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Total transparency on ACTA and TAFTA documents
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ACTA und TAFTA: Absolute Transparenz ist gefragt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_ACTA_und_TAFTA_Absolute_Transparenz_ist_gefragt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] In a letter sent to the president of the European Parliament, Linus Nordberg, a Swedish advocate, developer for Tor and representative of the EDRi-member Association for Digital Liberties from Sweden (Föreningen för digitala fri- och rättigheter – DFRI) asks […]
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ENDitorial: Porn, Parliament, Posturing, Politics and Privatised Policing
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Porno, Parlament, Gepose, Politik und privatisierte Rechtsdurchsetzung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] There was a lot of noise surrounding the proposed “porn ban” that was voted on this week (on 12 March 2013) in the European Parliament. The draft Resolution, adopted by the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee (FEMM), […]
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European Parliament considers a ban on “all pornography”, policed by private companies
The ridiculous efforts of certain companies to censor the Internet are already a serious cause for concern. This trend becomes even more worrying when such privatised censorship gets political support. Next week, the European Parliament votes on a non-binding resolution supporting a ban on “all forms of pornography” (paragraph 17), with online policing being done […]
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Mainstreaming digital rights in European policy-making – 10 years on
PRESS RELEASE On Monday 4 March, EDRi celebrated its 10th anniversary at the European Parliament in Brussels. To mark the occasion, EDRi held a meeting with European Commission Vice-President, Viviane Reding. The Vice-President is responsible for the Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship portfolio in the Commission. “As EU Commissioner in charge of the Information Society […]
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EDRi needs an intern!
European Digital Rights (EDRi) is an association of 32 digital civil rights organisations from 20 European countries. EDRi is a not-for-profit association. Our objectives are to promote, protect and uphold civil rights in the field of information and communication technology, such the rights to privacy, freedom of expression, communication, access to information and the promotion […]
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European copyright scholars: hyperlinking is not public communication
The Swedish Court of Appeal has referred to ECJ (European Court of Justice) a case involving the question of whether publishing a hyperlink to content can be considered a communication to the public and, implicitly, a breach of the creator’s copyright (in case the hyperlink is published without the author’s consent), under the European law. […]
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Controversial unitary patent court system signed by EU Ministers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Patentgerichtsbarkeit: EU-Minister unterzeichnen umstrittene Vereinbarung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.4_Patentgerichtsbarkeit_EU-Minister_unterzeichnen_umstrittene_Vereinbarung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130227] After in December 2012 the European Parliament approved the proposal for a flawed unified patent court system that will put innovation at risk, on 19 February 2013, the Ministers from 24 EU member States backed the proposal by signing the agreement. […]
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UK court: Google liable for comments posted on its Blogger platform
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales decided on 14 February 2013 that Google could be considered liable for comments posted on its Blogger platform unless it reacts promptly to a complaint. Reversing a previous ruling in March 2012 of the High Court which considered that Google, in its platform provider role, should not […]
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Italian police blocks tumblr domain
The Italian police imposed on 13 February 2013 the blocking of domain name 25.media.tumblr.com, which was actually one of the Amazon cloud computing server that contains all the images loaded on the tumblr website. The domain blocking was based on an alleged child pornography content on the site. This domain name blocking was lifted one […]
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The British Phonographic Industry pushes ISPs to block more sites
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) continues its offensive against torrent websites that are accused of copyright infringement. Based on the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act from 1998, the group obtained in 2012, from the High Court, the blocking of Newzbin2 and The Pirate Bay through several big UK ISPs and in October 2012, asked again […]
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ENDitorial: European Financial Coalition against CP launched…again
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Europäische Finanzkoalition gegen den sexuellen Missbrauch von Kindern gestartet … wieder einmal | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.4_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130227] In 2009, the Swedish Presidency of the European Union helped launch the “European Financial Coalition against Child Pornography”. The initiative was based on the pre-existing US “Financial Coalition against Child Pornography,” involved the […]
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EDRi celebrates its 10th anniversary
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi feiert seinen 10. Geburtstag | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.4_EDRi_feiert_seinen_10_Geburtstag?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130227] From 2 to 4 March 2013, European Digital Rights (EDRi) will hold its Annual General Assembly and celebrate its 10th anniversary. In early 2003, EDRi was registered as a non-profit organisation in Brussels in order to create an European organisation that […]
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