July 27, 2011

Germany's salaries database bites the dust

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Arbeitnehmerdatenbank ELENA beißt ins Gras | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Deutsche_Arbeitnehmerdatenbank_ELENA_beisst_ins_Gras?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] The German government announced, in a press release on 18 July 2011, that it was going to abandon its central database and registration procedure for salaries, ELENA (“Elektronischer Entgeltnachweis”/ “electronic salary record”), as soon as possible. With this decision, German […]

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April 6, 2016 · Blogs

Swedish Supreme Court rules against Freedom of Panorama

­Wikimedia’s Swedish chapter was sued in 2013 by BUS (Visual Arts Copyright Society in Sweden) for the site Offentligkonst.se, a site where you can upload your own images of public art so that others can easily find them. BUS claimed that Wikimedia Sweden violated copyright law by publishing images of public artwork online. The Supreme […]

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June 20, 2012

Culture: Global changes in production and consumption

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kultur: Globaler Wandel in Produktion und Konsum | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.12_Kultur_Globaler_Wandel_in_Produktion_und_Konsum?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120620] The Green MEPs Eva Lichtenberger, Sandrine Bélier and Helga Trüpel hosted an event on 7 June 2012 in the European Parliament on the global changes in production and consumption of cultural goods. The first speaker at the event was […]

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May 18, 2011

CFP 2011 Conference to address the Future of Technology and Human Rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [CFP 2011 Konferenz beschäftigt sich mit Zukunftstechnologien und Menschenrechten | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_CFP_2011_Konferenz_zu_Zukunftstechnologien_und_Menschenrechten] The 21st Annual Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference (CFP 2011) will be held on 14 – 16 June 2011 in Washington DC, USA, at the Georgetown University Law Center. CFP conferences traditionally look at the technology and […]

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April 25, 2012

FBI seizure to threaten anonymity and freedom of speech

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Beschlagnahmung durch FBI bedroht Anonymität und Redefreiheit | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Beschlagnahmung_durch_FBI_bedroht_Anonymitaet_und_Redefreiheit?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] On 18 April 2012, a server shared by Riseup Networks and May First/People Link in New York City and operated by the European Counter Network (ECN) was seized by a search warrant issued at the request of FBI. ECN, […]

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October 7, 2009

Paris Court of Appeals on a GPL – related case

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Pariser Berufungsgerichtshof mit einem GPL-Fall | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1541] The Paris Court of Appeals published in September 2009 its decision on a case that involved the distribution of the VNC Software, remote desktop access software available under GPL GNU licence. The case was brought forward by AFPA (Association for professional […]

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March 23, 2011

Privatised online enforcement series: A. Abandonment of the rule of law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Serie: Privatisierung der Online Strafverfolgung – Teil A | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Privatisierung_der_Online-Strafverfolgung_Abkehr_vom_Prinzip_Rechtsstaatlichkeit] This is the first in a series of articles looking at the development of processes for cajoling, obliging or coercing online economic operators to police the Internet. This first article examines the scale of this trend. Most western […]

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November 21, 2012

CleanIT looking for the question that it was seeking an answer to

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [CleanIT oder Wie war noch mal die Frage? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.22_CleanIT_oder_Wie_war_noch_mal_die_Frage?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] Few people know that CleanIT was born from another failed project – the European Commission-led “dialogue on illegal online content”. In that “dialogue”, the European Commission (DG HOME) sought to persuade Internet hosting companies to delete websites containing […]

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February 27, 2008

Legislation against Internet filesharing in UK

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The UK Government intends to introduce legislation that will force ISPs to disconnect theirs customers that illegally download music or films. Andy Burnham, the culture secretary, told the Financial Times “the government has no burning desire to legislate”, but he announced a change of tone from the […]

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October 10, 2012

Portugal: File-sharing for personal use is not infringing the law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Portugal: Filesharing für private Zwecke verstößt nicht gegen das Gesetz | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.19_Portugal_Filesharing_fuer_private_Zwecke_verstoesst_nicht_gegen_das_Gesetz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121010] The Portuguese prosecutors division DIAP (Department of Investigations and Criminal Acts) have recently ruled against ACAPOR (the Association of Audiovisual Commerce of Cultural Works and Entertainment of Portugal) in a case the latter initiated in 2011 […]

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July 15, 2009

EU Commissioner: Current business models encourage illegal file-sharing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Kommissarin: bestehende Geschäftsmodelle ermuntern illegales illegales File-Sharen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1468] On 9 July, during the Ludwig Erhard Lecture 2009 Lisbon Council in Brussels, Viviane Reding, EU telecommunications commissioner, while presenting the proposed strategy for a future digital European society, expressed the idea that present business models lead to the […]

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June 29, 2011

No anonymous Internet usage in Denmark?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aus für die Anonymität im dänischen Internet? | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Aus_fuer_die_Anonymitaet_im_daenischen_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] A working group at the Danish Ministry of Justice is debating on a recommendation to the Parliament. The current text suggests that people using open wireless internet connections, e.g. at libraries, cafes, and private companies identify themselves with a […]

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