CONTENTS Executive Summary SECTION ONE: LICENSING IS THE SOLUTION1.

Open Rights Group The Open Rights Group (ORG) welcomes the Greater London Returning Officer (GLRO) having taken up the recommendation by ORG and the Electoral Commission to examine the cost benefit of manual versus electronic counting of ballots.

PDF (160kb) of submission to OFCOM Dear Sir, We would like to raise an objection to the BBC/Ofcom consultation of Sept 3rd 2009, “Enquiry to Ofcom from BBC Free to View Ltd concerning its DTT High Definition Licence”.

Published 10 August 2009 1.

Published 6 February 2009 We hope the anger of groups representing consumers, citizens and information professionals did not escape the notice of the UKIPO at the launch of this consultation in London’s Institute of the Contemporary Arts in December 2008.

30 October 2008 Introduction When the Gowers Review was published in December 2006, the Open Rights Group welcomed it as “the most important critique of intellectual property in the UK of recent years”1.

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Published 21 May 2009.

Published 10 July 2009.

03 April 2009 Executive Summary The Digital Rights Agency discussion paper is a flawed approach to public engagement and undermines the legitimacy of the Digital Britain consultation.

Published 21 March 2009 ACTION 10In the final report we will examine measures needed to address the challenges for digital content in more detail, including opportunities for providing further support to foster UK creative ambition and alternative funding mechanisms to advertising revenues.

Comments published 4 March 2009.

Google Book Search Settlement European Commission Information HearingSubmission of the Open Rights Group 24 August 2009 1.

11 August 2008 The Green Paper on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy represents an important opportunity to update European copyright law to maximise social welfare and citizens’ opportunities in the information society.

Published 8 April 2008 Introduction The Open Rights Group exists to defend the interests of citizens and consumers in the digital age.

Data Sharing Review: a consultation on the use and sharing of personal information in the public and private sectors 8 February 2008 Introduction   In a speech to the UK e-Summit in November 2002, Tony Blair, then Prime Minister, outlined his intention to harness the power of information technology to create “a new relationship between citizen and state”1.

Electronic Voting: A challenge to democracy?

Published 15 July 2009.

Contents Chair’s foreword About the Open Rights Group Digital Rights Issues Achievements this year The year ahead How you can help Financial Report Appendices Chair’s Forward Open Rights Group is a wonderful, spontaneous creation of the people who most care about the information age.

Table of content Chair’s Foreword About the Open Rights Group How ORG started Digital rights issues Achievements in our first two years Data retention Digital Rights Management Gowers Review and copyright term extension Electronic voting Bedding into the grassroots Creating tools for future campaigners Getting voices heard Working with the media The year ahead New issues Building the organisation How you can help ORG Support ORG Volunteer Standing Order form Financial Report Treasurer’s statement Accounts: Income and expenditure Accounts: Balance sheet Accounts: Notes to the accounts Independent Examiner’s report Appendix I: ORG people Appendix II: Company information Appendix III: Publications Chair’s Foreword Little more than two years ago, what is now the Open Rights Group (ORG) was just an idea in the heads of half-a-dozen individuals.