale
stoppes med tekniske sperrer og lobbyert lovvern av sperrene.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Utvidelsene illustreres i boken med ulike eksempler.  For eksempel
en demonstrasjon av at Walt Disney ville ha blitt ansett som en
opphavsrettspirat dersom han gjorde i dag det han gjorde på
1930-tallet.  Boken beskriver hvordan vern av åndsverk er bra, men at
mer vern ikke nødvendigvis er bedre.&lt;?p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Petter Reinholdtsen, som sammen med flere frivillige har oversatt
boken på fritiden de siste 3 årene, håper at boken vil gjøre en
forskjell.  «Når en vet hvordan opphavsrettens varighet i Norge, uten
opposisjon på Stortinget, ble utvidet nok en gang i mai i fjor, og
hvordan Norges handelspartner USA gjennom de nye handelsavtalene
Trans-Pacific Partnership og Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/final-leaked-tpp-text-all-we-feared&quot;&gt;ønsker
å utvide opphavsrettens makt også i andre land&lt;/a&gt;, håper jeg at flere
vil spørre: Er det virkelig fornuftig å gjøre de samme utvidelsene i
Norge?», spør han.  «Jeg håper boken kan bidra til kunnskap og
forståelse, og kan gi Stortinget et bedre grunnlag til å ta riktige
beslutninger som ivaretar befolkningens og samfunnets interesser i
Norge.»&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Petter Reinholdtsen er en mangeårig fri programvareutvikler som har
vært med på å lage systemer som operativsystemet Debian, IT-løsningen
Skolelinux, borgerportalen FiksGataMi og innsynstjenesten Mimes brønn.
Han forteller han selv har opplevd problemene utvidet varighet,
omfang, rekkevidde og kontroll i opphavsretten medfører og at boken
var en oppvekker.  «Jeg håper andre finner boken like interessant som
jeg gjorde.  Boken kan
&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;lastes
gratis ned fra github&lt;/a&gt; eller
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22406445.html&quot;&gt;kjøpes
på papir fra lulu.com&lt;/a&gt;,» avslutter Reinholdtsen.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Så får vi se om det har noen positiv effekt. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>&quot;Fri kultur&quot; av @lessig - norsk utgave av &quot;Free Culture&quot; tilgjengelig på papir, PDF og ePub</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22406445.html&quot;&gt;Klikk her for å kjøpe boken&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I 2004, mens &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/&quot;&gt;Creative
Commons-bevegelsen&lt;/a&gt; vokste frem, skrev bevegelsens stifter Lawrence
Lessig boken
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_(book)&quot;&gt;Free
Culture&lt;/a&gt; for å forklare problemene med økene åndsverksregulering og
for å foreslå noen løsninger.  Jeg leste boken den gangen, og den både
inspirerte meg og endret på hvordan jeg så på opphavsrettslovigving.
Jeg skulle ønske flere folk leste denne boken.  Den gir en god
gjennomgang av hvordan økende åndsverksregulering skader både
nyskapning og kulturlivet, og skisserer hvordan både lovgivere og oss
vanlige borgere kan bidra for å få slutt på dette.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Derfor bestemte jeg meg sommeren 2012 for å oversette den til norsk
bokmål og gjøre den tilgjengelig for de blant mine venner og familie
som foretrekker å lese bøker på norsk.  Jeg oversatte boken ved hjelp
av docbook og en gettext PO-fil, og endte opp med to utgaver, en på
norsk og en på engelsk.  Den engelske publiserte jeg i forrige uke, og
den norske utgaven på papir
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22406445.html&quot;&gt;er
nå klar for salg&lt;/a&gt;.  Jeg fikk heldigvis hjelp med oversetting og
korrekturlesing av den norske utgaven fra en rekke frivillige.  Se
side 245 for en komplett liste.  Slik ser omslaget ut:

&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22406445.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;center&quot; src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2015-10-28-free-culture-norwegian-published-cover.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I tillegg til den norske og engelske utgaven holder vi på med en
fransk utgave.  Den koordineres av dblatex-utvikleren Benoît Guillon,
og oversettelsen var komplett denne uka men må korrekturleses før den
kan gis ut.  Flere frivillige trengs her, så ta kontakt med Benoît
hvis du vil bidra.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Boken er også tilgjengelig i PDF, ePub og MOBI-format fra
&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;min
github-prosjektside&lt;/a&gt;.  Merk at ePub og MOBI-utgavene har noen
formatteringsproblemer som jeg tror kommer av feil i docbook-verktøyet
dbtoepub (Debian BTS-rapporter
&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=795842&quot;&gt;#795842&lt;/a&gt;
og
&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796871&quot;&gt;#796871&lt;/a&gt;),
men jeg har ikke tatt meg tid til å undersøke problemene.  For de som
vil ha elektronisk kopi anbefaler jeg å bruke PDF- og ePub-utgaven i
denne omgang, da de ser ut til å hånderes bra av de fremviserne jeg
