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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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Court rules Dutch mp3 search engine unlawful
The Dutch Court of Appeals in Amsterdam has ruled that search engine zoekmp3.nl is unlawful. This search engine provided links to mp3-files on the World Wide Web. The court chose not to answer the question whether linking itself to unauthorised mp3-files is an infringement of copyright law. The lower court had found that this was […]
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EC supports its online broadcasting proposal
In an Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) event held in Brussels on 14 June, Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, expressed again her position to support the EC proposal to revise the Television Without Frontiers (TVWF) Directive. “There will be no regulation of the Internet,” Mrs. Reding told ZDNet UK stating that […]
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Former German ruling on liability of forum operators reviewed
A previous ruling of the Hamburg court that made moderators of internet forums liable for content posted on their sites is now contradicted by the Intermediate Court of Appeals in Dusseldorf which has ruled that forum operators are obligated to delete illegal comments made by their users only in case they know about them. The […]
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UK DNA database shared with other countries
The UK Home Office has admitted that DNA stored in the UK National DNA Database has been shared with other countries. UK has today one of the largest law enforcement DNA database with profiles from 3.5 million people, including 500 000 children under 16 years old. The database was established in 1995. Privacy concerns regarding […]
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iTunes service considered illegal in Norway
Following a complaint made by the Norwegian Consumer Council in January this year, Bjorn Erik Thon, the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ruled that the Apple iTunes service breaks section 9a of the Norwegian Marketing Control Act. The Consumer Ombudsman considers as unreasonable that the agreement the consumer must accept is regulated by the foreign law […]
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Open letter for supporting the private copy in Italy
A new public campaign has been launched in Italy: its goal is to change Italy’s copyright law to ensure that end-users have a full-fledged right to create a private copy of works they legally acquired. The campaign, promoted by Scarichiamoli!, an Italian informal group of activists whose main goal is permitting the free circulation of […]
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Frankfurt Appellate Court says online demonstration is not coercion
The collective blockade of a corporate website in the context of a political event is not violence or coercion but legitimate free expression, a German Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt decided on 22 May. The decision came almost five years after the online demonstration took place. The groups “Libertad” and “Kein Mensch ist illegal” (No […]
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New Czech Police draft act allows taking DNA samples by force
The Czech Senate, upper chamber of the Parliament, approved on 25 May 2006 the amendment of the Criminal Proceedings Code and Police Act, which empowers police officers to take DNA samples and other identification samples as fingerprints. According to the draft police can take the DNA samples even by using force in case of resistance. […]
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Content flatrate is feasible according to French study
Nothing in the national law and international obligations prevents states from permitting file-sharing as long as they subject it to a levy. This is the conclusion of a legal feasibility study under the supervision of Prof. André Lucas, the most renowned copyright scholar in France. The study on the feasibility of compensation for peer-to-peer file-sharing, […]
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Campaign against censorship on the Internet
Amnesty International together with The Observer and Soda Creative launched a campaign called irrepressible.info against the increasing governmental censorship of the internet. The campaign asks governments to stop censoring websites, blocking emails or shutting down blogs and make an appeal to the big corporations to stop supporting these actions. The Irrepressible.info website set up for […]
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Journalistic protection for online journalists and bloggers
The Californian appeal court decided on 26 May that online journalists and bloggers have the same right to protect their sources as all other journalists. The case was brought to court by Apple Computer demanding from a number of news website operators to reveal the source of confidential information posted about some of its products. […]
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Dutch Gamer in US intelligence spotlight
A Dutch gamer has become subject of US intelligence and widespread international media attention because of a self-made video-game movie. The video consists of footage of the game Battlefield 2 spiced up with different music and voiceovers. It was presented on 4 May 2006 at a meeting of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence […]
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