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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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Censorship in Belarusian Internet cafes
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Belarusian Council of Ministers adopted on 10 February 2007 a new act on the Regulations on Functioning of the Computer Clubs and Internet Cafes that will impose new censorship rules on all the persons that use the public Internet access points. According to the new regulations, […]
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EPLA found illegal by the EP Legal Service
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Legal Service which advises the European Parliament (EP) on legal issues and acts as its representative in court, found the Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) as illegal being in direct contradictions with the European law and several EU treaties. The very controversial EPLA, if adopted, would bind […]
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Russian court dismisses piracy case as "trivial"
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A Russian court has dismissed a penal case against a Russian teacher, Alexander Ponosov, that bought computers for its school with unauthorized Microsoft programs. The case become well-known when the former Soviet president Gorbachev made a public appeal to Bill Gates, asking to intervene in this case. […]
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24 proposals approved by the WIPO PCDA
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During a special session between 19-23 February 2007, the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Development Agenda (PCDA) approved some proposals meant to improve the development of the organization. The proposal for a WIPO Development Agenda started in 2004 with Argentina […]
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DRM debate continues in Europe
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 19 February 2007, the UK Government rejected an online petition initiated by blogger Neil Holmes and signed by 1,414 people asking for the interdiction of DRM (Digital Rights Management), arguing DRM systems deprive the consumers of their freedom of choice between competing products for CDs or […]
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Increased Europol powers need increased data protection policies
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) considers that the changes on the legal basis of Europe’s police (Europol) proposed by the European Parliament meant to increase its powers have to be accompanied by proper data protection rules. The European Parliament has proposed changes that would […]
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E-voting in Estonia for parliamentary elections
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Estonia is the first nation in the world that will allow voting via the Internet during its elections for the Parliament (Riigikogu). The voting will take place on 4 March 2007, but the electronic vote will be cast from 26 February at 9 AM until 28 February […]
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ENDitorial : EU nations scolded by IIPA
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), a lobby group representing the American publishing, software, recording and movie industries, has been busy. On 12 February IIPA published its recommendations to the US Trade Representative’s 2007 review of global copyright laws. This “Special 301” procedure can lead to significant […]
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Belgium court backs decision against Google
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In the case brought by Copiepresse, a trade group representing 17 Belgium newspapers, against Google for publishing links to newspaper articles without permission, the Brussels Tribunal upheld its previous decision and ruled that Google violated the copyright law. Google was ordered to remove Belgian newspaper content from […]
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European institutions try to impose a stronger position in the PNR debate
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Parliament intends to strengthen its opposition to the US demands related to the transfer of European air passenger data (PNR). Following the debate that took place on 31 January 2007 in the European Parliament, the vote on the position that EU should have concerning the […]
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Bulgaria fails to protect citizen's personal data
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A recent report made public by the Bulgarian National Audit Office about the activity of the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP) in Bulgaria in the period 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2005 shows that CPDP has failed in achieving its main purpose – to protect […]
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House of Lords produces report against the AVMS directive
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A report of the Lords European Union Committee offered new reasons to oppose the Commission’s draft Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS), successor of the Television Without Frontiers Directive, that will extend television regulation to some Internet video services. The Directive was approved in its first reading by […]
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