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EDRI-gram – Number 5.1, 17 January 2007
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Copyright extension term rejected by EU commissioned report
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Recasting of Copyright & Related Rights for the Knowledge Economy is a new study commissioned by the European Union and produced by the Institute for Information Law – University of Amsterdam. The report covers an extensive ground in the EU copyright domain taking into consideration the […]
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EU knew about the US's system profiling all visitors
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) New controversial issues appear in the case of Passanger Name Record (PNR) deal with US that show the level of privacy from the US authorities is very far from the European standards. As Statewatch revealed, the EU Council Presidency admitted that the Council of the European Union […]
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Is DRM fading out?
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 2007 has started with news showing the fading away of the DRM systems that have created many problems with consumers and interoperability without having clear results in the actions against illegal copies. Thus, one of the biggest record companies, EMI, has announced at the beginning of the […]
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New Italian law to block child pornography websites
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the beginning of 2007 a ministerial decree was signed by Communications Minister Paolo Gentiloni that obliges Internet Service Providers to block child pornography sites within 6 hours from being announced to do so. The body that has the responsibility to notify the ISPs on the sites […]
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Millions of credit cards scrutinized in Germany
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During an operation carried out by the German police, prosecuting authorities and State Office of Criminal Investigation (LKA) of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt millions of credit card transactions were scrutinized in September 2006. A spokesman from LKA stated that indeed a large amount of credit cards […]
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Sony loses DRM case in France
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Sony UK and Sony France have lost a case against The French consumer protection association UFC Que Choisir because they did not inform the consumers about the lack of interoperability of their products and services to other devices. The decision taken by the Nanterre Tribunal has found […]
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Changes in the UK ID card scheme
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The initial plan of the UK Government regarding the national ID scheme was meant to use photographs, fingerprints and iris scans in a National Identity Register. The Home Office’s Strategic Action Plan for the National Identity Scheme considers now that the iris scans is just an option […]
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Prison or fine for French p2p users ?
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The French Minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, considered in December 2006 that there should be no prison for those downloading only a few works from the Internet. However, just a couple of weeks after this statement an Internet user was condemned by a French court […]
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Recommanded Reading
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Study on the Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU. Final Report. (20.11.2006) http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf
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Support EDRI-gram
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) European Digital Rights needs your help in upholding digital rights in the EU. Thanks to your last years donations EDRi has been able to issue 24 editions of EDRi-gram in 2006. To continue with EDRi-gram we again ask for your support. If you wish to help us […]
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EDRI signs the Joint Statement for SCCR 1st Special Session
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights’ (SCCR) Special Session is taking place right now at Geneva. The meeting (and another in June 2007) aims to fix the proposed Broadcast Treaty so that it could be ratified by the end of this year in a diplomatic conference. […]
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