Romania to auction four 3G licenses

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Procedure for 3G Licenses in Romania
Approved

Procedure for 3G Licenses in Romania
Approved 07/23/2004 06:21 AM
3G Jul 23 2004 9:12AM GMT

Bulgaria to Auction Two 3G Mobile
Operator Licenses

Bulgaria to Auction Two 3G Mobile
Operator Licenses 07/22/2004 01:03 PM
Bulgarian news network Jul 22 2004 3:55PM GMT

"E-GSM Romania"

"E-GSM Romania" 09/21/2004 08:33 PM

Goodbye Romania

Goodbye Romania 09/17/2004 11:42 PM
Warning - by visiting this site, you will destroy it. Each visit will remove one pixel from these photographs. However, we will tell you a story. It's a story about Romania, which is to say, it's a story about change.

EU backs Bulgaria and Romania bid

EU backs Bulgaria and Romania bid 04/13/2005 08:53 AM
The European Parliament backs the 2007 admission of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU, subject to reforms.

Sheila Writes from Romania

Sheila Writes from Romania 05/30/2004 02:45 PM
My wife Sheila writes from an Internet café in the southern Carpathians...

(Now there’s a sentence I never expected to type!)

Football: Romania triumph

Football: Romania triumph 04/28/2004 05:38 PM
Germany are beaten 5-1 in Romania - plus a round-up of Wednesday's friendlies.

Romania 3G trials expand

Romania 3G trials expand 08/21/2004 07:43 AM
Telecoms.com Aug 21 2004 10:17AM GMT

First 3G network launched in Romania

First 3G network launched in Romania 04/18/2005 06:06 PM
DMeurope.com Apr 18 2005 8:57PM GMT

Nokia, Alcatel to run 3G tests in
Romania

Nokia, Alcatel to run 3G tests in
Romania 08/20/2004 08:30 AM
InvestRomania Aug 20 2004 12:38PM GMT

Romania curbs foreign adoptions

Romania curbs foreign adoptions 06/16/2004 03:40 AM
Romania bows to EU calls and restricting foreigners adopting its oprhans but the US says the ban is a tragedy.

Intel to opens rep office in Romania

Intel to opens rep office in Romania 05/27/2004 10:45 AM
InvestRomania May 27 2004 1:21PM GMT

Lorry blast kills 13 in Romania

Lorry blast kills 13 in Romania 05/24/2004 07:30 AM
At least 13 people, including rescuers, die when a lorry carrying fertiliser blows up after a road accident.

Living replica of set for TV show
"Dallas" -- in Romania

Living replica of set for TV show
"Dallas" -- in Romania 07/12/2004 02:11 PM
Blogger and journalist Emmanuelle Richard just got back from Romania, where she photoblogged these incredible snapshots< /a> of what must be the Nth great wonder of the world -- a gigantic, sprawling replica of the set of the TV show "Dallas." Even Larry Hagman said it's a perfect match of the real thing, according to Emmanuelle:

The florid theme park is not as glorious as it used to be! "Southforkscu" as locals call it was opened in 1996 in Slobozia, South-Est of Bucharest, by the King of Romanian cheddar, Ilie Alexandru: he's one these egomaniac and corrupt nouveau-riche entrepreneurs typical of post-Communist Eastern European countries. It's like a cross between an amusement park and a luxury resort. Originally, visitors could tour the ranch, ride horses, swim in the swimming pools, visit a small zoo, enjoy the lake and climb the 50 meters Eiffel Tower. And of course, spend a night in the Dallas ranch. Larry Hagman even visited! But Alexandru went to jail for fraud. A string of investors have failed to revive the place. One of them, a Russian dude even painted the ranch in ORANGE! The zoo is closed, the horses are gone... The Romanian hotel chain now in charge wants to remodel it, open a night-club. We interviewed the manager - pure Commie style, just unbelievable. I don't have much faith in this guy's management!

This artist Sean Snyder produced an exhibit about the esthetics of the place "Script For Dallas Southfork In Hermes Land, Slobozia, Romania (2001)" It went to Paris and Berlin (Link). This page contains details about the place and a pic of the ranch before the paint job. It's quite surreal, especially when you see the Eiffel Tower from the road, behind rows of cornfields.

