November 17, 2010

Kroes wants copyright as a building block, not a stumbling block

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kroes will Urheberrecht als Baustein, nicht als Stolperstein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2359] During the Avignon Forum for the international meetings of culture, economy and media that took place on 5 November 2010, Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, expressed her very strong conviction that copyright regulations had […]

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November 17, 2010

Czech 2010 Big Brother Awards

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Big Brother Awards 2010 in Tschechien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2362] The sixth edition of the Czech Big Brother Awards has recently been organised by EDRi member Iuridicum Remedium in Prague BIO eye where an expert jury selected the winners for 2010 from more than 140 nominations. The Czech police received […]

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May 23, 2007

UK House of Commons culture committee wants copyright extension

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The copyright term for sound recordings is back on the public agenda in UK, after a report from the House of Commons culture committee has recommended its extension from 50 to 70 years, despite the negative feedback received earlier from Andrew Gowers’ report or a recent study […]

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May 21, 2008

The French Government goes against CNIL in biometric passports

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Ignoring the opinion of the French Data Protection Authority – the National Commission for Information and Liberties (CNIL), on 4 May 2008, the French Government passed a decree on the basis of which the French citizens will have biometric passports that will include eight fingerprints and a […]

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May 21, 2008

UK Government will store all phone, Internet traffic data

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) An announcement on 19 May 2008 by the UK government may herald the next step in governmental attempts to grab hold of traffic data. Despite the strongly negative reactions against the EU data retention directive, which governments must transpose into national law by 15 March 2009, the […]

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July 15, 2015 · Blogs

Remembering Caspar Bowden

We are sad to report the death of EDRi member FIPR’s first Director, Caspar Bowden. Caspar was one of the people who met in 1998 to set up the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), in response to the introduction of what later became the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. Caspar was FIPR’s Director from […]

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June 6, 2007

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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November 16, 2011

US court allows access to world-wide Twitter accounts data

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [US-Gericht verlangt weltweiten Zugriff auf Twitter Benutzerdaten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.22_US_Gericht_verlangt_weltweit_Zugriff_auf_Twitter_Benutzerdaten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111116] A US judge decided on 10 November 2011 that Twitter had to release to the US authorities data on the Twitter accounts of people involved in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange case investigated by the US Justice Department. The Twitter […]

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June 21, 2006

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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November 7, 2012

The Pirate Bay remains blocked in Finland

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [„The Pirate Bay“ bleibt in Finnland weiterhin gesperrt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_The_Pirate_Bay_bleibt_in_Finnland_weiterhin_gesperrt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] The Pirate Bay (TPB) remains blocked in Finland as the Finnish Supreme Court has rejected ISP Elisa’s request to hear its appeal in the case filed by the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC) in May 2011. In […]

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July 5, 2006

German experts think search engines should be monitored

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During the workshop “The Rising Power of Search-Engines on the Internet: Impacts on Users, Media Policy, and Media Business” that took place in Berlin on 26-27 June 2006, the experts expressed the opinion that the search engines should be more regulated. Marcel Machill, a lecturer in journalism […]

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February 27, 2004

Major European companies into RFID-development

The European commercial interest in the development of spy-chips (RFIDs) is growing rapidly. Radio Frequency Identifiers are very small wireless chips that can be read without touching them. Intel and Siemens have just announced they will open an ‘RFID Technology Centre’ in Germany in March, near Munich. The companies wish to present ‘experience-able RFID-technology’, to […]

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