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Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak without limitation.

Innovation is a new way of doing something or an introduction of something new.

International means involvement or an interaction between more than one country.

Network Transparency refers to the ability of a protocol to transmit data over the network in a manner which is transparent or invisible to those using the applications that are using the protocol.

Intellectual Property reffers to a number of distinct types of legal monopolies over creations of the mind, both commercial and artistic, and also the corresponding fields of law.

Internet privacy consists of privacy over the media of the Internet: it is the ability to control what information one reveals about oneself over the Internet, and to control who can access that information.

Derived from the Greek word anonymia, meaning "without a name" or "namelessness".

It is a set of status bits (or a "flag") sent in the data stream of a digital television program that indicates whether or not the data stream can be recorded, or if there are any restrictions on recorded content.

It describes radio technologies which carry information as a digital signal, by means of a digital modulation method.

It is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital rather than an analog video signal.

It is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multi-media (audio, video), documents, or electronic books. It may be implemented in a variety of storage, transmission, and distribution models.

It is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state (national government) to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention.

Global Network Initiative (GNI) is a non-governmental organization with the dual goals of preventing Internet censorship by authoritarian governments and protecting the Internet privacy rights of individuals.

Cell Tracking or Mobile Phone tracking tracks the current position of a mobile phone even on the move. To locate the phone, it must emit at least the roaming signal to contact the next nearby antenna tower, but the process does not require an active call.

Digital book or an E-book is an electronic version of a printed book which can be read on a personal computer or hand-held device designed specifically for this purpose.

It is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web.

It is a social structure made of individuals (or organizations) called "nodes," which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.

Bloggers are entitled to free speech. Bloggers have the right to political speech.

Bloggers have the right to political speech

Digital rights management (DRM) is a generic term for access control technologies that can be used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to impose limitations on the usage of digital content and devices.

Network neutrality is a principle proposed for user access networks participating in the Internet that advocates no restrictions on content, sites, or platforms, on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and on the modes of communication allowed, as well as communication that is not unreasonably degraded by other traffic.

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral trade agreement for establishing international standards on intellectual-property-rights enforcement throughout the participating countries.

This newly drafted treaty gives broadcasters (not creators or copyright holders) the right to tie up the use of audiovisual material for 50 years after broadcasting it, even if the programs are in the public domain, Creative Commons licensed, or not copyrightable.

RFID is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves

NSA is receiving wholesale copies of their telephone and other communications records. All of these surveillance activities are in violation of the privacy safeguards established by Congress and the U.S. Constitution

Wipo is an UN agency responsible for treaties involving copyright, patent, and trademark laws.

Yahoo, Google, MSN.

Facebook, Friendster, Twitter,

Freedom of Information Act

Center for Democracy and Technology.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the UN agency responsible for treaties involving copyright, patent, and trademark laws. WIPO can be a force for progressive change, helping the world take into account public interest and development needs.