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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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Public letter on data security sent by MEPs to Frattini
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Two members of the European Parliament (MEPs), rapporteurs on the European huge biometric databases Visa Information System (VIS) and the Schengen Information System II (SIS II), have addressed a public letter to commissioner Frattini asking for effective data protection and data security provisions and thus excluding the […]
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UK DNA database errors raise concerns
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The largest DNA database in the world covering details on about 4.5 million people including information on every person arrested, convicted or not, and on 900 000 children raises questions as inaccuracies and administrative errors have been found in its records. Incorrect dates, spelling mistakes and duplications […]
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IP rules to be changed to give access to environmental technology
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 20 November 2007, the Members of the European Parliament (EP) approved a report that asks for the revision of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in order to allow the compulsory licensing of patented environmental technologies. The European Parliament […]
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UK Retailers blow the whistle on DRM
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) asks the music industry to get rid of DRM which they consider responsible for the continuously decreasing of online music sales in UK. The industry music seems to ignore the consumers’ preferences who are displeased with the copy protection systems imposing limitations […]
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European scientific information – too late on open access?
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The recent meeting on 22-24 November 2007 of the Competitiveness European Council meeting adopted its conclusions on scientific information in the digital age: access, dissemination and preservation. The conclusions underline the importance of scientific output resulting from publicly funded research being available on the Internet at no […]
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Third international conference e-Society.Mk 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The conference on the topic of “Inclusive e-Government” was organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation last week within the frames of the project “Western Balkans Network for Inclusive e-Government”. The project aims at strengthening the cooperation and coordination among all the relevant stakeholders, decision-makers, government representatives, as well […]
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Progress in the European Digital Libraries EU Initiative
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A meeting on 27 November 2007 of a high level group on digital libraries and officials of the European Commission formalised the agreement between European libraries, archives and museums in a common effort to create a European digital library that would give access to a common European […]
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DNA tests approved by French Constitutional council
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In a decision published on 15 November 2007, the French Constitutional council approved the introduction of DNA testing in the new immigration law to prove family links for foreign candidates applying for a more than 3 months visa on family regrouping grounds. However, it has further restricted […]
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Attack on Russian opposition media claiming copyright infringement
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The local edition of Moscow-based independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta from Samara was closed down on 8 November 2007 by the Russian authorities and its editor Sergei Kurt-Adzhiyev was criminally indicted under the accusation of having violated copyright provisions of the Russian Penal Code, by using counterfeit software. […]
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Big Brother Awards 2007 – Austria and Switzerland
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Big Brother Awards ceremonies in Austria and Switzerland took place in the past weeks in Viena, on the 25 October 2007 and in St Gall, on the 9 November 2007, respectively. The Swiss ceremony of the 8th edition of Big Brother Awards was organised by the […]
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UK govt asks Internet companies to assist in fighting online terrorism
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister, made a statement on 14 November 2007 announcing, among other security measures, the intention to ask Internet companies to assist the government in its fight against online terrorist propaganda by finding ways to stop such content. The Prime Minister stated the Home […]
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PirateBay wants a new software standard to replace BitTorrent
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Pirate Bay, the famous torrent Swedish website, may affect BitTorrent programme by developing a new software standard for Internet downloads. According to Peter Sunde, Pirate Bay’s co-founder, the site might have a new, more open alternative of file-sharing software at the beginning of next year. In […]
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