Results for copyright

March 7, 2018 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Freedom of expression online

New copyright compromise text: Filter or be filtered

Discussions on the censorship machine continue at the level of the Council of the European Union.

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June 30, 2016 · Blogs

Copyfail #6: The “Google tax”- not a tax and Google doesn’t pay

This article is the sixth in the series presenting Copyfails. The EU is reforming its copyright rules. We want to introduce you to the main failures of the current copyright system, with suggestions on how to fix them. You can find all the Copyfails here. How has it failed? Germany and Spain introduced in their […]

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August 23, 2016 · Blogs

Copyright reform: Unlocking copyright for users?

On 8 September 2016, only a few days before the European Commission will announce its plans for a copyright reform, Communia and EDRi will be organising an event to discuss some of they key issues, namely the failures of the current EU copyright law, and the situation of exceptions and limitations. The event “Copyright Reform: Unlocking […]

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March 25, 2015 · Blogs

Copyright exceptions and limitations – back to the future

The noise around the non-legislative report of the European Parliament on the Copyright in the Information Society Directive (also known as the InfoSoc Directive and Directive 2001/29/EC) in Brussels is deafening. With one Committee still to table its amendments, the total number of amendment has already reached 759. Part of the reason for this is […]

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February 23, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Final Copyright “compromise”: Upload filters for everyone but Google & Co

On 21 February, the rapporteur of the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) Axel Voss issued his suggestion for a “compromise” on the Copyright reform, on which the Committee will vote in April.

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October 31, 2004

EDRI answer to consultation on EU copyright legislation

In October 2004 the European Commission organised a consultation on the review of EU legislation on copyright and related rights. EDRI sent in an evaluation, together with FIPR (UK) and VOSN (NL). The paper is available at: http://www.edri.org/docs/edri_copyright_consultation.pdf In the paper, EDRI argues for higher standards of user rights. The response was endorsed by twenty […]

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October 31, 2017 · Blogs | Information democracy | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

Portugal bans use of DRM that limits access to public domain works

With the tendency of becoming too accustomed to bad news on copyright, it is refreshing to hear that Portugal has recently passed a law that helps to strike a fairer balance between users and copyright holders on digital rights management (DRM). The law does not abolish legal protection for DRM altogether – unfortunately, that would […]

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September 4, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Copyright: Compulsory filtering instead of obligatory filtering – a compromise?

Tomorrow, 5 September 2018 at 12h CEST, is the deadline to table amendments to the proposed Copyright Directive. T

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May 23, 2012

Finland: Open WiFi owners are not liable for copyright infringement|

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnland: Betreiber offener W-Lans haften nicht für Urheberrechtsverstöße | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Finnland_Betreiber_offener_W-Lans_haften_nicht_fuer_Urheberrechtsverstoesse?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] On 14 May 2012, a District Finish Court decided on the condition of open WiFi owners in respect to their liability for online copyright infringements. In a two-year long case brought to court by the anti-piracy group CIAPC […]

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June 29, 2011

UK: Copyright holders ask for website blocking

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Rechteinhaber fordern Netzsperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Britische_Rechteinhaber_fordern_Netzsperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] According to some leaked reports, copyright holders seem to have proposed during a roundtable with UK Government representatives, ISPs and others on 15 June 2011, plans that could lead to the blocking of websites that allegedly host copyright infringing material. Apparently, the […]

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February 27, 2008

Extension of the copyright term for performers proposed to the EC

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 14 February 2008, EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy announced his intention to propose to the European Commission (EC), in the next several months, an extension of the copyright term for performers from 50 to 95 years. This proposal should be ready for adoption by the […]

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July 13, 2011

EP Hearing "Copyright and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age"

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hearing im EU-Parlament: “Urheberrecht und Geistiges Eigentum im Digitalen Zeitalter” | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_EP_Urheberrecht_und_Geistiges_Eigentum_im_digitalen_Zeitalter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] The Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament held a hearing on Copyright and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age” in the European Parliament (EP) on 29 and 30 June 2011. The event was organised […]

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