January 17, 2007 · Blogs

Is DRM fading out?

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 2007 has started with news showing the fading away of the DRM systems that have created many problems with consumers and interoperability without having clear results in the actions against illegal copies. Thus, one of the biggest record companies, EMI, has announced at the beginning of the […]

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January 17, 2007 · Blogs

Sony loses DRM case in France

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Sony UK and Sony France have lost a case against The French consumer protection association UFC Que Choisir because they did not inform the consumers about the lack of interoperability of their products and services to other devices. The decision taken by the Nanterre Tribunal has found […]

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April 9, 2014 · Blogs

Data Retention ruled invalid: what does this mean for Kosovo?

The European Court of Justice published on on 8 April its verdict on the Data Retention Directive, ruling it invalid. The court’s decision follows years of strict enforcement by the Commission, which has gone so far as to seek financial penalties from a number of Member States that did not implement the measure on time. […]

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August 29, 2007

French police investigated teenager for unofficial translation

A French high school student was arrested and interrogated by the police for having posted online his translation of the first three chapters of the latest Harry Potter volume, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, only a few days after the official launching of the English version in July 2007. He was however immediately released […]

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June 1, 2011

Battle over Passenger Data is heating up

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kampf um Fluggastdaten heizt sich auf | http://bit.ly/kKACLl] In late May 2011, the new draft agreements on the transfer and retention of air passenger data between the EU and the United States and Australia respectively have leaked to the public. The re-negotiation of the agreements from 2007, which […]

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June 5, 2013 · Blogs

Transborder data access: Strong critics on plans to extend CoE Cybercrime Treaty

The Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) held a hearing on 3 June 2013 in Strasbourg to collect views from civil society and the private sector on its plans to further extent Convention 185 provisions on transborder access to data through a draft additional Protocol. The proposal received strong criticism from most of the […]

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March 15, 2006

CoE works on new instrument on children empowerment on the net

The Council of Europe Group of Specialists on Human Rights in the Information Society (CoE MC-S-IS) held its 4th meeting on 9-10 March in Strasbourg, with EDRI participating in its capacity of non governmental observer. Among the many issues on the agenda were: – the analysis of answers to the questionnaire sent by the group […]

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July 27, 2011 · Blogs

Voluntary agreements on blocking are interfering with human rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Freiwillige Sperrabkommen beeinträchtigen die Menschenrechte | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Freiwillige_Sperrabkommen_beeintraechtigen_die_Menschenrechte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] Following the agreement of the EU institutions on a web blocking compromise text which fails to adequately address the lawless blocking which is undertaken in several EU countries, a careful reading of recent research on the legality of this approach is […]

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July 4, 2012

UK government wants an automatic filtering of adult sites

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung plant automatisierte Netzfilter für Erwachsenenangebote | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Britische_Regierung_plant_automatisierte_Netzfilter_fuer_Erwachsenenangebote?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The UK officials intend to force Internet users to filter out pornography websites starting with the setting out of their accounts. “I want to fully explore every option that might help make children safer – including whether internet filters […]

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March 29, 2006

New anti-terror bill proposed in Denmark

As a follow up to the latest anti-terror plan of action (49 proposals) of November 2005, the Danish government is now proposing new anti-terror legislation. In the current round of public hearing, massive criticism has been raised by NGOs, legal experts, Danish industry, telecom providers, and from a number of political parties, including the Liberal […]

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August 24, 2011

US Hotline reports vast improvements in removal of child abuse websites

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [US-Hotline verzeichnet große Erfolge bei der Löschung von Missbrauchsdarstellungen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.16_US_Hotline_verzeichnet_große_Erfolge_bei_der_Loeschung_von_Missbrauchsdarstellungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110901] In the course of the past year the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) made huge improvements in its handling of both domestic and international reports of web-based child abuse material. These sudden and […]

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December 22, 2010 · Blogs

Recommended Action: Support EDRi!

Do you believe in Internet freedom? In digital civil rights? In human rights in the Internet environment? Then we need your support! Not only because we believe in the same ideas, but because we actively look to promote and respect them. See how we did it in the past 2 years in our report. http://www.edri.org/files/EDRi-yearly-reports-2009-2010.pdf […]

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