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EDRi is the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online. We work to to challenge private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public. We do so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organisations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world.
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Slovakia: Mandatory e-forms work only on software from one vendor
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Slowakei: Verpflichtende Web-Lösung funktioniert nur mit Software eines einzigen Herstellers | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Slowakei_Verpflichtende_Web-Loesung_funktioniert_nur_mit_Software_eines_einzigen_Herstellers?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] In Slovakia, a law introduced to reduce red tape has led to injustice. The state has mandated electronic means as the only way of fulfilling certain statutory obligations. However the dedicated web solution excludes some citizens […]
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ENDitorial: ACTA is not dead
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: ACTA ist noch nicht am Ende | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] Next week, the European Parliament’s Development Committee (DEVE), the first of the five Committees responsible for providing opinions on the proposed ACTA agreement will vote on its draft recommendation. As of today, it appears more likely than not that […]
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ACTA – if you think we've won, we've lost
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ACTA – Wir sind noch lange nicht am Ziel | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_ACTA_Wir_sind_noch_lange_nicht_am_Ziel?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] Following the announcement of David Martin, the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in charge of the ACTA dossier in the European Parliament, that he will advise his colleagues to vote against the proposal, a widespread assumption […]
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European Court of Justice ruling in the Bonnier case
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Entscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs in der Rechtssache Bonnier | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Entscheidung_des_Europaeischen_Gerichtshofs_in_der_Rechtssache_Bonnier?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] Bonnier Audio took the Swedish Internet service provider (ISP) Perfect Telecommunication to court, to obtain an order to disclose the identities of alleged infringers of their intellectual property (IP) rights. As a result, the Swedish High Court asked […]
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Spain: Draft law criminalising online organisation of public protests
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien: Gesetzesvorstoß zur Kriminalisierung von Protestaufrufen im Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Spanien_Gesetzesvorstoss_zur_Kriminalisierung_von_Protestaufrufen_im_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] The Spanish Government intends to pass a reform of the Penal Code that would criminalise the organisation of street protests that “seriously disturb the public peace”, by any kind of media including online social networks such as Facebook. […]
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Thousands of Austrians standing up against data retention
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Tausende Österreicher wehren sich gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Tausende_Oesterreicher_wehren_sich_gegen_die_Vorratsdatenspeicherung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] Two parallel initiatives by the Austrian AK Vorrat (working group data retention) are impressively supported by the general public. On the one hand, the citizens initiative for the abolishment of the EU data retention directive and the evaluation of […]
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EU Parliament agrees to EU-US PNR Agreement
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament stimmt PNR-Abkommen mit den USA zu | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Europaeisches_Parlament_stimmt_PNR-Abkommen_mit_den_USA_zu?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] On 19 April 2012, MEPs decided on the controversial EU-US Agreement on the use and transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to the US Department of Homeland Security. A motion for a resolution asking for an opinion […]
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YouTube loses a case in Germany to collective society Gema
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Youtube verliert im Fall gegen GEMA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Youtube_verliert_im_Fall_gegen_GEMA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] A German court decided on 20 April 2012 that YouTube was indirectly liable for the copyrighted content posted by its users in a case brought to court in 2010 by the royalty collective society Gema. In this case, the defendant […]
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FBI seizure to threaten anonymity and freedom of speech
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Beschlagnahmung durch FBI bedroht Anonymität und Redefreiheit | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Beschlagnahmung_durch_FBI_bedroht_Anonymitaet_und_Redefreiheit?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] On 18 April 2012, a server shared by Riseup Networks and May First/People Link in New York City and operated by the European Counter Network (ECN) was seized by a search warrant issued at the request of FBI. ECN, […]
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Big Brother Awards Germany 2012
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Big Brother Awards Deutschland 2012 | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Big_Brother_Awards_Deutschland_2012?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] EDRi member FoeBuD staged the twelfth German Big Brother Awards on Friday, 13 April 2012 in Bielefeld, Germany. Seven “winners” were presented, and as in most years, none of these sent a representative to receive their award. Still, the organisers suspect […]
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ENDitorial: The day the HADOPI stream flowed into the Pirate Bay
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Der Tag, an dem sich der Hadopi-Strom in die Piratenbucht ergoß | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] On 16 April 2012, the HADOPI Authority published a study on economic models of streaming and downloading services and websites of illegal content (notwithstanding the fact that the content is legal). Included in the […]
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Bonnier Audio ruling in the Court of Justice – core questions left unanswered
Ruling Bonnier Audio took the Swedish Internet service provider (ISP), Perfect Telecommunication, to court to obtain a court order to disclose the identities of alleged infringers of their intellectual property (IP) rights. As a result, the Swedish High Court asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) if, assuming such a measure was […]
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