I must confess, I read it long around it, because I did not want to concern myself with such a powerful theme. This was possibly a mistake, because ACTA seems to be a very dangerous thing. Here is a video that explains in less than 10 minutes, what it is. But you should say that the video is by Anonymous. Entirely impartial is not all that is. But who wants to please even disagree on this issue? As normal, freedom-loving citizens can, in principle, only to ACTA. So here's the video:

The video makes a somewhat conspiratorial impression, but I think it is also so. ACTA causes far-reaching changes in our rights. If you still want a free Internet should continue to distribute this video and educate the people. Action - now!

Other Links:

• Position Paper of the Pirate Party - neutral description of ACTA
• Open Letter to the Pirate Party to the Federal Government regarding ACTA (UNANSWERED remained to this day)
• Wikipedia on ACTA

At first I just thought: Yes, well, basically this is just an OS for mobile phones. Only just now on Google. I did not think that this operating system is sometimes as important. But since I've probably been deceived. Right now, I guess Google Android as very important.

Android has a lot of advantages for manufacturers of mobile devices. Let us begin with that Android is an open source operating system. You may use it and use it as a basis for further developments. This makes development cheaper by far. In addition, Google Android can be kept up to date. The manufacturer is no more then so much the hat. Again, costs are saved.

The above considerations lead to the step that Android is increasingly "built" in mobile devices. This leads to Adam Riese (and Eva Klein ) To a higher prevalence of the Google OS. A higher spread but also makes the operating system for app developers more attractive. At the moment there is according to Wikipedia, about 30,000 apps in the Android Market. Natural tendency to rise. More apps, of course, increase the interest of customers for a terminal with Android. Finally, there is something worth if you have an ample selection of apps to expand the unit after your purchase.
We are practically in a cycle: higher proliferation -> more apps -> more customers -> higher spread.

And the spread has already become high, even though the system has only been recently. But it's not just mobile phones. On other mobile devices like the Archos Internet Tablet or the day before yesterday on Scatterd präsentiertem WePad comes to Android applications. This makes it the universal operating system for mobile devices.

So we can say in summary that Google Android is a great coup succeeded. On the one hand, Google has a prestigious status of the matter, because they have developed Android. On the other hand, the market is driven so enormous, and not least mobile device manufacturers have a huge cost advantage of it.

Yesterday came on 3sat interesting programs on the Web. On the one hand there would be a new specialty that has the "natives of the World Wide Web," reports say those people who have grown up with the Internet. This show you can watch here:

http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/mediathek.php?obj=16669&mode=play

On the other hand was discussed yesterday Scobel in the program about the so-called free mentality of the Web. This Constanze were short by the Chaos Computer Club, Frank Schirrmacher of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and present Gisela Schmalz of the Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln. This show you can get here:

http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/mediathek.php?obj=16697&mode=play

Have fun watching!

New series of electrical reporter:

The days of free Internet surfing may soon be over. Countries like China and Iran already have monitor every click on their citizens and make rules, what pages they should and what not. But in Europe, the freedom of movement on the Web is in danger. In France, meanwhile users are punished with a ban on surfing when they are caught three times in illegal music sharing.
In Germany, should be established by the so-called virtual access law aggravation stop signs in front of child pornographic content. Even if this bill is temporarily shelved: Critics of these arrangements are concerned that it's only a matter of time until others are censored unliebige content such as computer or games of chance. Meanwhile, meet behind closed doors, the leading economic nations on "intellectual property" - are on their agenda and power locks on copyright violations. The Electric Reporter about censorship and its consequences.

Electric Reporter - Locked filtered, disconnected: the non-free network

Mark is from the power politics blog from a draft of a Commission of Inquiry. Who does not know what a Study Commission, which must either ask a Frenchman, or simply read on. Under a commission of inquiry is meant simply a working group to look after a highly polarizing issue at present and should develop solutions. In this case involves the issue of power politics. So it's not exactly surprising that the Enquete Commission of the name "Internet and digital society" bears.

Among other things, the Assembly, which consists of 13 members who write on these issues ( quote from web policies , Creative Commons is due!)

Culture and Media

• Strengthening the responsibility of media (providers and users)
• Changes in production, distribution and use of artistic works
• Raising awareness of the value of intellectual property
• Measures for the digital preservation of cultural heritage and its use
• Conservation and protection of media pluralism and

Economic, environmental

• Secure a viable competition to prevent dominant positions of individual firms
• Climatic, environmental and resource-efficient design of the Information Technology (Green IT)

Education and Research

• Promotion of media literacy, media education in schools, universities and education and training
• International Cooperation in Research and Science
• Strategies to overcome the digital divide (digital divide)
• Initiatives for free access to the results of publicly funded research (Open Access)
• Development and definition of open standards and standards

Law and indoor

• Security of a free and unrestricted access to the Internet for all users and information providers (net neutrality)
• Ensuring a trustworthy, efficient and secure Internet infrastructure (government protection against threats from inside and outside)
• Threats from computer and Internet crime, terrorism, espionage and sabotage
• Consumer Protection (abuse of mass warning letters, legal certainty in electronic commerce)
• Enforcement is justified and unjustified claims, even in the international legal framework
• Future of the right to informational self-determination
• Protection of individual rights
• Legal and technical requirements for data protection and data security (for private companies, particularly social networks, cyber-bullying, privacy enhancing technologies)
• Reality and implementation of child protection (eg, different international legal norms)
• Consequences of the convergence of media and telecommunications providers
• Further development of these areas of law, and in the interaction of federal and state law and having regard to the European regulatory framework

Society and democracy

• Development of public services (eGovernment)
• Strategies for open access to government information (Open Data)
• Sociological effects (digital immigrants and digital natives)
• Opportunities for new forms of citizen participation (e-petitions, local government)

Interesting points on each Falldie open access points, network neutrality, OPen data and the relevant points regarding the copyright. More than these sub-themes are unfortunately not yet known. For more information, but tomorrow will see the light of the world.

Whether this is but a turning point in the old power politics now finally, I dare simply times to doubt. The CDU has been unfortunately shown little insight, and the FDP is too shy. I'm still excited.