March 23, 2011 · Blogs

Ireland: Police seek internet blocking from ISPs

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Polizei fordert Netzsperren von den ISPs | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Irische_Polizei_fordert_Netzsperren] A leaked letter from the Irish police force to ISPs has revealed demands that Irish ISPs should implement internet blocking. The letter – dated December 2010 but made publicly available only now – shows that Irish police have requested […]

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November 8, 2006

Fileshares get different treatment in Europe's courts

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A few interesting decisions regarding the copyright infringement by fileshares have been taken in the last weeks by courts from different states in Europe. Usage of p2p programms has been considered totally different in decisions in Finland, Sweden and Spain. At the end of October 2006, a […]

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November 17, 2010

E-Commerce directive: ensure freedom of expression and due process of law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [E-Commerce-Richtlinie: Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung und ordentliches Verfahren sichern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2355] EDRi has responded to the public consultation of the European Commission on Electronic Commerce Directive (2000/31/EC) asking for the revision of the European regime of intermediaries liability, in view of better guaranteeing the respect for fundamental rights […]

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September 23, 2009

MEPs ask for a new agreement on SWIFT bank data transfers to USA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [MEPs fordern ein neues Abkommen über SWIFT-Bankdatentransfers an die USA | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1523] The European Parliament issued on 17 September 2009 a resolution reaffirming the need that for the Council and EU ministers to renegotiate the agreement to transfer bank data to the United States Treasury Department. MEPs have […]

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October 8, 2008

RapidShare needs to check every file for copyright infringement

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A Hamburg court in Germany has ruled that the free file-hosting service RapidShare.de is not doing enough to combat piracy, so they should check content for copyright infringement before it is made available on the Internet . The decision was given in the legal conflict between RapidShare […]

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August 29, 2012

ENDitorial: CleanIT: creating a safer internet…for terrorists?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [CleanIT – ein sichereres Internet … für Terroristen? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.16_ENDitorial_CleanIT_ein_sichereres_Internet_fuer_Terroristen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120913] The “CleanIT project”, funded by the European Commission and led by the Dutch police, aims to produce a “guideline or gentleman’s agreement” to fight terrorism online in a way which does not involve the use of legislation. The […]

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January 29, 2003 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

Rally Members European Parliament against data retention

38 Members of the European Parliament from 7 different political groups have united in their resistance against mandatory data retention. Initiated by Marco Cappato, Italian Radical and former Rapporteur on privacy in the electronic communications, last week the MEP’s presented a strongly worded recommendation to the European Council. Even though the new European Privacy Directive […]

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February 27, 2008

MEP pressures for criminalizing copyright infringements

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Nicola Zingaretti, Socialist Member of the European Parliament (MEP) asked the EU member states to speed up the plan to criminalise copyright infringement that was first proposed in 2005 and agreed upon in 2007. The implementation of the EU Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED2) creating new […]

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March 12, 2008

Ireland: Music industry sues ISP, demands filtering

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) EMI, Sony, Warner and Universal have sued Ireland’s largest ISP, Eircom, demanding that it install filters to prevent users from illegally sharing or downloading music. The action was admitted by Mr. Justice Peter Kelly to the Commercial Court, meaning that it will be heard on an expedited […]

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May 21, 2014 · Blogs

EC adopts Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline

The Council of the European Union adopted, to very little fanfare, an extensive document on freedom of expression on 12 May. The document seeks to identify and clarify a range of principles with regard to freedom of communication. In doing so, the Foreign Affairs Council has adopted a text of unusual clarity and scope which […]

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November 18, 2009

Bank Data Transfer to US about to be stopped

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bankdatentransfer an die USA kurz vor dem Abbruch | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1588] The Swedish EU presidency and the United States government have finalized a draft agreement on bank data transfer for anti-terrorism purposes in mid-November. While the negotiations over the so-called “SWIFT agreement” were held exclusively behind closed doors, the […]

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January 27, 2010

OSCE asks Turkey to change the laws allowing Internet blocking

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [OSZE fordert die Türkei auf Gesetze für Internetsperren zu ändern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1676] OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Media Freedom representative Miklos Haraszti asked the Turkish Government on 18 January to change their Internet law in order to observe OSCE commitments and other international standards protecting […]

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