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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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US Supreme Court: liability for P2P software providers
The US Supreme Court has handed down a slashing verdict for the makers of peer to peer software. In the case of MGM versus Grokster and StreamCast the judges find the software producers liable for copyright infringements committed by users of the software. The court uses three arguments for this theory of extended liability. First […]
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Dutch study fails to prove usefulness and necessity data retention
On 22 June 2005 the Dutch Erasmus University published a report about the usefulness and necessity of data retention for law enforcement purposes. The report is the first public research in Europe into the actual use by law enforcement of historical traffic data. The researchers looked at 65 police investigations that were provided by the […]
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Freedom of information in Germany and the UK
On 8 July 2005 the German Senate (Bundesrat) is set to decide on a freedom of information law, granting formal access rights to governmental decisions. But the christian-democrat governments in many of the 16 states have threatened to block the law. In July 2004 the German government announced the rapid introduction of the Federal Freedom […]
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OSCE conference on media freedom on the Internet
The third OSCE Amsterdam Internet Conference was held on 17-18 June 2005. The conference focused on the situation of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Southern Caucasus and Central Asian regions, with experts from this region delivering presentations on the situation in their countries. The debate showed that governmental over-regulation and content censorship are […]
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Preview of the G8-meeting in Gleneagles
From 6 to 8 July 2005 the leaders of the 8 richest industrial countries, the G8, will meet in Gleneagles, Scotland. This upcoming G8-summit has been in the media spotlight for debating solutions to the world poverty, but is equally important as a driving force of the surveillance society. According to an article in the […]
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Rome II: Applicable law and freedom of expression
According to the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), severe threats to freedom of expression and freedom of the press may occur if the European Parliament adopts Article 6 of the draft Rome II Treaty as modified by the EP Legal Affairs Committee on 21 June 2005. The rapporteur was Diana Wallis, ALDE UK MEP. The […]
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Update on Alvar Freude case
Alvar Freude, the German internet activist, was acquitted on all accounts in the appeal at the German penal State Court of Stuttgart on 15 June 2006. On his website, Freude documents many developments regarding filtering and blocking in Germany, including hyper-links to websites with radical right-wing content and a distasteful website. 4 of these sites […]
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EDRI granted observer status in CoE HR group
After informal participation to the last meeting of the Multidisciplinary Ad-hoc Committee of Experts on the Information Society (CAHSI), EDRI was granted observer status to the Council of Europe group of Specialists on Human Rights in the Information Society (MM-S-IS). On behalf of European Digital Rights, Meryem Marzouki from the French digital rights organisation IRIS […]
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EDRI contribution to WIPO prep-meeting Development Agenda
The Second Inter-sessional Intergovernmental Meeting on a Development Agenda took place in the WIPO Headquarters in Geneva from 20 to 22 June 2005. EDRI was represented this time by Ville Oksanen. He got two chances to address the meeting. EDRI stressed the importance of the creation of the independent WIPO Evaluation and Research Office as […]
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Support EDRI!
European Digital Rights needs your help in upholding digital rights in the EU. Donations allow EDRI to hire part-time professional assistance in Brussels and invest in targeted campaigns. With the plans for mandatory data retention and the continuous erosion of digital civil rights, your donation could make a huge difference. If you wish to help […]
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EDRI-member NNM wins blog contest
The blog of Markus Beckedahl from EDRI-member Netzwerk Neue Medien has won an award as the best international blog promoting freedom of expression. The awards were organised by Reporters Without Borders. They selected around 60 blogs that, each in their own way, defend freedom of expression. The organisation then asked Internet-users to vote for the […]
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Recommended reading: Amnesty International
Amnesty International published a scathing report about the results of the war on terror in the EU. Though the report focusses on classical human rights, such as the right to be held innocent until proven guilty, the report accurately describes a legal climate that allows for systematic undermining of civil liberties and fundamental rights. This […]
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