March 14, 2007

YouTube blocked for 2 days in Turkey

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The video-sharing website Youtube, was blocked on 7 March 2007 by a court order in Turkey, after some videos insulting Turkey’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had been uploaded on its servers. The ban was lifted two days later, when the videos were removed from the website. […]

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July 3, 2013 · Blogs

Prism, Tempora… and ECtHR?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Prism, Tempora … und der EGMR? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.13_Prism_Tempora_und_der_EGMR?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130703] By revealing documents about Prism US surveillance programme, Snowden, the former American National Security Agency (NSA) employee, seems to have opened a Pandora box. Der Spiegel has brought out new revelations that EU offices in Brussels, New York and Washington […]

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August 24, 2011

German DPA asks for the removal of Facebook "like" button

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutscher Datenschützer fordert Entfernung des Facebook-“Like”-Buttons | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.16_Deutscher_Datenschuetzer_fordert_Entfernung_des_Facebook_Like_Buttons?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110901] Thilo Weichert, the German data protection commissioner from the Independent Center for Privacy Protection (ULD) – the Data Protection Authority (DPA) from the state of Schleswig-Holstein, on 19 August 2011 called on website owners in his north German state to […]

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September 12, 2012

Spanish website gets back seized domain names. After 18 months.

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanische Webseite bekommt beschlagnahmte Domain zurück. Nach 18 Monaten. | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.17_Spanische_Webseite_bekommt_beschlagnahmte_Domain_zurueck?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120918] After one year and a half battle with the US authorities, the sports streaming and download Spanish site Rojadirecta has succeeded in winning back its domain names, after the authorities dropped the lawsuit against it on 29 […]

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May 24, 2006

French draft copyright law continues to be criticised

As a continuation of the “saga” of the French draft law on copyright and related rights of the information society (DASDVSI), the French Senate voted this month the law which continues to be severely criticised by the consumer associations as well as software companies. The Senators have adopted the law with 164 votes for and […]

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November 2, 2011

Higher numbers of content removal requests from governments to Google

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google: Deutlich mehr Löschanfragen von Regierungen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_Google_Deutlich_mehr_Loeschanfragen_von_Regierungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] Macedonian: [Сè поголем број владини барања за отстранување содржини од Google | Сè поголем број владини барања за отстранување содржини од Google] A Transparency Report issued by Google shows an increasing level of government requests of private data and content […]

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June 6, 2007

CSS protection used in DVDs is "ineffective"

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In an unanimous decision on 25 May 2007, the Helsinki District Court ruled that Content Scrambling System (CSS) used in DVD movies is “ineffective”. The decision is the first in Europe to interpret new copyright law amendments, based on EU Copyright Directive of 2001, that bans the […]

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June 7, 2006

Private copy system under scrutiny

The issue of the private copy remuneration system is becoming a subject of debate for interest groups from all over the world. L’AEPO-ARTIS grouping 27 associations of artists of Europe, the International Federation of Musicians and the International Federation of Actors took a stand in the support of the present private copy levy system. According […]

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June 20, 2007

Prüm's Treaty is now included into the EU legal framework

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The EU has adopted as its own law, with very little alterations, the so-called Prüm Treaty, signed on 27 May 2005 by Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Austria, which allowed the police forces of their countries to compare and exchange data more easily. The […]

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June 20, 2007

Google answers Article 29 Working Party on data protection standards

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Google has answered several questions related to its data protection standards addressed by the Article 29 Working Party, especially on the period after which the anonymisation of the search server logs can be obtained. Initially Google announced in March 2007 a reduction of the retention period for […]

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July 5, 2006

Swedish company offers file-sharing damage insurance

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Swedish company Tankafritt offers insurance against file sharing law suits damages and intends to expand to other Scandinavian countries. Magnus Brath, the owner of the company, found it in reaction to the recent copyright infringement cases in Sweden. He also thinks he could develop his business in […]

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July 2, 2008

ICAAN supports custom domains and discusses whois privacy issues

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During its 32nd International Public Meeting in Paris of 22-26 June, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the proposal to expand the world’s Domain Name System. Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN’s president and CEO, said in a statement: “The Board today accepted a recommendation […]

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