Posts Tagged “Colombia”
What do free trade agreements have to do with your ability listen to music online? A lot more than you would expect…
by Digital Rights LAC on July 30, 2014
By, Tyler Snell* A growing pernicious trend that is greatly affecting digital policy around the world is called “policy laundering” – the use of secretive international trade agreements to pressure countries to commit to restrictive or overly broad laws that would not ordinarily pass a transparent, democratic process. Not (…) Leer Artículo »
Civil society’s role in the Internet Governance debate
by Digital Rights LAC on June 30, 2014
By Amalia Toledo* A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to organize and moderate a panel discussion at the Online Freedom Coalition (FOC) conference, which took place in Tallinn, Estonia, from 28 to 29 April 2014. The panel “Experiences of Civil Society to nurture the international debate on (…) Leer Artículo »
Access to Information Act in Colombia, A Citizen Achievement
by Digital Rights LAC on May 5, 2014
On March 6, 2014 the President of Colombia approved the Access to Public Information Act. This norm contains a number of international standards on this fundamental right and stems from an initiative of the civil society alliance, More Information More Rights. By Emmanuel Vargas* Access to information in Colombia has (…) Leer Artículo »
Collaborations*
by Digital Rights LAC on April 2, 2014
At the end of last year, I traveled to India to share my time with organizations working on issues related to the ones we work on at Karisma Foundation: human rights in digital environments, including issues of copyright, privacy and access to knowledge issues. This article summarizes some reflections and (…) Leer Artículo »
[2013 Assessment] Freedom of speech in Colombia
by Digital Rights LAC on January 28, 2014
In Digital Rights LAC, we asked to different specialists in the region about their personal appraisal in digital rights issues. This is the case of Emmanuel Vargas of Colombia, to whom we asked what balance left 2013 and what we can expect for 2014 on content blocking in Colombia? Here (…) Leer Artículo »
[2013 Assessment] Copyright in Colombia
by Digital Rights LAC on January 28, 2014
At Digital Rights LAC we wanted to ask different specialists in the region about their personal appraisals on digital rights issues. This is the case of Carolina Botero from Colombia. We asked her what the main achievements were regarding the “exceptions and limitations to copyright” and what direction these discussions (…) Leer Artículo »
[2013 Assessment] Internet Governance in Colombia
by Digital Rights LAC on January 28, 2014
At Digital Rights LAC we wanted to ask different specialists in the region about their personal appraisals on digital rights issues. This is the case of Gloria Meneses from Colombia. We asked her what the main achievements were of 2013, regarding the work of civil society in that country in (…) Leer Artículo »
The (Forgotten) Public Domain
by Digital Rights LAC on December 21, 2013
January 1st marks the Public Domain Day, but what we celebrate this day? Are we celebrating not knowing what we have in the public domain? Or, perhaps, the next copyright reform, in where the terms of protection, once again will surely increase? By David Ramirez Ordoñez* The Public Domain: Brief (…) Leer Artículo »
Culture of Webbots or artisans? Critical reflections on free culture
by Digital Rights LAC on September 19, 2013
A retweet, reblog, “like,” among others, are like a balm for the generation of instant gratification where an additional content – whether free or not – becomes a collection element. By Luis Fernando Medina* In the following writing, I seek to explore in a very intuitive and concise manner, and (…) Leer Artículo »
Human Rights in the Digital Age, the Discussion in the Colombian Case
by Digital Rights LAC on August 27, 2013
Do we lose human rights when we log in to the Internet? What are the new nuances that take on this debate? Experts from four countries met to deliberate on the Colombian case on the conference “Human Rights in the Digital Age.” Por Nathalie Espitia, Fundación Karisma* The conference took (…) Leer Artículo »
The Region Is Preparing for the Internet Governance Forum
by Digital Rights LAC on August 27, 2013
From 27th to 29th of August, the Sixth Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be held in Cordoba, Argentina, a discussion space where, in addition for best practice sharing, it will serve to raise issues and challenges implicated in building this great new public space that (…) Leer Artículo »
Communications surveillance system in Colombia undermines human rights
by Digital Rights LAC on July 17, 2013
The advanced government surveillance systems manifest the excessive technological power of States and the fragility of our human rights before new information and communication technologies. Colombia recently adopted legal measures designed to authorize and organize mass communication surveillance on the Internet, putting at risk the human rights of its citizens. (…) Leer Artículo »
