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VoCamp is a series of informal events where people can spend some dedicated time creating lightweight vocabularies/ontologies for the Semantic Web/Web of Data.

The next event - VoCamp Galway 2008 will be taking place here in Galway, Ireland the week after next - on 25th-26th of November. You are welcome to participate. Just sign up on the wiki and come to Galway.

This is a photo (made by Fabien Gandon) from VoCamp Oxford 2008. It was the first of this series of events, organised by Tom Heath, Richard Cyganiak, Jun Zhao, David Shotton.

Related:

• VoCamp, Day Zero by Tom Heath

Update: it’s on the week after next (and not the next week as the previous version of this post said).

Liga is posting about social media and marketing on another site now.

These are her recent articles:

• Things that make me go - wow! - with some Pantone geekiness
• Social media & online appearance - nice social media site icons
  (could you help figure out what services are those logos for? two names still missing)
• Thought of the day

These are 3 stunning talks from the TED Conference: Ideas Worth Spreading.
What are your favorite TEDtalks?

A bonus: TED Talk: Clifford Stoll - An Agile Mind is also lots of fun.

Comments / suggestions from readers:

• TED: Kevin Kelly on the next 5000 days of the web
• TED talks by Dan Dennett: Philosopher, cognitive scientist

ACTA ir “anti-viltošanas un anti-pir?tisma” jeb Internet cenz?ras u.c. l?gums, kuru gatavojas parakst?t Eiropas Savien?ba, ASV, Kan?das, un vair?ku citu valstu vald?bas.

L?gums paredz b?tiskus priv?tuma ierobežojumus gan Internet?, gan “re?laj? pasaul?". Var jau teikt, ka pareizi vien ir un b?s maz?k cilv?ku, kas “klaus?s un nemaks?". Diemž?l š?ds l?gums t?m? uz policejisku valsti un p?rrunas par t? sl?gšanu tiek sl?ptas no publikas. Baidos, ka š?ds l?gums var neb?t zaud?to br?v?bu un priv?tuma v?rts.

Idejiski šis l?gums ir pret pir?tismu un viltošanu. Tikt?l jauki. L?k dažas lietas, ar ko mums var n?kties sadz?vot n?kotn?:

• P?rmekl?šana uz robežas - l?gums paredz uz robežas “random?” p?rbaud?t ce?ot?ju portat?vos datorus, telefonus un MP3 playerus lai p?rbaud?tu vai tajos nav neleg?li lejupl?d?ta vai “ripota” muzika vai filmas. - Ce?ot?jus ar “apšaub?mu” muziku vai film?m gaida sods un šo inform?ciju saturoš?s iek?rtas var tikt konfisc?tas.
• Internet pakalpojumu ierobežojumi - dokuments paredz piespiest Internet pakalpot?ju sniedz?jus bez tiesas l?muma sniegt inform?ciju par “neleg?lo” failu apmai?? iesp?jami iesaist?t?m person?m. Atk?rtotiem p?rk?p?jiem var tikt liegta pieeja Internetam. - ASV muzikas industrijai nemaz tik labi neveicas ar pat?r?t?ju ies?dz?šanu ties?. Vai tas noz?m?, ka tagad bezpe??as organiz?cijas organiz?cijas (AKKA/LAA, MPAA, RIAA, …) str?d?s par Internet policistiem un ievies?s savu k?rt?bu? K? tad paliek ar nevain?bas prezumpciju?
• Priv?tuma ierobežojumi - iesp?jami ierobežojumi Internet priv?tuma r?ku lietošan?. Galu gal?, cit?di š?da l?guma ieviešana pan?ks tik to, ka cilv?ki vienk?rši s?ks lietot šifr?šanu vai TOR. Interesanti, vai non?ks l?dz tam, ka sarakstes šifr?šana b?s aizliegta?