Link to Emmanuelle's moblog, Link to related gallery exhibit, and more on the moblog of Emmanuelle's husband and travel companion, journalist/blogger Matt Welch: Link 1, Link 2.

Romania Declares Victory in Fight
Against AIDS

Romania Declares Victory in Fight
Against AIDS 02/10/2004 11:52 PM
Romania is now being cited as a model of how governments, drug companies and international agencies can bring AIDS under control.

Romania tackles rise in cyber-crime

Romania tackles rise in cyber-crime 12/27/2003 04:20 AM
BBC Dec 27 2003 4:01AM ET

U.S. Women Win Silver; Romania Takes the
Gold

U.S. Women Win Silver; Romania Takes the
Gold 08/17/2004 05:17 PM
The Americans settled for silver Tuesday night, done in as much by their own sloppiness as Romania's superiority.

Ericsson and Siemens to test 3G
technology in Romania

Ericsson and Siemens to test 3G
technology in Romania 07/22/2004 01:09 AM
Southeast Europe Online Jul 22 2004 4:48AM GMT

The New Tech Outsourcing Leaders:
Bulgaria, Latvia and Romania?

The New Tech Outsourcing Leaders:
Bulgaria, Latvia and Romania? 03/28/2005 03:26 AM
Brainbench Opens up Testing for the Bench Games: Global Knowledge Testing Program Finds High Concentration of Technical Skills in Eastern Europe [PRWEB Mar 28, 2005]

Last of Ubiquitous Dacia Sedans Rolls
Off Assembly Line in Romania

Last of Ubiquitous Dacia Sedans Rolls
Off Assembly Line in Romania 07/21/2004 04:28 PM

Apr 19, 2005 07:40 AM GMT - Intel Corp,
Polish Fund Interested to Acquire 25% in
Siveco Romania - Media

Apr 19, 2005 07:40 AM GMT - Intel Corp,
Polish Fund Interested to Acquire 25% in
Siveco Romania - Media 04/19/2005 11:15 AM
See News Apr 19 2005 3:28PM GMT

Apr 11, 2005 02:52 PM GMT - Romania To
Award Third 3G Licence by End-2005

Apr 11, 2005 02:52 PM GMT - Romania To
Award Third 3G Licence by End-2005 04/11/2005 05:44 PM
See News Apr 11 2005 5:26PM GMT

The new licenses are here, the new
licenses are here!

The new licenses are here, the new
licenses are here! 05/25/2004 05:55 PM

I just updated the licenses on this blog to the new versions. Personally, I did it for the change in warranty provision. Check it out if you have any currently CC'd content, and update accordingly (it's just changing the URL path from 1.0 to 2.0 in your HTML) if you feel the changes are for the better as well.

looking into the new CC licenses

looking into the new CC licenses 05/26/2004 06:04 PM
seems like they're better in every regard. congrats to the commons crew.

Licenses Revoked

Licenses Revoked 08/12/2004 12:59 PM
California Supreme Court voids all San Francisco same-sex marriages . Said the mayor overstepped his authority and that the city violated the state law.

City art and CC licenses

City art and CC licenses 01/27/2004 05:01 AM

Over at the blog "A Month Full Of Wednesdays" I noticed a post describing a recent Minneapolis call for music and video to play in stations and a recent call for artwork for Cleveland's public transit. The post mentions an idea to extend Cleveland art requests to include audio for use in stations and the transit authority's hold system.

The author mentions that Creative Commons licenses would be a good idea to level the playing field and allow the municipal companies to share the music with others on their site freely. We can't help but agree; these projects calling for artwork, music, and video for public transportation ask creators to contribute their work for the good of the community, much like our licenses do for the good of a greater culture.

