Icelandic Digital Freedom Society

The Icelandic Digital Freedom Society (Icelandic abbreviation: FSFÍ), and also known as the Icelandic Society for Digital Freedoms, is an association aimed at providing legal support for digital freedoms in Iceland.[1] FSFÍ is based out of Reykjavík, Iceland and was co-founded by Smári McCarthy,[2] Tryggvi Björgvinsson, Hallgrímur H. Gunnarsson, Steinn E. Sigurðarson and Freyr G. Ólafsson.[3][4]

History

Founded in early 2008,[1][5] FSFÍ started the annual Reykjavík Digital Freedoms Conference in 2008 and organized the annual Nordic Perl Workshop in November 2010.[6][7]

Projects

Reykjavík Digital Freedoms Conference

The RDFC, "A Conference on Open Access and Digital Rights", is an annual conference held in Reykjavík, Iceland. RDFC has hosted prominent speakers such as Glyn Moody [8] and John Perry Barlow [9]

Icelandic Modern Media Initiative
Main article: Icelandic Modern Media Initiative

The notion of the IMMI was first considered at the FSFÍ's first Reykjavík Digital Freedoms Conference in 2008.[2]

Creative Commons Iceland

Initiated in December 2009 with the University of Reykjavík: School of Law,[10] CC Iceland was formed to promote free culture in Iceland through the use of the Creative Commons legal framework.[11]

References
  1. FSFÍ. "About FSFÍ". Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  2. Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir (10 February 2011). "Information Without Borders?". Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  3. Smári McCarthy Tweet on Twitter
  4. Smári McCarthy Correction Tweet on Twitter
  5. RDFC (8 February 2012). "Call for presentations". Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  6. Tryggvi Björgvinsson (16 March 2010). "Nordic Perl Workshop - CfP". Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  7. "Call for Papers". Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  8. Glyn Moody (14 May 2012). "Before and After SOPA". Computerworld UK. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  9. "John Perry Barlow On The Right To Know Video of Reykjavik". WittySparks. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  10. "CC Iceland Roadmap". Creative Commons. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  11. Tryggvi Björgvinsson (12 November 2010). "Creative Commons Ísland". Retrieved 28 June 2012.
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