September 26, 2012

European Parliament steps back from promoting ISP liability

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament distanziert sich von der Providerhaftung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.18_Europaeisches_Parlament_distanziert_sich_von_der_Providerhaftung?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20121008] On 11 September 2012, the European Parliament voted on an own-initiative report of Mr Jean-Marie Cavada (EPP, France) on the online distribution of audiovisual works. As we reported in the EDRi-gram after the vote in the leading Committee, the […]

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December 19, 2012 · Blogs

ECtHR: Blocking Google Sites in Turkey breaches human rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EGMR: Sperre von Google-Seiten in der Türkei verstößt gegen Menschenrechte | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_EGMR_Sperre_von_Google-Seiten_in_der_Tuerkei_verstoesst_gegen_Menschenrechte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided on 18 December 2012 that the Turkish Court decision to block the entire Google Sites breached the Freedom of Expression as foreseen in Article 10 of the European […]

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April 6, 2011

Ten Internet Rights & Principles for Human Rights and Social Justice

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [10 Rechte und Prinzipien für das Internet | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.7_Zehn_Internetrechte_und_Prinzipien] The Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition (DC-IRP) launched on 31 March 2011 its “10 Internet Rights and Principles” for an Internet governance rooted in human rights and social justice. These 10 Internet Rights and Principles are part of […]

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March 13, 2013 · Blogs

Total transparency on ACTA and TAFTA documents

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ACTA und TAFTA: Absolute Transparenz ist gefragt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_ACTA_und_TAFTA_Absolute_Transparenz_ist_gefragt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] In a letter sent to the president of the European Parliament, Linus Nordberg, a Swedish advocate, developer for Tor and representative of the EDRi-member Association for Digital Liberties from Sweden (Föreningen för digitala fri- och rättigheter – DFRI) asks […]

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March 23, 2011

Dutch court rules that WiFi hacking is legal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Hacken von WLAN-Verbindungen nicht rechtswidrig | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Niederlande_Hacken_von_WLAN-Routern_nicht_rechtswidrig] A Dutch court in The Hague has recently ruled that by-passing an encrypted router and using its WiFi connection does not infringe Dutch law. The decision of the court comes in relation to the case of a young man having […]

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March 28, 2012

ICANN will cooperate in taking down websites for copyright infringements

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Urheberrecht: ICANN will bei der Verhängung von Netzsperren kollaborieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_Urheberrecht_ICANN_will_bei_der_Verhaengung_von_Netzsperren_kollaborieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] During its 43rd international meeting that took place in San José, Costa Rica between 11 and 16 March 2012, ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) expressed its intention to increase its cooperation with global […]

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March 15, 2006

What's so special about French EUCD transposition?

With its succession of coups de theatre, the pathetic show of the French EUCD transposition (DADVSI draft law) is going on. After the surprising adoption, on Christmas Eve, of an amendment legalising the exchange of music and video files on the Internet as private copies, compensated by a monthly fee (‘global license’) collected by ISPs […]

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January 30, 2013 · Blogs

Greater transparency and accountability of surveillance systems

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Überwachung: Mehr Transparenz und Rechenschaftslegung gefragt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.2_Ueberwachung_Mehr_Transparenz_und_Rechenschaftslegung_gefragt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130207] A report called “Surveillance, Fighting Crime and Violence” was produced by the IRISS (Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies) project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme. The report analyses the factors underpinning the development and use of […]

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March 12, 2008

French website Note2Be.com closed by court order

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following the legal action initiated on 14 February by several individual teachers and SNES-FS union, a French court ordered on 3 March 2008 to Note2be.com to eliminate from their site the names of the teachers graded by students. The site, launched on 30 January 2008, that allowed […]

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February 27, 2013 · Blogs

The British Phonographic Industry pushes ISPs to block more sites

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) continues its offensive against torrent websites that are accused of copyright infringement. Based on the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act from 1998, the group obtained in 2012, from the High Court, the blocking of Newzbin2 and The Pirate Bay through several big UK ISPs and in October 2012, asked again […]

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April 21, 2010

(D') Evolution Summit 2010 and the Granada Declaration

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [(D’) Evolution Summit 2010 und die Granada Deklaration | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1871] On 31 March 2010, on the eve of the Easter break, the summit of the Ministers of Culture from the 27 European Union countries, and their meeting with the Forum of Cultural Industries, came to an end in […]

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April 25, 2012

Thousands of Austrians standing up against data retention

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Tausende Österreicher wehren sich gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Tausende_Oesterreicher_wehren_sich_gegen_die_Vorratsdatenspeicherung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] Two parallel initiatives by the Austrian AK Vorrat (working group data retention) are impressively supported by the general public. On the one hand, the citizens initiative for the abolishment of the EU data retention directive and the evaluation of […]

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