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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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Sony BMG accused of using pirated software
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Sony BMG has been accused by PointDev company of having used Ideal Migration, the administration software for Windows servers and client accounts, without having a licence. On 22 January 2008, a bailiff mandated by PointDev found an illegal installation of the software on four computers belonging to […]
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European Commission: pro active in using open source software
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission announced it would increase its own use of open source software for ICT projects: “For all new development, where deployment and usage is foreseen by parties outside of the Commission Infrastructure, Open Source Software will be the preferred development and deployment platform.” Valerie Rampie, […]
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Big Brother Awards – France 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 21 March 2008, Paris was the host of the French Big Brother awards ceremony for the year 2007. For the second time President Nicolas Sarkozy was excluded from the competition on grounds of “genetic predisposition” for attacks to personal life and freedoms. The jury has reached […]
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Google completes the DoubleClick deal after EC clears the acquisition
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission (EC) announced on 11 March 2008 that it has cleared the Google-DoubleClick deal after its investigation made according with the EU Merger Regulation. The decision of the EC considered that “found that Google and DoubleClick were not exerting major competitive constraints on each other’s […]
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Ireland: Music industry sues ISP, demands filtering
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) EMI, Sony, Warner and Universal have sued Ireland’s largest ISP, Eircom, demanding that it install filters to prevent users from illegally sharing or downloading music. The action was admitted by Mr. Justice Peter Kelly to the Commercial Court, meaning that it will be heard on an expedited […]
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High Level Contact Group talks about EU-US personal data issues
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) According to a document revealed by Statewatch, the EU and US are negotiating the data protection principles for which common language has been developed. The Group has as purpose to draft a proposal that should deal with the personal data protection in any future EU-US agreements that […]
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French website Note2Be.com closed by court order
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following the legal action initiated on 14 February by several individual teachers and SNES-FS union, a French court ordered on 3 March 2008 to Note2be.com to eliminate from their site the names of the teachers graded by students. The site, launched on 30 January 2008, that allowed […]
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Israeli's ISPs forced by court to block torrent links website
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 25 February 2008, following pressure from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and a petition initiated by the 12 biggest record companies of Israel, the Haifa District Court ordered the country’s three largest ISPs to block access to HttpShare.com, a BitTorrent and http hyperlink-only […]
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European Parliament criticized for not using open standards
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A public petition was initiated by OpenForum Europe, The European Software Market Association, and the Free Software Foundation Europe asking the European Parliament (EP) to change its ICT system in order to allow the adoption of open standards. The petition specifically points to the fact that the […]
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Swiss Bank was denied the closure of whistleblowers website
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White reversed his initial decision of shutting down the wikileaks.org domain of Wikileaks, a website where whistleblowers can untraceably leak documents. Wikileaks, launched in early 2007, has anonymously posted documents revealing delicate subjects such as the infiltration of agents of the Stasi, the […]
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German police raids against patent breaches at CeBit fair
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 6 March 2008, the German authorities raided 51 exhibitor stands at CeBit, the German information technology fair, in a search for goods suspected of infringing patents. The Hanover police stated that the reason for this action in which about 180 officials from the police, customs and […]
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ENDitorial: The battle for Sound Copyright
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Commissioner Charlie McCreevy’s announcement in February 2008 that he proposes to nearly double the term of copyright protection for sound recordings from 50 to 95 years came as a shock to UK digital rights campaigners. Back in 2006, here in the UK, the case against copyright term […]
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