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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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CSS protection used in DVDs is "ineffective"
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In an unanimous decision on 25 May 2007, the Helsinki District Court ruled that Content Scrambling System (CSS) used in DVD movies is “ineffective”. The decision is the first in Europe to interpret new copyright law amendments, based on EU Copyright Directive of 2001, that bans the […]
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RFID Expert Group – Kick Off
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following the public consultations on RFID last year, the European Commission announced the creation of an RFID Expert Group to assist in drafting the future RFID strategy. The group’s kick-off meeting was held in Brussles last week. EDRi was invited to participate in the group. The Group […]
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The European Parliament voted for stronger data protection
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 21 May 2007, the European Parliament (EP) voted for the reinstallation of the data protection principles in the legislation that allows the police forces in Europe to share data. The European Council, which is the one deciding in police and judicial matters, had formally asked the […]
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IPRED2 on the DROIPEN table
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Second Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED2) is now going through the Justice and Home Affairs route. On 4 June, it passed it’s first port of call at the Council’s Working Group on Substantive Criminal Law (DROIPEN) – the first step on the road to the […]
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The French Ministry of Interior has a new interception platform
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 2 May 2007 a new technical platform for the interception of traffic data in all types of communication systems was discretly put into operation by the French Ministry of Interior, covering communication data related to text messages, mobile or Internet. The security services are now in […]
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Legislation banning "Hacking tools" in Germany
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The laws on computer crimes have become stricter in Germany where the creation, use or distribution of so-called “hacking tools” have been banned. On 23 May 2007, the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Bundestag (the lower chamber of Germany’s Federal Parliament) approved a controversial government bill […]
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French State Council allows tracing P2P users
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The State Council of France validated on 23 May 2007 the automatic tracing of illegal downloading in P2P networks. This decision cancelled the 18th October 2005 CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés) decision that rejected the introduction of surveillance devices proposed by Sacem and other […]
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Slovenian intelligence agency scandal
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Slovenian intelligence agency (SOVA) is monitoring telecommunications in the Balkans in cooperation with German BND (Bundesnachrichtendienst) and UK’s MI5. Some believe that the recently disclosed secret location in the Slovenian capital could be a part of Echelon. The Slovenian intelligence agency is currently a part of […]
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Italian Government criticized by the Free Software Association
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After filing a case to the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Lazio against the Italian Ministry of Work for launching a call for tenders where only Microsoft software was considered as eligible, Italian NGO Assoli (Associazione Software Libero) is criticizing again its Government. The problem arose when the […]
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Launch of Creative Commons Switzerland
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 26 May 2007 the Swiss version of Creative Commons licenses were launched in Zurich at a ceremony held as the finishing highlight of this year’s Tweakfest, Switzerland’s Festival for Media, Culture, and Digital Lifestyle. The launch was hosted by Digitale Allmend, a Swiss NGO focused on […]
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Germany is preparing the G8 meeting by searching NGOs servers
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The German government decided to prepare the G8 meeting that will take place during 6-8 June in Heiligendamm, a Baltic seaside resort, by increasing the number of searches and seizures to NGOs and anti-globalization movements offices and servers. During the entire month of May the Federal Prosecutor […]
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Romanian open source community gets together
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Probably the most important conference in Romania on open source and free software took place at the end of the last week – on 18-19 May 2007 in Brasov. The eLiberatica 2007 conference was organized by a new group of IT specialists called Romanian Open Source and […]
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