NEC Licenses USB On-The-Go for 3G Phones

NEC Licenses USB On-The-Go for 3G Phones 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
3G Jan 21 2004 8:34AM GMT

RIM licenses to Motorola

RIM licenses to Motorola 04/21/2004 07:26 AM
Globe and Mail Apr 21 2004 11:41AM GMT

New books under CC licenses

New books under CC licenses 07/07/2004 11:05 AM
The German Heise-Verlag, a publishing house specializing in books and magazines on the IT industry, has adopted the CC licensing model. Two books are currently being offered as free downloads under the CC licenses. The first book, Mix, Burn & RIP (http://www.mixburnrip.de) by Janko Roettgers, looks into the future of the recording industry. The second book, Freie Netze: Geschichte, Politik und Kultur offener WLAN-Netze by Armin Medosch (http://www.freifunk.net/wiki/FreieNetze), deals with the rise of free community wifi networks in Europe and elsewhere. The two books serve as a good example of how the Creative Commons model is gradually conquering non-English speaking countries. The German licenses were launched on June 10 and have since been extensively discussed in a variety of different forums, the most important of which was an academic workshop at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin on June 24 (a summary of the workshop’s discussion with future lines of research will be posted soon).

Motorola Licenses RIM Technology

Motorola Licenses RIM Technology 04/21/2004 12:51 PM
Under a new licensing pact, Motorola devices can connect to RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

More Than 1,000 Gay Couples Seek
Licenses (AP)

More Than 1,000 Gay Couples Seek
Licenses (AP) 05/18/2004 11:43 AM
AP - More than 1,000 gay couples sought applications for marriage licenses on the first day Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex couples to legally wed, a survey of the largest cities and towns in the state by The Associated Press showed.

Tender for 3G licenses slated for Aug 31

Tender for 3G licenses slated for Aug 31 08/27/2004 01:35 PM
Budapest Business Journal Aug 27 2004 6:02AM GMT

how MT's new licenses work for Ari

how MT's new licenses work for Ari 05/18/2004 07:22 PM
the new license lets consultants do a lot of new services and installations for pay

Announcing (and explaining) our new 2.0
licenses

Announcing (and explaining) our new 2.0
licenses 05/25/2004 06:04 PM

Last night, after many months of gathering and processing great feedback from all of you, we turned on version 2.0 of the main Creative Commons licenses. The 2.0 licenses are very similar to the 1.0 licenses -- in aim, in structure, and, by and large, in the text itself. We've included, however, a few key improvements, thanks to your input. A quick list of new features follows. All section numbers refer to the Attr ibution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license. (Corresponding section numbers may vary across licenses.)

Attribution comes standard

Our web stats indicate that 97-98% of you choose Attribution, so we decided to drop Attribution as a choice from our license menu -- it's now standard. This reduces the number of licenses from eleven possible to six and makes the license selection user interface that much simpler. Important to remember: Attribution can always be disavowed upon licensor request, and pseudonymous and anonymous authorship are always options for a licensor, as before. If we see a huge uprising against the attribution-as-stock-feature, we'll certainly consider bringing it back as an option.

Link-back attribution clarified

Version 1.0 licenses did not carry any requirements to add hyperlinks as attribution. Under the 2.0 licenses, a licensor may require that licensees, to fulfill their attribution requirement, provide a link back to the licensor's work. Three conditions must be satisfied, though, before a licensee faces the linkback requirement: (1) linking back must be "reasonably practicable" -- you can't string me up for failing to link to a dead page, for example; (2) the licensor must specify a URL -- if you don't provide one specifically, i have no linkback obligation; (3) the link licensor provides must point to the copyright and licensing notice of the CC'd work -- in other words, licensors who abuse the linkback as an engine for traffic to unrelated sites don't enjoy linkback rights.

Synch rights clarified

The new licenses clarify when licensees may or may not synchronize musical CC'd works in timed-relation with a moving image. Basically, if a license allows derivatives, it allows the synching of music to video. If no derivs, no synching allowed. (See Sect ion 1b.)

