August 25, 2010

Azeri bloggers appeal rejected by the Supreme Court

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Einspruch von Azeri Bloggern vom Höchstgericht abgewiesen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2130] The Azerbaijani Supreme Court took a disturbing decision on 19 August 2010 rejecting the appeal by bloggers and activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade thus upholding the previous decisions taken by the lower courts in 2009 that convicted the […]

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March 1, 2006

Discussions continue on a development agenda for WIPO

A first session of the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda took place on 20-24 February 2006 in Geneva to discuss about proposals for a development agenda. EDRI was present during the meeting in its new role as officially acknowledged observer. The WIPO Development Agenda is a far-reaching proposal that was […]

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September 8, 2010

Deleting illegal sites is more efficient than blocking them

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Löschen illegaler Seiten ist effizienter als Sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2163] Eco, the Association of German Internet Economy, presented, in a press conference in Berlin on 1 September 2010, the situation related to fighting child pornography, reaching the conclusion that deleting was, in 98% of the cases, more efficient than […]

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June 19, 2013 · Blogs

The Spanish Police might use spying Trojans on individuals’ computers

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien: Staatlicher Trojaner könnte künftig Privat-Computer ausspionieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.12_Spanien_Staatlicher_Trojaner_koennte_kuenftig_Privat-Computer_ausspionieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130619] A draft Criminal Procedure Code issued by the Spanish Ministry of Justice, authorises the police to install trojans on computers from surveyed individuals. According to Article 350 of the proposed draft, prosecutors may ask the judge for “the installation […]

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September 8, 2010

YouTube guilty of its users' copyright infringement says a German court

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland: YouTube wegen Verletzung von Urheberrechten verurteilt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2168] On 3 September 2010, the German Hamburg state court ruled that Google’s subsidiary YouTube had to pay damages for not having prevented and blocked the upload by its users of several videos of Sarah Brightman’s performances, thus violating its […]

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February 26, 2014 · Blogs

Merkel wants “Safe Communication Networks” for the EU

In the light of the NSA spying scandal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced plans to set up a European communications network meant to curb the US and GCHQ mass surveillance. “We will speak to France about this and about all things regarding what kind of European providers we have who can offer security for […]

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September 8, 2010

ENDitorial: ACTA endgame – The devil is in the detail

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ ENDitorial: Endspiel um ACTA – Der Teufel steckt im Detail | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2170] The last week has seen a flurry of activity surrounding ACTA, with the leak of the latest negotiating text, as well as the adoption of a Written Declaration by the European Parliament. Some parts of […]

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September 22, 2010

Blocking websites approved by the French Senate

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französischer Senat stimmt Netzsperren zu | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2200] The French Senate adopted on 10 September 2010 the law on known as Loppsi 2 (Original title: loi d’orientation et de programmation pour la performance de la sécurité intérieure). This legislation would give the police the power to upload malware on […]

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July 27, 2011

Belgium: Francophone press goes out and back in Google Search

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Google sperrt und entsperrt französischsprachige Zeitungen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Google_sperrt_und_entsperrt_franzoesischsprachige_Zeitungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] As a result of Google’s conflict with Copiepresse, the search engine announced on 15 July 2011 that it would not index titles from the Belgium francophone press. Google stated that in doing so, it only complied with the decision […]

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July 4, 2012 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Microsoft's vision for regulation of communication by private companies

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Microsofts Vision einer Kommunikationsregulierung durch private Konzerne | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] Microsoft is in charge of the “notice and takedown” workstream of the European Commission-funded and inspired “CEO coalition”. It is therefore interesting to take a look at what the world will look like if Microsoft and similar companies […]

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March 28, 2007

IPRED2 adopted by the EP Legal Affairs committee

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs committee has adopted on 20 March 2007 the draft IPRED directive following the opinions presented by MEP Nicola Zingaretti, with some important amendments though. The good news is that the very controversial definition of “commercial scale infringement”, that previously included the IPRs […]

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August 24, 2011

Turkey postpones its Internet filtering plans

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Türkei vertagt Pläne zur Filterung des Internets | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.16_Tuerkei_vertagt_Plaene_zur_Filterung_des_Internets?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110901] Having been fiercely criticized since May 2011 over its Internet filtering system (Procedures and Principles regarding Safe Internet Use) planned to be imposed on 22 August, the Information Technologies Board (BTK) has decided to delay the introduction of the […]

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