har tilgjengelig.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Etter at oversettelsen til bokmål var ferdig klarte jeg å overtale
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuugfoundation.no/&quot;&gt;NUUG Foundation&lt;/a&gt; til å
sponse trykking av boken.  Det er årsaken til at stiftelsens logo er
på baksiden av omslaget.  Jeg er svært takknemlig for dette, og bruker
bidraget til å gi en kopi av den norske utgaven til alle
Stortingsrepresentanter og andre beslutningstakere her i Norge.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>&quot;Free Culture&quot; by @lessig - The background story for Creative Commons - new edition available</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22402863.html&quot;&gt;Click
here to buy the book&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In 2004, as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons
movement&lt;/a&gt; gained momentum, its creator Lawrence Lessig wrote the
book &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_(book)&quot;&gt;Free
Culture&lt;/a&gt; to explain the problems with increasing copyright
regulation and suggest some solutions.  I read the book back then and
was very moved by it.  Reading the book inspired me and changed the
way I looked on copyright law, and I would love it if more people
would read it too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because of this, I decided in the summer of 2012 to translate it to
Norwegian Bokmål and publish it for those of my friends and family
that prefer to read books in Norwegian.  I translated the book using
docbook and a gettext PO file, and a byproduct of this process is a
new edition of the English original.  I&#39;ve been in touch with the
author during by work, and he said it was fine with him if I also
published an English version.  So I decided to do so.  Today, I made
this edition
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22402863.html&quot;&gt;available
for sale on Lulu.com&lt;/a&gt;, for those interested in a paper book.  This
is the cover:

&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;

&lt;p&gt;The Norwegian Bokmål version will be available for purchase in a
few days.  I also plan to publish a French version in a few weeks or
months, depending on the amount of people with knowledge of French to
join the translation project.  So far there is only one active
person, but the French book is almost completely translated but
need some proof reading.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The book is also available in PDF, ePub and MOBI formats from
&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;my
github project page&lt;/a&gt;.  Note the ePub and MOBI versions have some
formatting problems I believe is due to bugs in the docbook tool
dbtoepub (Debian BTS issues
&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=795842&quot;&gt;#795842&lt;/a&gt;
and
&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796871&quot;&gt;#796871&lt;/a&gt;),
but I have not taken the time to investigate.  I recommend the PDF and
ePub version for now, as they seem to show up fine in the viewers I
have available.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After the translation to Norwegian Bokmål was complete, I was able
to secure some sponsoring from
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuugfoundation.no/&quot;&gt;the NUUG Foundation&lt;/a&gt; to
print the book.  This is the reason their logo is located on the back
cover. I am very grateful for their contribution, and will use it to
give a copy of the Norwegian edition to members of the Norwegian
Parliament and other decision makers here in Norway.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>EU-domstolen konkluderer motsatt av Skatteetaten når det gjelder Bitcoin</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Bitcoin er i litt vinden i Norge for tiden, med
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nrk.no/ytring/en-digital-robin-hood-1.12604681&quot;&gt;kronikk
om bitcoin-overføringer på tvers av landegrensene&lt;/A&gt; hos NRK Ytring
for to dager siden og
&lt;a href=&quot;https://tv.nrk.no/program/KOID25009815/kapital-bitcoin-en-digital-pengebinge&quot;&gt;dokumentar
om bitcoin&lt;/a&gt; på NRK 2 i forgårs og i går.  I den sammenhengen er det
spesielt hyggelig med en gladnyhet fra EU om Bitcoin.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I dag konkluderte EU-domstolen at
&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
fra Bitcoin-børser ikke er MVA-pliktig&lt;/a&gt; (sak  C‑264/14).  Fant
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/22/us-bitcoin-tax-eu-idUSKCN0SG0X920151022&quot;&gt;nyheten
først hos Reuters&lt;/a&gt;, etter tips fra innehaveren av
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitmynt.no/&quot;&gt;Bitmynt&lt;/a&gt;.  EU-domstolens avgjørelse
er stikk i strid med
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteetaten.no/no/Radgiver/Rettskilder/Uttalelser/Prinsipputtalelser/Bruk-av-bitcoins--skatte--og-avgiftsmessige-konsekvenser/&quot;&gt;annonseringen
fra Skatteetaten i 2013&lt;/a&gt;, der de konkluderte med at bitcoin er et
«formuesobjekter» som det skulle betales mva på ved kjøp og salg.
