January 16, 2008

EC public consultation of Creative Content Online

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 3 January 2008, the European Commission (EC) launched a public consultation for the preparation of a recommendation on Creative Content Online to be adopted by the European Parliament and Council that calls for a common legal environment for online content, proposing multi-territory licences. In the opinion […]

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November 5, 2014 · Blogs

FTDI: Is the law criminal?

The EDRi-gram has previously reported on the general silliness, if not active harmfulness to an open society, of certain copying controls that are generically referred to as Digital Rights Management (DRM). However, it’s not often that a practical example comes around that underlines the problem and at the same time has potential to demonstrate the […]

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April 26, 2006

Debate on the revision of Swiss copyright law

On April 6, the Swiss copyright office launched a discussion on the proposal for the revision of the copyright law in Switzerland at its media event in Berne. The Swiss copyright office presented a pocket guide as well as a website and commented on the most important changes. The primary goal of the copyright revision […]

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June 21, 2006

iTunes service considered illegal in Norway

Following a complaint made by the Norwegian Consumer Council in January this year, Bjorn Erik Thon, the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ruled that the Apple iTunes service breaks section 9a of the Norwegian Marketing Control Act. The Consumer Ombudsman considers as unreasonable that the agreement the consumer must accept is regulated by the foreign law […]

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July 5, 2006

New French copyright law gives Apple satisfaction

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The most controversial DADVSI Law, now colloquially known also as “iTunes Law”, was finally adopted in the French Parliament with a compromise allowing Apple to continue operating as before. The law was adopted by the Parliament under emergency regime, which ended with a mixed commission, normally made […]

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September 26, 2007

European Commission investigates Apple's European prices

The representatives of the European Commission (EC) had a closed meeting last week with Apple and other four major record companies, regarding the different pricing schemes used in different countries in Europe. The meeting should have lasted for two days, but two record companies EMI Group and Warner Music Group decided they didn’t need to […]

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January 16, 2008

UK Government continues to pressure ISPs for Internet filtering

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 8 January 2008, at the launching of the government consultation on new copyright exceptions, Lord Triesman, the UK minister for intellectual property, threatened the ISPs with the introduction of new legislation to force them to block illegal filesharing in case they cannot find a voluntary agreement […]

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August 2, 2006

The French copyright law changed by the Constitutional Council

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The French Constitutional Council ruled on the most controversial copyright and related rights law, known as DADVSI law, concluding that some provisions of the law “violated the constitutional protections of property”. The Council has considered as unconstitutional several provisions adopted by the French Parliament that were meant […]

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February 28, 2007

ENDitorial : EU nations scolded by IIPA

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), a lobby group representing the American publishing, software, recording and movie industries, has been busy. On 12 February IIPA published its recommendations to the US Trade Representative’s 2007 review of global copyright laws. This “Special 301” procedure can lead to significant […]

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June 16, 2004

Berlin declaration on music flatrate

During the Wizards of OS conference in Berlin, from 10 to 12 June 2004, legal scientists and civil rights defenders jointly launched a declaration on collectively managed online rights. The declaration is a response to the call for comments on the Communication from the European Commission on the management of copyright and related rights in […]

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November 20, 2013 · Blogs

TPP May Be Worse Than ACTA

A version of 30 August 2013 of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) draft confirms previously expressed concerns that the negotiating parties are prepared to expand the reach of intellectual property rights to the detriment of consumer rights and data protection. The document was recently leaked and published by Wikileaks […]

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May 20, 2015 · Blogs

EDRi-gram 300: Digital rights news from 2025

We are proud to present the 300th edition of the EDRi-gram as an eBook entitled “Digital rights news from 2025”!

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