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Finnish ISP started blocking The Pirate Bay
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnischer ISP sperrt The Pirate Bay | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_Finnischer_ISP_sperrt_The_Pirate_Bay?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] On 9 January 2012, the Helsinki Enforcement authority obligated Finnish ISP Elisa to execute the court ruling that it had to block access to The Pirate Bay from its network. This is the latest phase in an ongoing legal fight […]
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Dutch Internet providers forced to block The Pirate Bay
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländische ISPs zur Sperre von The Pirate Bay gezwungen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_Niederlaendische_ISPs_zur_Sperre_von_The_Pirate_Bay_gezwungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] In its judgement of 11 January 2012, the Court of The Hague granted Dutch copyright enforcement organisation Brein’s request to order Dutch internet providers Ziggo and XS4ALL to block access to The Pirate Bay. This is the […]
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Support EDRi!
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Unterstützen Sie EDRi | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Unterstuetzen_Sie_EDRi?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] Increasingly, your digital freedom is under threat. And unfortunately, mostly as a result of European rules. Europe agreed to transfer your travel data wholesale to the US. Europe obliged your telephone provider to store your location, sometimes for up to two years. And […]
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German web blocking law repealed
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsches Netzsperrengesetz außer Kraft gesetzt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Deutsches_Netzsperrengesetz_ausser_Kraft_gesetzt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] After more than two years of discussions and opposition, on 1 December 2011, the German Parliament has finally taken the decision to drop the Access Impediment Act, the law that proposed blocking access to websites deemed to have child pornographic content. […]
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A fair Internet for all?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ein gerechtes Internet für alle? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Ein_gerechtes_Internet_fuer_alle?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] On 1 December 2011, the European Parliament’s European People’s Party (EPP) group presented their strategy paper “A fair Internet for all – Strengthening Our Citizens’ Rights and Securing a Fair Business Environment in the Internet”. In this webstreamed hearing, the MEPs […]
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EDRi transparency complaint to EU Ombudsman
EDRi launches complaint on lack of transparency of European Parliament on ACTA Over the past six months, EDRi has made repeated requests to the European Parliament for access to ACTA documents. Despite having voted not fewer than four times in favour of more transparency in this dossier, the Parliament has consistently refused our applications. Regrettably, […]
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Press statement and FAQ: Scarlet/Sabam Ruling a vital victory for Internet freedoms
Court of Justice of the European Union 24 November 2011, Scarlet vs SABAM, C-70/10 Press statement and FAQ Today the Court of justice of the European Union ruled that a proposed measure ordering an Internet service provider to install a system of filtering of all electronic communications and blocking certain content in order to protect […]
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European Parliament warns of global dangers of US domain revocation proposals
Responding to an intervention by EDRi (video, speech (PDF) at a hearing recently on attacks against computer systems, the European Parliament today adopted, by a large majority, a resolution on the upcoming EU/US summit stressing “the need to protect the integrity of the global internet and freedom of communication by refraining from unilateral measures to […]
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EDRi Responds to BEREC's Consultation on Net Neutrality and Transparency
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi’s Stellungnahme zur Konsultation über Netzneutralität und Transparenz | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.22_EDRis_Stellungnahme_zur_Konsultation_ueber_Netzneutralitaet_und_Transparenz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111116] Net Neutrality is at the centre of the debate in almost every European institution. The European Commission has been looking at this topic for more than a year now and is moving more and more away from its […]
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Why you should care about ACTA
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a plurilateral agreement which proposes international standards for enforcement of intellectual property rights. The Agreement, negotiated by a handful of countries1 in coordination with certain parts of industry, is controversial in both process and substance. If ratified, it will have major implications for freedom of expression, access to culture […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 9.21, 2 November 2011
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Four strikes against web blocking in Brussels
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Brüssel: “Four Strikes” gegen Netzsperren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Bruessel_Four_Strikes_gegen_Netzsperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] Last week, the European Parliament took its final vote on the proposed Directive on Child Sexual Exploitation. Parliamentarians voted for a compromise text which rejected the European Commission’s proposal to make web blocking mandatory across the EU. The final text creates […]
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