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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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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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Recommanded Reading
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Council of Europe: Access to Information Convention: Seven Key Problems Remain in the Draft European Convention on Access to Official Documents http://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/mar/coe-access-convention-7-main-problems.pdf
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Extension of the copyright term for performers proposed to the EC
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 14 February 2008, EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy announced his intention to propose to the European Commission (EC), in the next several months, an extension of the copyright term for performers from 50 to 95 years. This proposal should be ready for adoption by the […]
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Germany: New basic right to privacy of computer systems
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The German Constitutional Court published on 27 February 2008 a landmark ruling about the constitutionality of secret online searches of computers by government agencies. The decision constitutes a new “basic right to the confidentiality and integrity of information-technological systems” as derived from the German Constitution. The journalist […]
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EC Draft Recommendation on RFID Privacy and Security published
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission published the Draft Recommendation on RFID Privacy and Security on the Your Voice in Europe-Platform for public consultation. After a public consultation on RFID Privacy Issues in 2006, some conferences and workshops and various discussions on the topic within the RFID Expert Group, this […]
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MEP pressures for criminalizing copyright infringements
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Nicola Zingaretti, Socialist Member of the European Parliament (MEP) asked the EU member states to speed up the plan to criminalise copyright infringement that was first proposed in 2005 and agreed upon in 2007. The implementation of the EU Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED2) creating new […]
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French Police extends the Internet blacklist
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) French Internal Affairs Minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, announced on 14 February 2008 new measures to fight against cybercrime, including extending the websites blacklist and pushing for computer online investigations, without the permission of the country of the hosting company. The Minister visited the Cybercrime Brigade that is located […]
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Romanian Govt adopts Data retention law, but calls it inefficient
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Romanian Government adopted on 20 February 2008 the draft law on data retention, but despite the official press release that praises the new measure, several officials have complained about the lack of reality of the legal text. The draft law was adopted by the Government at […]
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Legislation against Internet filesharing in UK
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The UK Government intends to introduce legislation that will force ISPs to disconnect theirs customers that illegally download music or films. Andy Burnham, the culture secretary, told the Financial Times “the government has no burning desire to legislate”, but he announced a change of tone from the […]
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Note2be.com under investigation by CNIL
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following several complaints and notifications, the French Data Protection Authority (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés – CNIL) is investigating Note2be.com website created in January 2008 that was proposing pupils to grade and evaluate their teachers. The site encouraged pupils the give the name of the […]
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