Other music-specific rights clarified

The default rules for music-related copyrights can be particularly complicated, and the 2.0 licenses go to greater length to clarify how various CC license options affect music rights. In a nutshell: If you pick the "noncommercial" provision, you retain the right to collect royalties from BMI, ASCAP, or the equivalent for performance royalties; from Harry Fox or the equivalent for mechanicals; and from SoundExchange or the equivalent from webcasting compulsories. If you allow commercial re-use, you waive the exclusive rights to collect these various revenue streams. This is not a departure from the policy embodied in the 1.0 licenses -- these same results would be extrapolated by any reasonable interpretation. But 2.0 just makes it all clearer, and using the language of the profession. (See Sect ions 4e and 4f.) Note: This music-specific language marks the first time we've referred to any specific statutes in the generic CC licenses. This means that future iCommons licenses will have to do the same somewhat complicated mapping exercise for each respective jurisdiction.

Warranties? Up to licensors

Unlike the 1.0 licenses, the 2.0 licenses include language that makes clear that licensors' disclaim warranties of title, merchantibility, fitness, etc. As readers of this blog know by now, the decision to drop warranties as a standard feature of the licenses was a source of much organizational soul-searching and analytical thinking for us. Ultimately we were swayed by a two key factors: (1) Our peers, most notably, Karl Lenz, Dan Bricklin, and MIT. (2) The realization that licensors could sell warranties to risk-averse, high-exposure licensees interested in the due diligence paper trial, thereby creating nice CC business model. (See the Prelinger Archive for a great example of this free/fee, as-is/warranty approach.) You can find extensive discussion of this issue in previous posts on this blog. (See Sect ion 5.)

Share Alike Across Borders

Version 2.0 licenses that feature the Share Alike requirement now clarify that derivatives may be re-published under one of three types of licenses: (1) the exact same license as the original work; (2) a later version of the same license as the original work; (3) an iCommons license that contains the same license elements as the original work (e.g. BY-SA-NC, as defined in Sect ion 1 of each license). The version 1.0 licenses required that derivative be published under the exact same license only. Our tweak means much better compatibility across future jurisdiction-specific licenses and going forward across versions. Less forking, more fun. (See Sect ion 4b.)

Otherwise, Share Alike Means Share Alike

After much very strong and eloquent argument from our readers and supporters, and notwithstanding the increased flexibility of Share Alike in the iCommons context, we decided not to make the BY-NC-SA and plain BY-SA licenses compatible. If you take a work under BY-NC-SA 2.0 and make something new from it, for example, you can re-publish under BY-NC-SA Japan, or BY-NC-SA 7.4 (when that comes), but you cannot republish it under any other license or combine it with BY-SA content. Similarly, a derivative made from a work under BY-SA 2.0 may be published only under BY-SA 2.0, BY-SA (iCommons license), or BY-SA 9.1, but it can't be mixed with BY-NC-SA or other noncommercial content and republished.

Nifty new Some Rights Reserved button

Check out the button at the bottom of this page. Wouldn't that look good on your site? Time for an upgrade, cosmetic as well as legal?

Sony licenses VIA tech for PSP

Sony licenses VIA tech for PSP 08/31/2004 06:02 AM
Signs up S3TC

Atheros licenses technology from ARM

Atheros licenses technology from ARM 07/06/2004 05:03 PM
The move is meant to shorten the time it takes to get products to market.

BBC to use Creative Commons licenses

BBC to use Creative Commons licenses 05/26/2004 06:16 PM
Digital Lifestyles is reporting that Larry Lessig has been named to a BBC advisory board and that the BBC's Creative Archive project (which aims to put the BBC's archives online for non-commercial re-use) will use Creative Commons licenses:

Professor Lawrence Lessig, chair of the Creative Commons project was clearly excited: "The announcement by the BBC of its intent to develop a Creative Archive has been the single most important event in getting people to understand the potential for digital creativity, and to see how such potential actually supports artists and artistic creativity." He went to enthuse "If the vision proves a reality, Britain will become a centre for digital creativity, and will drive the many markets – in broadband deployment and technology – that digital creativity will support."

Link (Thanks, Simon!)

Samsung licenses PowerVR MBX

Samsung licenses PowerVR MBX 01/29/2004 09:58 AM
Imagination's deal with ARM pays off

Chinese 3G licenses to be delayed

Chinese 3G licenses to be delayed 09/16/2004 05:23 PM
Telecoms.com Sep 16 2004 8:26PM GMT
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