Results for copyright

November 2, 2016 · Blogs

From Warsaw to London: United to #fixcopyright

At the end of October 2016 two major events related to internet freedoms took place: Copycamp and MozFest. EDRi participated in both conferences, engaging with activists to build the resistance against attacks on our digital freedoms.

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August 25, 2010

ENDitorial: Leaked draft of the new Czech Copyright Act

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Entwurf zum neuen CR-Urheberrechtsgesetz durchgesickert | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2131] A leaked draft of the new Czech Copyright Act was obtained by Pirate News at the beginning of August 2010, after the Ministry of Culture has initially declined the request of Czech Pirate Party to have access to the document […]

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October 11, 2006

Open Letter against the revision of the Swiss copyright law

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the end of September 2006, a new initiative, called kunstfreiheit.ch (freedom of art) was launched in Switzerland. It is basically an open letter to the Swiss Minister of Justice and the Swiss parliamentarians calling attention to the fact that the reform/expansion of copyright, which is currently […]

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March 14, 2012

ENDitorial: About copyright reform

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Zur Urheberrechtsreform | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_ENDitorial_Zur_Urheberrechtsreform] EDRi presentation to ALDE Group Meeting on 7 March 2012 In this short presentation, I will briefly address two points. Firstly, the need to soberly assess the very difficult position we currently find ourselves in and, secondly, the dangers of failing to learn […]

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May 18, 2011

Google found guilty in Belgium for newspapers' copyright infringement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Google verliert Klage wegen Urheberrechtsverletzung | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_Belgien_Google_verliert_Klage_wegen_Urheberrechtsverletzung] Google lost its appeal in front of the Belgian appeals court which upheld an earlier ruling, having found the company guilty of infringing the copyright of newspapers, in the case introduced in 2006 by Copiepresse. In 2006, Copiepress, an agency […]

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May 2, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Leak: The “copyright troika” launches another censorship machine attack

On 27 April, a two-hour discussion was held on the Copyright Directive in the Council of the European Union.

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March 5, 2014 · Blogs

EDRi’s answer to the EC consultation on the review of EU copyright rules

On 5 December 2013, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules. The public consultation is part of the European Commission’s effort to review and modernise copyright rules in the EU and to adapt the current system to the digital age. In order to facilitate the answers from citizens, […]

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September 11, 2019 · On the ground | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Poland challenges copyright upload filters before the CJEU

On 24 May 2019, Poland initiated a legal challenge (C-401/19) before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against Article 17 of the Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market. EDRi member Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation has previously tried to get access to the complaint using freedom of information (FOI) requests, without success. […]

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February 26, 2014 · Blogs

Linking content does not infringe copyright says ECJ

On 21 February 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that a website could not be found to have infringed copyright for merely linking to content hosted elsewhere. The advice was given for the Svea hovrätt (Svea Court of Appeal, Sweden), in a case involving local journalists and aggregation Swedish company Retriever Sverige, a […]

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May 19, 2016 · Blogs

Copyfail #1: Chaotic system of freedoms to use copyrighted works in the EU

This article is the first one in the series presenting Copyfails. The EU is reforming its copyright rules. We want to introduce to you the main failures of the current copyright system, with suggestions on how to fix them. You can find the nine key failures here. COPYFAIL #1 How has it failed? The current […]

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May 7, 2014 · Blogs

Copyright meets broadcasting in Geneva

The 27th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization´s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 28 April to 2 May in Geneva. The Committee assessed the proposal for a Broadcasting Treaty. This initiative for a new binding global copyright treaty has been discussed at WIPO for over 10 years at […]

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November 20, 2018 · Open letters | Information democracy | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Letter to the EU Council: Stand for citizen’s rights and the European digital economy in the copyright negotiations!

On 19 November 2018, EDRi, together with 53 other NGOs, sent a letter to the Council of the European Union. The letter draws attention to the ongoing concerns regarding the proposal on copyright in the Digital Single Market, ahead of a crucial meeting on 23 November.

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