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German civil society calls for a definitive end to telecom data retention
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Zivilgesellschaft fordert endgültigen Stopp der Vorratsdatenspeicherung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1869] More than 40 organisations and associations have sent a letter asking the German Federal Minister of Justice to “push for the abolition of EU telecommunications data retention requirements” which compel phone and Internet companies to collect data about their […]
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EU bank data transfer on the table of the EU institutions
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Transfer von EU-Bankdaten auf Agenda der EU-Institutionen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1870] The airline problems in Europe that have affected also many MEPs, have postponed a series of voting sessions scheduled for this week in Strasbourg, including the votes on PNR and SWIFT resolutions. The US Administration declared that it hoped […]
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(D') Evolution Summit 2010 and the Granada Declaration
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [(D’) Evolution Summit 2010 und die Granada Deklaration | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1871] On 31 March 2010, on the eve of the Easter break, the summit of the Ministers of Culture from the 27 European Union countries, and their meeting with the Forum of Cultural Industries, came to an end in […]
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Italian minister in favour of file-sharing
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italienischer Minister als File-Sharer | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1872] The Italian Minister of Internal Affairs Roberto Maroni has recently expressed his disapproval of three-striles solutions for file-sharers and admitted he was one of the people that downloaded music from the Internet, free of charge. He had already made a similar statement […]
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Asociación de Internautas goes to EC against court decision
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Asociación de Internautas wendet sich wegen Gerichtsurteil an Europäische Kommission | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1873] Asociación de Internautas (the Spanish Association of Internet Users – AI) has recently denounced to the European Commission (EC) the Spanish Supreme Court decision in the case introduced by SGAE (the General Society of Authors and […]
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ENDitorial: The Italian decision on the Google's executives published
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Italienisches Urteil hinsichtlich Googles Führungskräfte veröffentlicht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1874] Finally, the Court of Milan made public the opinion that backed the indictment of a couple of Google’s executives charged of Italian Data Protection Act infringement for not removing a violent video from the company’s video sharing platform, video.google.com. […]
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Translations of Delete, don’t block – published in The Guardian
The article Delete, don’t block published in The Guardian on 30 March 2010 by Joe McNamee, EDRi’s Advocacy Coordinator has been translated also in several languages – Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Spanish Original Article in English http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/220161-delete-don-t-block Czech http://www.presseurop.eu/cs/content/article/220451-neblokovat-mazat Dutch http://www.presseurop.eu/nl/content/article/220601-blokkeren-van-websites-heeft-geen-enkele-zin French http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/220501-bloquer-les-sites-pedophiles-une-tache-insensee German http://www.presseurop.eu/de/content/article/220691-loeschen-nicht-sperren Italian http://www.presseurop.eu/it/content/article/220641-bloccare-i-siti-pedofili-una-fatica-inutile Polish http://www.presseurop.eu/pl/content/article/220701-usuwac-nie-blokowac Romanian http://www.presseurop.eu/ro/content/article/220411-sterge-nu-bloca […]
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UK Digital Economy Bill rushed through the House of Commons
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Digital Economy Bill: Im Eiltempo durch das Unterhaus | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1832] After several hours of debate on 6 April 2010 in an almost empty British House of Commons, the Digital Economy Bill was passed to the next stage. The final debate is today, 7 April 2010 and the […]
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New Media, Search Engines and Network Neutrality on 2010 CoE Agenda
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Medien, Suchmaschinen und Netzneutralität auf der Tagesordnung des Europarates | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1844] The Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of experts on new media (MC-NM) held its second meeting on 25-26 March 2010 in Strasbourg. This group is a follow-up to the previous CoE Group of specialists on Human […]
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Confused discussions surrounding IPR enforcement in the EP
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Wirre Diskussionen im EP über die Durchsetzung geistiger Eigentumsrechte | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1833] The probably final set of discussions around the much-debated “Gallo Report” on the enforcement of intellectual property rights was held recently in the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP). In the week prior to the […]
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Defining the open standards in the EU Digital Agenda
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Definition der Open Standards in der Digital Agenda der EU | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1834] Several French NGOs such as APRIL (the Association for the promotion and defence of free software)and the consumer group UFC-Que Choisir have recently voiced their worries related to the wording on open standards in the Digital […]
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New governmental usage of open licences in the Netherlands and UK
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Nutzung offener Lizenzen durch die niederländische und britische Regierung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1835] Encouraging moves in promoting the open licence content in governmental projects have been recently made in the Netherlands and UK. The Netherlands government launched on 31 March 2010 Rijksoverheid.nl, a single website for communications for all […]
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