December 17, 2008

Romanian Authority asks ISPs to block 40 pornographic websites

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Romanian Authority for Communication (ANC) requested ISPs last week to block the access to 40 websites hosted in Romania, considering they don’t meet the criteria imposed by article 7 of Law no.196/2003 on preventing and fighting pornography. Article 7 of the law states that “the natural […]

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April 11, 2012

Hadopi report says nothing about decreases in sales

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hadopi: Bericht verschweigt Rückgang bei den Verkaufszahlen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_Hadopi_Bericht_verschweigt_Rueckgang_bei_den_Verkaufszahlen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] Although French Hadopi authority has issued its new report to show how effective the three-strikes law was in 2010 cutting Internet piracy to half, the reality is that the system has brought no increase in the revenues for the […]

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May 18, 2011

Belgium Senate deletes the repressive part of the three strikes draft law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgischer Senat streicht repressive Teile des 3-Strikes-Entwurfs | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_Belgischer_Senat_streicht_repressive_Teile_des_3-Strikes-Entwurfs] The Belgium version of the French Hadopi three strikes law was significantly changed by the Commission of Finance and Economical Affairs (COMFINECO) of the Belgium Senate during a hearing organised on 11 May 2011 on copyright and Internet. The […]

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May 18, 2011

CoE refuses to start investigation on biometrics

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europarat lehnt Biometrie-Untersuchung ab | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_Europarat_lehnt_Biometrie-Untersuchung_ab] In an answer to the 31 March 2011 petition calling the Council of Europe (CoE) to start an in-depth survey under Article 52 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Thorbjørn Jagland, the Secretary General of the CoE refused to start an […]

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January 28, 2015 · Blogs

NSA Whistleblower Bill Binney wins Sam Adams Award

Former technical director of the NSA turned whistleblower William “Bill” Binney, received the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence on 22 January in a ceremony organised in Berlin, Germany. Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) is a movement of former colleagues of a CIA intelligence analyst Sam Adams. SAAII grants its annual […]

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December 20, 2006

Violent video games – a hot topic on the European agenda

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Starting from a violent video game seen in Italy by Commissioner Frattini, a new hot topic has started to be heavily discussed by European Union bodies and Member States. Although the self-regulation measures are already in place for some years, a new approach is pushed by the […]

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January 18, 2006

Data Retention Directive: reactions related to the costs involved

After the European Parliament adopted the data retention directive, in many countries the debate only began about the costs. The European Parliament decided to delete the article that demanded cost reimbursement for all additional costs of retention, storage and transmission of data. In the draft directive adopted by the Civil Liberties Committee, Members had initially […]

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December 19, 2007

Creative content online – main topic in new EC documents

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new policy paper drafted by the European Commission (EC) shows its intention to promote new measures to fight against illegal file-sharing, taking as a positive example the French agreement between ISPs and the record industries already presented in EDRI-gram. The policy paper obtained by EurActiv and […]

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February 22, 2017 · Blogs

Proposed Espionage Act threatens free speech in the UK

The UK’s Law Commission has announced proposals that could mean journalists and whistleblowers are treated as spies if they “handle” official data. The ongoing open public consultation on the protection of official data, run by the Law Commission, suggests that the crime of espionage is changed so that it is “capable of being committed by […]

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May 9, 2012

France: Google sent again to court for its search suggestion service

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Google neuerlich wegen Suggest-Funktion vor Gericht | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Frankreich_Google_neuerlich_wegen_Suggest-Funktion_vor_Gericht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] Four French associations have decided to take Google to court for its automatic suggestion of the word “Jew” when searching for the names of several French personalities. Union des étudiants juifs de France (UEJF – union of Jew students […]

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May 9, 2012

Concerns regarding plans for a new EU United Patent Court

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Skepsis in Sachen EU-Patentgericht | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Skepsis_in_Sachen_EU-Patentgericht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] The EU ministers have recently put up plans to create a United Patent Court (UPC), a framework that will allow inventors to gain cost-effective unilateral patent protection across the EU. Within this framework, the inventors would only have to apply once in […]

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January 18, 2006

First Consultations on Establishment of Internet Governance Forum

Following the agenda of the WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) in Tunis in November 2005, the stakeholders will attend a meeting in Geneva, on 16 and 17 February for consultations regarding the convening of an IGF ( Internet Governance Forum) for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue. The meeting in Geneva is meant to deal with […]

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