Digital Economy

Bulletin
www.deappg.co.uk

21st March 2011

hoc@deappg.co.uk

DEAPPG News:
David Cameron’s Google model
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/14/cameron-copyright-review-google-model-small-outfits-wary
Face book and Twitter Stats
http://govinthelab.com/the-growth-of-facebook-and-twitter-in-the-united-states/
Coalition bring in new rules for APPGs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/feb/24/coalition-lobbyists-all-party-groups
Big Society, Libraries and …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/24/library-closures-challenge-campaigners
Culture Ministers meet creative industries, music and…
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1044311&c=1

DEAPPG Next Meetings:

DEAPPG/Consumer Focus Event: ACS Law and the #deact
Portcullis House The Thatcher Room, Tuesday 22nd March 4.00-6.00pm
Panel: Saskia Walzel (Consumer Focus), Michael Forrester (Ralli solicitors), Francis Davey (Barrister) and
Being Threatened. Chair: Eric Joyce MP
DEAPPG Event: Net Neutrality, Opportunities and Challenges.
HoC Committee Room 19, 29th March 6.30-8.30pm
Panel: Jean-Jaque Sahel (Skype), Jim Killock (ORG), Dominique Lazanski (Big Brother Watch), Which?, Kip Meek
(Everything Everywhere) Julie Meyer (Ariadne Capital), James Heath (BBC)

DEAPPG Past Meetings:

DEAPPG/Google Event: What does Google know about you?
PH Thatcher Room March 7th, 6.30-8.30pm. Alma Whitten (Google) and Robert Halfon MP.
See our blog post: http://www.deappg.co.uk/108
See our YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu5kRxIMECc

DEAPPG/Consumer Focus Event: The Government’s IP Review and Fair Use

HoC Committee Room 8, March 8th 6.30-8.30pm
Panel: Saskia Walzel (Consumer Focus), Simon Indelicate (The Indelicates), Mike Wetherall MP, Jeff Lynn (coadec)
Chair: Lord Lucas See our blog post: http://www.deappg.co.uk/297
See our YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHaFuaxbC4E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdRbYch3tcs

DEAPPG/Institute Engineering and Technology (IET) Event: Free, Copyleft and the #deact
A presentation by Richard Stallman (Free software Foundation). PH March 8th 10-12am
See our YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvf25rtUynw

Eric Joyce MP DEAPPG Chair

ericjoycemp@gmail.com
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