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1title: Prix Ars Electronica 2010
2date: 2010-05-17 11:29:00
3updated: 2010-05-17 12:05:29
4author: frankro
5tags: update, pressemitteilung
6
7You can create art and beauty with a computer. We are proud and happy to announce that the jury for the Digital Communities category of Prix Ars Electronica 2010 selected the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) for the Golden Nica.
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11Since its founding days the CCC is an organization, where hackers,
12artists and people interested in shaping the future and politics of the
13new digital domain meet and cooperate. Never the stereotypical "hacker
14club", the creation and facilitation of art and beauty has always been a
15core aspect.
16
17The CCC is organized in dozens of decentralized local clubs, each is
18running its own rooms for meeting, sharing, socializing and creative
19work – a concept that recently got known to a wider audience as
20Hackerspaces. With more than 2,300 members – mainly in the German
21speaking countries – the club is the largest association of hackers and
22digital creatives in Europe. With its wide network of local
23hackerspaces, the CCC has been an inspiration for many other hackers,
24makers and artists worldwide, who were encouraged to found their own
25digital creative space in the real world.
26
27In the political sphere, the CCC is a cristalization point for a
28broadening community of people whose daily life is increasingly being
29supported but also dominated by technology. Its technical expertise
30helped building the foundation for a number of groundbreaking decisions
31of Germany's constitutional court. The most important ones were the ban
32of voting computers in Germany, the new constitutional right to
33integrity and confidentiality of computer systems which blocked the
34government's wish to install trojan horse programs on suspects'
35computers, and the repealing of the data retention laws. Club members
36excert considerable influence on current digital policy debates like
37those on privacy, copyright and net neutrality.
38
39An important aspect of the CCC's activities is the organization of large
40events, that have evolved to be among the most important European
41meetingpoints for everyone active in the digital domain. We will keep up
42the good work!
43
44**Links:** [CCC
45Regional](http://www.ccc.de/regional "CCC Regional")[Hackerspaces
46Wiki](http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/ "Hackerspaces Wiki")[CCC Events
47Blog](http://events.ccc.de/ "CCC Events Blog")[Prix Ars Electronica
482010](http://www.aec.at/prix_history_de.php?year=2010 "CCC Events Blog")