Dermed la Skatteetaten opp til dobbel MVA-betaling hvis en kjøpte noe
med Bitcoin fra Norge (først mva på kjøp av Bitcoin, deretter mva på
det en kjøper med Bitcoin).  Jeg lurer på om denne avgjørelsen får
Skatteetaten til å bytte mening.  Gleder meg til fortsettelsen.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Lawrence Lessig interviewed Edward Snowden a year ago</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2015 11:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Last year, &lt;a href=&quot;https://lessig2016.us/&quot;&gt;US president candidate
in the Democratic Party&lt;/a&gt; Lawrence interviewed Edward Snowden.  The
one hour interview was
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Sr96TFQQE&quot;&gt;published by
Harvard Law School 2014-10-23 on Youtube&lt;/a&gt;, and the meeting took
place 2014-10-20.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The questions are very good, and there is lots of useful
information to be learned and very interesting issues to think about
being raised.  Please check it out.&lt;/p&gt;

&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;

&lt;p&gt;I find it especially interesting to hear again that Snowden did try
to bring up his reservations through the official channels without any
luck.  It is in sharp contrast to the answers made 2013-11-06 by the
Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg to the Norwegian Parliament,
&lt;a href=&quot;https://tale.holderdeord.no/speeches/s131106/68&quot;&gt;claiming
Snowden is no Whistle-Blower&lt;/a&gt; because he should have taken up his
concerns internally and using official channels.  It make me sad
that this is the political leadership we have here in Norway.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>The Story of Aaron Swartz - Let us all weep!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2015 12:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;The movie &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.takepart.com/internets-own-boy&quot;&gt;The
Internet&#39;s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz&lt;/a&gt;&quot; is both inspiring
and depressing at the same time.  The work of Aaron Swartz has
inspired me in my work, and I am grateful of all the improvements he
was able to initiate or complete.  I wish I am able to do as much good
in my life as he did in his.  Every minute of this 1:45 long movie is
inspiring in documenting how much impact a single person can have on
improving the society and this world.  And it is depressing in
documenting how the law enforcement of USA (and other countries) is
corrupted to a point where they can push a bright kid to his death for
downloading too many scientific articles.  Aaron is dead.  Let us all
weep.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The movie is also available on
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXr-2hwTk58&quot;&gt;Youtube&lt;/a&gt;.  I
wish there were Norwegian subtitles available, so I could show it to
my parents.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2015 09:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Jeg lot meg fascinere av
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/Stortinget-har-tilgang-til-a-fjernstyre-600-mobiler-8192692.html&quot;&gt;en
artikkel i Aftenposten&lt;/a&gt; der det fortelles at «over 600 telefoner som
benyttes av stortingsrepresentanter, rådgivere og ansatte på
Stortinget, kan «fjernstyres» ved hjelp av
&lt;a href=&quot;https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airwatch.androidagent&quot;&gt;programvaren
Airwatch&lt;/a&gt;, et såkalte MDM-program (Mobile Device Managment)».  Det
hele bagatelliseres av Stortingets IT-stab, men det er i hovedsak på
grunn av at journalisten ikke stiller de relevante spørsmålene.  For
meg er det relevante spørsmålet hvem som har lovlig tilgang (i henhold
til lokal lovgiving, dvs. i hvert fall i Norge, Sverige, UK og USA)
til informasjon om og på telefonene, og hvor enkelt det er å skaffe
seg tilgang til hvor mobilene befinner seg og informasjon som befinner
seg på telefonene ved hjelp av utro tjenere, trusler, innbrudd og
