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Mazda Receives Japan's First Human Rights Merit Award

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2008-02-25 09:09:51 by HASH0x8c95de4 in Fareastgizmos.com
...Rights Merit Award by Japans Ministry of Justice and the National Federation of Consultative Assemblies of Civil Liberties Commissioners. The award was established in fiscal year (FY) 2006 to recognize significant achievements in the field of human rights protection by an individual or an organization. The award was handed out for the first...
 
 
 
 
 
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Malay rights By Shaik Rizal Sulaiman

2008-09-14 09:40:00 by Peter Tam in Destined to Reign
 
...rights and bumiputera rights because the very nature of our local politics is sadly racially biased In this day and age, a great nation is built upon joint success stories, meritocracy and the combined hard work of its people WITHOUT any fear or favour of racial biased politics governing our daily policies I am below 40 and as much as I...
 
 
 
 
 
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Clueless Security Guards And Police Harass Photographers. What Rights Do We Have?

2008-04-21 06:28:00 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
 
...rights, even if those rights are still enshrined in law. Remember that social pressure is a much greater force than the law: Legislation isn't what stopped drink-driving and made seatbelt wearing a success. It was peer pressure It's not just the police, either. Back in December of last year, a man riding an escalator in London's Waterloo...
 
 
 
 
 
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Is File Sharing Illegal If Rights Owner Says It's Okay to Share?

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2008-10-08 07:30:47 by geeksugar in geeksugar -- Geek is chic.
...rights to the film, anyone trying to download the film from across the pond will be subjected to copyright infringement . Michael's reasoning on the file sharing issue is this: "What are 'geographical rights'? I'll say it for the hundredth time: If I buy a book and read it, and then give you the book to read, I have broken no laws. Why is...
 
 
 
 
 
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Apple Giving $100,000 to Oppose Anti-Gay Marriage Proposition in CA [Civil Rights]

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2008-10-24 14:22:38 by Adam Frucci in Gizmodo
...rights, is putting its money where its mouth is, donating $100,000 to the group No on Prop 8. Proposition 8 is a ballot initiative in California that would deny the rights of same-sex couples to marry. Kudos, Apple Apple is joining Google in publicly opposing proposition 8. It has a history of supporting same-sex couples, as well Apple was...
 
 
 
 
 
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Europe Says Net Banning Is a Violation of "Civil Liberties and Human Rights" [Net Neutrality]

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2008-04-11 11:20:00 by Wilson Rothman in Gizmodo
...rights and with the principles of proportionality, effectiveness and dissuasiveness, such as the interruption of internet access." The vote royally pissed off the EU's RIAA-equivalent, the IFPI. Even still, the vote itself may not result in any kind of safe haven for, uh, P2P "enthusiasts Though the European Parliament has plenty of power,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Comcast Wants a P2P Bill of Rights: Should You Be Excited or Afraid? [Comcast]

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2008-04-15 18:33:00 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...rights and responsibilities that would cover ISPs and users and "clarify what choices and controls consumers should have...as well as what processes and practices ISPs should use to manage P2P applications." Furthermore, as they stated earlier, Comcast is pushing for protocol agnostic management , more bandwidth and more transparency. Sounds...
 
 
 
 
 
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EA Mobile acquires rights to Deal or no Deal

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2008-08-16 08:20:37 by Ben Robinson in IntoMobile
...rights to the popular moneyed-quiz game Deal or No Deal. They snapped up the rights from Endemol, who we all know as the creator of Big Brother. Interestingly, Gameloft had previously owned the Mobile rights, where the game had become a top-seller. So this is a major coup for the EA execs involved I am not sure whether the entire reader-base...
 
 
 
 
 
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Do We Need a Digital Bill of Rights?

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2008-10-06 21:29:49 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...Rights to serve as "a consistent policy governing everything from Internet Protocol regulations to intellectual property on the Web The Digital Freedom Campaign focuses on the first three issues laid out in the TechCrunch piece -- "The Right to Use and Reuse Content," "The Right to Control Digital Property On Your Own Device" and "The Right...