Tas notiek tagad

Šodien, 6.novembr?, Eiropas Parlamenta INTA komisija apspried?s pilnvaru došanu Eiropas Komisijai ACTA l?guma nosl?gšanai:

With a draft Report from August 26, 2008 the European Commission tries to get a Mandate from the European Parlament for the negotitation of ACTA. The document will be discussed and propably amended within the INTA Comittee of the European Parliament. Eva Lichtenberger prepared a Draft Opinion that heavily criticises this paper within the JURI-committee. The resolution is sheduled for adoption in the committee on November 6, 2008 and on December 12, 2008 for the plenary.

Avots: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement#European_Parliament

Slepen?ba

P?rrunas notiek slepen?b? un sl?pti no publikas ac?m. To dal?bnieki ir atteikušies publiskot l?guma uzmetumus vai inform?ciju par taj? iek?autaj?m norm?m. Kan?das sabiedrisko interešu aizst?vji iesniedza piepras?jumu atkl?t inform?ciju par šo l?gumu, bet sa??ma tikai dokumentu ar l?guma nosaukumu, kur? viss p?r?jais saturs bija nodz?sts.

“Sazv?rnieki” v?l aizvien cenšas neizpaust inform?ciju par šo l?gumu. T?s pl?vuru pav?ra ACTA l?guma uzmetuma anon?ma publik?cija Wikileaks lap? 2008.gada 22.maij?.

Kopš t? laika l?gums ir sa??mis kritiku par procesa slepen?bu, bet es nebr?n?tos, ja Latvij? par to v?l neviens nav run?jis.

Vair?k par ACTA kritiku (Wikip?dij?).

Ko t?l?k?

Šis raksts ir tikai ievads ACTA l?guma probl?m?s. Visu inform?ciju par sabiedr?bas aktivit?t?m ap ACTA šaj? rakst? ietilpin?t nesan?ks, t?d?? zem?k ir dažas nor?des uz plaš?ku inform?ciju. Var ar? opon?t, ka šis l?gums ir t?m?ts uz plaša apjoma pir?tiem un lietu viltot?jiem. Bet, ja taj? ir punkti kas var ierobežot cilv?ku br?v?bu, k?ds to noteikti izmantos.

Ko m?s varam dar?t? Pirmk?rt jau pras?t caursp?d?gu procesu (izmantojot likum? paredz?t?s iesp?jas piepras?t inform?ciju) un iesp?ju sabiedr?bai piedal?ties š?du l?mumu apspriešan?. Varb?t var ko paveikt sazinoties ar Latvijas p?rst?vjiem EK un EP.

Skat. ar? “Speak out against ACTA!” (Free Software Foundation).

Papildus inform?cija:

• FFI information about ACTA
• ACTA - Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement [Wikipedia]

• Concerns about ACTA in EU, Canada [Nov 04, 2008 @ SlashDot]
• Government Keeps ACTA Consultation Results Under Wraps [Nov 03, 2008 by Michael Geist]
• What does the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) really mean for you and I? [Jul 10, 2008 @ Guardian]
• RIAA Suggestions for content of ACTA - including a ban on installation of P2P software in government systems (sounds like criminalizing P2P software which has plenty of legal uses and is built-in into some Internet browsers)

TV3 raid?juma “Nek? Person?ga” (02.11.2008.) sižets par autorties?bu nodokli, AKKA/LAA un iesp?jami aizdom?g?m darb?b?m ar autoratl?dz?bu.

Avots: TV3 par AKKA/LAA (BlackHalt)

Citi raksti:

• Laacz.lv raksti par AKKA/LAA
• AKKA/LAA — Google t?mek?a žurn?lu mekl?šana
• parodijas par “Man nepat?k, ka cilv?ki grib lietot kautko un par to nemaks?t” (avoti: @peteriskrievins un BlackHalt blogs)

Eng: a TV excerpt about a controversy related to the private copying levy in Latvia, plans to extend it to mobile phones and PDAs, and about alleged inconsistencies in how the money is used by a local copyrights agency AKKA/LAA.