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July 27, 2011

ENDitorial: Phone hacking and self regulation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Abhörskandale und Selbstregulierung | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_ENDitorial_Abhoerskandale_und_Selbstregulierung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] The self-regulatory authority for the British press, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), has itself become one of the victims of the “phone hacking” scandal, as self-regulation failed to not alone prevent but even identify problems now believed to be endemic among UK […]

July 14, 2011 · Blogs

Criteria for EDRi-membership

!!! Criteria for admission of EDRi members Background: European Digital Rights – EDRi –is a membership organisation. More and more organisations are taking an interest in digital rights and apply to become members of EDRi. This document sets out the basis on which new applicants will be considered. More information on the application procedure can […]

July 13, 2011 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 9.14, 13 July 2011

July 13, 2011

EP discussions on international agreements on passenger name records

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP-Debatten zu internationalen Fluggastdatenabkommen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_EP_Debatten_zu_internationalen_Fluggastdatenabkommen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] At the European Parliament (EP) plenary session on Monday 4 July 2011, a debate took place regarding the current development of passenger name records (PNR) agreements with the United States, Canada and Australia. The debate attracted a very large number of speakers. […]

July 13, 2011

Recommended Action: PNR Postcard Campaign

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mitmachen: PNR-Postkartenaktion | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Mitmachen_PNR-Postkartenaktion?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] Write postcards during your holidays to the Members of the European Parliament and ask them to vote against the PNR-Agreements http://www.nopnr.org/pnr-postcard-campaign/ German version of the campaign (only in German, 6.07.2011) http://www.unwatched.org/20110706_Postkartenaktion_gegen_PNR

July 13, 2011 · Blogs

Legal victory for trademark litigants over intermediary liability

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Markenschutz-Verfechter erringen juristischen Sieg in Sachen Providerhaftung | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Markenschutz_Verfechter_erringen_juristischen_Sieg_in_Sachen_Providerhaftung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] On 12 July 2011, the European Court of Justice ruled on the liability of online marketplaces for trademark infringements by users and the scope of the hosting safe harbour of the E-Commerce Directive. The case results from legal proceedings […]

July 13, 2011

Implementing a flawed data retention directive?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Müssen wir eine unkorrekte Vorratsdaten-Richtlinie umsetzen? | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Muessen_wir_eine_unkorrekte_Vorratsdaten_Richtlinie_umsetzen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] While the future of data retention seems unclear, in Germany conservative MPs are pressing the Justice Ministry to bring the legislation in line with the current text of the directive, while liberals and greens tend towards a restriction of the […]

July 13, 2011

OSCE: Access to the Internet should be a human right

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [OSZE: Netzzugang als Menschenrecht | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_OSZE_Netzzugang_als_Menschenrecht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] According to a report issued by the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) on 8 July 2011, the Internet should remain free and access to the Internet should be considered a human right. The report, based on data received from […]

July 13, 2011 · Blogs

Internet blocking stopped in Italy (for now)

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzsperren in Italien gestoppt – vorerst! | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Netzsperren_in_Italien_gestoppt_vorerst?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] After the reaction of several civil liberties activists, including Reporters Without Borders, the Italian telecommunication agency AGCOM decided to review its plans to pass a resolution giving it the power to block websites and remove online content allegedly violating copyright, […]

July 13, 2011

Dutch Senate "disappointed" with Data Retention Directive evaluation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländischer Senat “enttäuscht” über Evaluierung der VDS-Richtlinie | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Niederl%C3%A4ndischer_Senat_enttaeuscht_ueber_Evaluierung_der_VDS_Richtlinie?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] The same week the Dutch Senate approved a long-anticipated shortening of mandatory retention periods for internet data to six months, it published its correspondence with the Dutch Minister of Security and Justice on the Data Retention Directive evaluation by […]

July 13, 2011

Perspectives of Internet blocking in UK following US model

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schöne Aussichten für britische Netzsperren nach amerikanischem Vorbild | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Schoene_Aussichten_fuer_britische_Netzperren_nach_amerikanischem_Vorbild?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] During his speech at the Intellect Consumer Electronics conference on 5 July 2011, UK culture minister Ed Vaizey announced that a movement in the States for a voluntary filtering by ISPs would probably bring up changes in UK […]

July 13, 2011

EP Hearing "Copyright and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age"

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hearing im EU-Parlament: “Urheberrecht und Geistiges Eigentum im Digitalen Zeitalter” | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_EP_Urheberrecht_und_Geistiges_Eigentum_im_digitalen_Zeitalter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] The Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament held a hearing on Copyright and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age” in the European Parliament (EP) on 29 and 30 June 2011. The event was organised […]