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Deutsch: Österreichische Big Brother Awards 2011
The 13th consecutive Austrian Big Brother Awards were held in Vienna's Rabenhof Theatre on 25 October 2011. Entrance had to be closed an hour before starting, the theatre was already packed then. 350+ people watched the show inside, many more saw the live stream or assembled at public viewings in Vienna, Graz and Linz.
The event was moderated by Austrian comedian Dieter Chmelar, accompanied by a fantastic showband, plus two more live music acts on stage. The laudators ranged from the chief editor of Austria's largest weekly magazine to distinguished university professors. VIPs on stage: Juan Manuel Biain, director of the movie "Article 12", James Vasile presenting the Freedom Box and Peter Franck, president of the Chaos Computer Club.
The naming and shaming ceremony was accompanied by fits of laughter and applause. The indispensable booos broke the 100 dB level, when Austrian tabloid press veteran and declared enemy of privacy, Wolfgang Fellner, was awarded a BBA coming with the title "grandpa of incest journalism." The other losers who won: the CEO of Telekom Austria, the Ministers of Interior and Justice, the head of the anti-terror police unit, a lifelong menace award was cashed in by Mark Zuckerberg. The "Defensor Libertatis" was awarded to Max Schrems & Austrian commilitones, for the "Europe versus Facebook" campaign.
The 13th Austrian BBAs were organized by EDRi-member quintessenz and supported by a gallant crowd of individuals from other organizations like VIBE!, the Austrian anti Data Retention platform, no-pnr.org, artists & c.
Nominations for BBA Austria 2011 (only in German)
http://www.bigbrotherawards.at/2011/nominieren.php
Photo Gallery
http://www.300dpi.at/bba11/
Europe vs Facebook
http://europe-v-facebook.org/EN/en.html
(Contribution by Erich M.- EDRi-member quintessenz - Austria)