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| Financial Firms Drown Privacy When They Offshore Their Backoffices |
| Mar
04, 2004, 16:48:
...a letter I wrote to the Inman News,
a real estate industry newsletter, regarding an article on
oursourcing. Some of the assertions regarding privacy and security
strike me as either ingenuous or dangerously naive.
Letter and original article archived on Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list
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| Dutch Gov't Wants to Shutdown Pirate Radio Before It Can be Legalized |
| Mar
04, 2004, 16:48:
On May 23, The Dutch government auctioned off radio frequencies to the highest bidders as part of their new Zerobase Radio Frequency Policy. As a result only the biggest, most commercially and mainstream oriented stations are able to exploit Dutch radio frequencies for the eight year term of the licenses. The auction was preceded by "Project Etherflits" in March -- a crackdown on pirate radio stations which are technically illegal but were previously tolerated. Studio equipment was confiscated and large fines imposed on the operators. Most stations have now been forced off the air.
The ZeroBase Policy acknowledges only two kinds of radio: public and commercial. Any radio formats that don't fit within either of these categories have in effect become criminal organizations and can never be granted a legal broadcasting permit. And even the most successful pirate stations don't have the financial or legal resources required to apply for a legal permit if they were allowed to do so under the current policy.
Full article in Kuro5hin
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