andre ulovlige metoder.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bruken av AirWatch betyr i realiteten at USAs etteretning og
politimyndigheter har full tilgang til stortingets mobiltelefoner,
inkludert posisjon og innhold, takket være
&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;
og
&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter&quot;&gt;National
Security Letters&lt;/a&gt;&quot; og det enkle faktum at selskapet
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airwatch.com/&quot;&gt;AirWatch&lt;/a&gt; er kontrollert av et
selskap i USA.  I tillegg er det kjent at flere lands
etterretningstjenester kan lytte på trafikken når den passerer
landegrensene.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jeg har bedt om mer informasjon
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mimesbronn.no/request/saksnummer_for_saker_anganede_br&quot;&gt;fra
Stortinget om bruken av AirWatch&lt;/a&gt; via Mimes brønn så får vi se hva
de har å fortelle om saken.  Fant ingenting om &#39;airwatch&#39; i
postjournalen til Stortinget, så jeg trenger hjelp før jeg kan be om
innsyn i konkrete dokumenter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oppdatering 2015-10-07: Jeg er blitt spurt hvorfor jeg antar at
AirWatch-agenten rapporterer til USA og ikke direkte til Stortingets
egen infrastruktur.  Det stemmer at det er teknisk mulig å sette
opp mobiltelefonene til å rapportere til datamaskiner som eies av
Stortinget.  Jeg antar det rapporteres til AirWatch sine sentrale
tjenester basert på det jeg leste fra beskrivelsen av
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airwatch.com/solutions/mobile-device-management/&quot;&gt;Mobile
Device Management&lt;/A&gt; på AirWatch sine egne nettsider, koblet med at
det brukes en standard app som kan hentes fra &quot;app-butikkene&quot; for å få
tilgang.  Enten må app-en settes opp individuelt hos Stortinget, eller
så får den beskjed fra AirWatch i USA om hvor den skal koble seg opp.
I det første tilfellet vil den ikke rapportere direkte til USA, men
til programvare utviklet av AirWatch som kjører på en maskin under
Stortingets kontroll.  Det er litt bedre, men fortsatt vil det være
umulig for Stortinget å være sikker på hva programvaren som tar imot
forbindelser gjør.  Jeg ser fra beskrivelsen av
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airwatch.com/differentiators/enterprise-integration/&quot;&gt;Enterprice
Integration&lt;/a&gt; hos AirWatch at det er mulig å ha lokal installasjon,
og håper innsynsforespørsler mot Stortinget kan fortelle mer om
hvordan ting konkret fungerer der.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>French Docbook/PDF/EPUB/MOBI edition of the Free Culture book</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;As I wrap up the Norwegian version of
&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;Free
Culture&lt;/a&gt; book by Lawrence Lessig (still waiting for my final proof
reading copy to arrive in the mail), my great
&lt;a href=&quot;http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;dblatex&lt;/a&gt; helper and
developer of the dblatex docbook processor, Benoît Guillon, decided a
to try to create a French version of the book.  He started with the
French translation available from the
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wikilivres.ca/wiki/Culture_libre&quot;&gt;Wikilivres wiki
pages&lt;/a&gt;, and wrote a program to convert it into a PO file, allowing
the translation to be integrated into the po4a based framework I use
to create the Norwegian translation from the English edition.  We meet
on the &lt;a href=&quot;irc://irc.freenode.net/%23dblatex&quot;&gt;#dblatex IRC
channel&lt;/a&gt; to discuss the work.  If you want to help create a French
edition, check out
&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/marsgui/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;his git
repository&lt;/a&gt; and join us on IRC.  If the French edition look good,
we might publish it as a paper book on lulu.com.  A French version of
the drawings and the cover need to be provided for this to happen.&lt;/p&gt;
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