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DFRI asks EP President Schulz for missing ACTA documents
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [DFRI verlangt fehlende ACTA-Dokumente von EP-Präsident Schulz | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_DFRI_verlangt_fehlende_ACTA-Dokumente_von_EP-Praesident_Schulz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] Swedish EDRi-member DFRI (Föreningen för digitala fri- och rättigheter) has asked the president of the European Parliament about a question from the Court of Justice of the European Union to the Commission that, according to a Commission spokesperson, made […]
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European consumers attitudes on privacy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Einstellung europäischer Verbraucher zum Datenschutz | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Einstellung_europaeischer_Verbraucher_zum_Datenschutz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] Some interesting results from a quantitative and qualitative analysis made by the EU-funded CONSENT project to find out about the consumers’ attitudes awareness of privacy issues online and service providers’ practices were presented at the final conference of the project, that […]
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Swedish police to increase its fight against file-sharing
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schwedische Polizei will härter gegen File-Sharer vorgehen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Schwedische_Polizei_will_haerter_gegen_File-Sharer_vorgehen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] In a recent report, Sweden’s National Police Board proposes measures meant to increase its performance in fighting copyright infringements, as a result of meetings with entertainment company rightsholders. The changes proposed include the creation of a team focused on […]
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Privacy campaign materials
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Materialien zur Datenschutz-Kampagne | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Materialien_zur_Datenschutz-Kampagne?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] There are countless half-truths and misconceptions spreading about the proposed data protection reform. EDRi has therefore decided to produce a broad range of materials about the most worrying problems. The mythbusting series seeks to correct the many myths surrounding this legislative reform. The […]
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DMCA take down requests to DMCA take down requests
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google soll Löschanträge löschen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Google_soll_Loeschantraege_loeschen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] Google has recently refused to comply with the take down requests sent by several copyright holders asking for the taking down of their own take down requests (under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act – DMCA) which have now reached almost 20 […]
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Licences for Europe: Request to broaden the discussions
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Licences for Europe: Die Diskussion muss breiter werden | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Licences_for_Europe_Die_Diskussion_muss_breiter_werden?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] In December 2012, the European Commission announced a stakeholder dialogue to discuss innovative solution to improve cross-border access to online content. The stated aim of the initiative was to work with stakeholders on modernising copyright while the Commission […]
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French intelligence wants Wikipedia to delete online content
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französischer Geheimdienst verlangt Löschung eines Wikipedia-Artikels | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Franzoesischer_Geheimdienst_verlangt_Loeschung_eines_Wikipedia-Artikels?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] The Wikimedia Foundation was asked on 4 March 2013, by French spy agency Direction Centrale du Renseignement Intérieur (DCRI), to remove its article in French “Station hertzienne militaire de Pierre sur Haute” (the military station of Pierre sur Haute) considered […]
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Self-regulation: Irish police database – “some sort of social media”
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Selbstregulierung: Irische Polizeidatenbank – quasi ein “soziales Netzwerk” | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Selbstregulierung_Irische_Polizeidatenbank_quasi_ein_soziales_Netzwerk?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] Alan Shatter, the Irish Minister of Justice, has demanded an end to the abuse of the PULSE police database. In a sharply worded speech to the Association of Garda [Irish police] Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) conference, he said […]
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A few days left to answer the IPRED consultation
On 30 March 2013, the consultation on the intellectual property rights enforcement directive (IPRED) will be over. This means that you have three more days to let the European Commission know your thoughts on the current enforcement of copyright in the European Union. The European Commission now wants to evaluate the efficiency of the current […]
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Civil society wants no intellectual property provisions in TAFTA
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Zivilgesellschaft gegen Urheberrechtsbestimmungen in TAFTA | /EDRigram_11.6_Zivilgesellschaft_gegen_Urheberrechtsbestimmungen_in_TAFTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130327] More than 45 civil society organisations from US and Europe, including EDRi, ask that the proposed EU-US trade agreement called Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) should exclude any provisions related to patents, copyright, trademarks, or other forms of so-called “intellectual property”. […]
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Slovenia: Information Commissioner challenges the data retention law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Slowenien: Datenschutzbeauftragter stellt Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Frage | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.6_Slowenien_Datenschutzbeauftragter_stellt_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_in_Frage?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130327] The Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia challenged on 19 March 2013 the national implementation of data retention directive before the Constitutional Court. The Information Commissioner holds that the data retention provisions of the Act on Electronic Communications (ZEKom-1), […]
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Spain: New draft law to increase copyright infringements penalties
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Urheberrecht in Spanien: Neuer Vorstoß für höhere Strafen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.6_Urheberrecht_in_Spanien_Neuer_Vorstoss_fuer_hoehereStrafen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130327] The Spanish Council of Ministers approved on 22 March 2013 the draft reform of the Intellectual Property Law, also known as Lassalle law, which is meant to punish more harshly some breaches of intellectual property rights. According to […]
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