March 25, 2009

Irish ISP Association rejects the copyright industry threats

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irische ISP-Vereinigung weist die Drohungen der Copyrightindustrie ab | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1349] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Ирската асоцијација на интернет провајдери ги одбива заканите на индустријата за авторски права | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1418/4/lang,mk/] After several weeks of silence in the the Eircom deal with IRMA (Irish Recorded Music Association), […]

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February 15, 2012

Two Strikes in Germany?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Two Strikes für Deutschland? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.3_Two_Strikes_fuer_Deutschland?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120221] On 3 February 2012, the German Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) published a comparative study on graduated response systems in Europe which have been established to fight against copyright infringements on the Internet. The study looked at the situation in France, […]

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June 2, 2010

EC negotiation mandate for EU-US personal data protection agreement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EK-Verhandlungsmandat für Datenschutzabkommen zwischen der EU und den USA | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1971] On 26 May 2010, the European Commission (EC) announced having drafted a mandate for the negotiation of a data protection agreement with the US in view of ensuring a high level of protection of personal information, such […]

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May 21, 2008

Microsoft appeals the EC fine but faces even more complaints

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) While new accusations have been brought to Microsoft, the giant company announced on 9 May 2008 that it has appealed, at the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, the 899 million euro fine imposed in February 2008 by the European Commission (EC) for having abused its dominant […]

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February 11, 2009

Irish ISP settled to introduce 3 strikes

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The case introduced by IRMA (Irish Recorded Music Industry) against Irish ISP Eircom through which Eircom was required to block P2P filesharing by applying a filtering system to its network, was settled outside the court room. The music industry decided to drop the action provided Eircom introduces […]

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January 26, 2011

Sarkozy wants a "civilised" Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Sarkozy wünscht sich ein “zivilisiertes” Internet | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2555] With France at the Presidency of the G20 group in 2011, Nicolas Sarkozy has recently announced the intention to convene a G20 meeting to discuss Internet and copyright issues, before the full G20 summit of heads of state and government […]

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November 18, 2009

UK Home Office steps back in the project to intercept communications

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britisches Innenministerium tritt vom Projekt zur Abhörung von Anschlüssen zurück | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1585] The Home Office’s plan (known as the Interception Modernisation Programme) to put under surveillance everyone’s email, mobile phone, text and Internet communications has been put on hold, following the outcomes of a consultation launched in April […]

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January 26, 2011

EU institutions want clarifications form Hungary on its media legislation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU Institutionen fordern von Ungarn Klarstellungen zum Mediengesetz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2551] The Hungarian EU Presidency was met on 19 January 2011 with opposition and criticism due to the controversial media legislation Hungary has recently introduced. Some MEPs displayed white banners that read “censored”. Viktor Orban, the Hungarian Prime-Minister started […]

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June 30, 2010

Same privacy concerns for the new SWIFT treaty

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neues SWIFT-Abkommen: wieder die selben Privatsphäre-Bedenken | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2032] The agreement between the EU and USA on the transfer of bank data through SWIFT was signed on 28 June 2010 after the Spanish Presidency of the Council of Ministers has accepted some of the changes on the text proposed […]

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April 12, 2007 · Blogs

Free-DRM music by iTunes, but EC starts official investigation

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) EMI and Apple announced in the beginning of April 2007 that EMI Music’s entire digital catalogue of music will be available for purchase without DRM from the iTunes worldwide in May. This is also the result of several complaints from consumer advocates and European Commission (EC) officials […]

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November 18, 2009

Set backs for Danish and Norwagian anti-piracy groups

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rückschlag für dänische und norwegische Anti-Piraterie-Gruppen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1593] The Danish Antipiratgruppen representing the movie and music industries has recently announced it gives up attempts to sue alleged copyright infringers following several defeats in court. “It requires very strong and concrete evidence to have these people convicted. We simply […]

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February 27, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: European Financial Coalition against CP launched…again

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Europäische Finanzkoalition gegen den sexuellen Missbrauch von Kindern gestartet … wieder einmal | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.4_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130227] In 2009, the Swedish Presidency of the European Union helped launch the “European Financial Coalition against Child Pornography”. The initiative was based on the pre-existing US “Financial Coalition against Child Pornography,” involved the […]

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