Results for copyright

October 10, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy and participation | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Freedom of expression online

What’s next for Europe’s internet censorship plan?

Existing copyright filters (like YouTube's ContentID system) are set up to block people who attract too many copyright complaints, but what about people who make false copyright claims? The platforms must be allowed to terminate access to the copyright filter system for those who repeatedly make false or inaccurate claims about which copyright works are theirs.

July 27, 2016 · Blogs

More Copyfails or meaningful improvements?

The EU will soon be reforming its copyright rules. The European Commission is planning to present its proposal on 21 September 2016. To succeed in updating the copyright rules in a way that respects the needs of both the users and creators of cultural goods, we believe both European citizens and policy makers should better […]

April 9, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy and participation | Freedom of expression online

Filters Incorporated

On 26 March 2019, the European Parliament (EP) adopted the new copyright Directive. The music industry and collecting societies celebrated it as a victory for authors and creators, despite actual authors (along with civil society groups) being worried about the outcome.

February 8, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy and participation | Freedom of expression online

Copyright: Franco-German tandem strikes dangerous deal on Article 13

On 7 February, it became publicly known that the blockade in the Council of the European Union on the highly controversial Article 13 of the Copyright Directive proposal nears an end. The details which had been on the heart of the disagreement between the Union’s most powerful member states, France and Germany, have now been […]

April 6, 2016 · Blogs

Swedish Supreme Court rules against Freedom of Panorama

­Wikimedia’s Swedish chapter was sued in 2013 by BUS (Visual Arts Copyright Society in Sweden) for the site Offentligkonst.se, a site where you can upload your own images of public art so that others can easily find them. BUS claimed that Wikimedia Sweden violated copyright law by publishing images of public artwork online. The Supreme […]

June 9, 2016 · Blogs

Copyfail #3: Google and Facebook becoming the Internet police force

This article is the third 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 all the Copyfails here.

August 12, 2015 · Blogs

Portugal: “Voluntary” agreement against copyright infringements

On 30 July 2015, copyright and related rights-holders associations, the General Inspection of Cultural Activities (IGAC), the Portuguese Consumer Directorate-General, the Portuguese Association of Telecom Operators, the organisation responsible for .pt domain registrations DNS.PT, the anti-“piracy” group MAPINET, advertising associations, and (unidentified) consumer associations agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at protecting copyright and […]

September 9, 2015 · Blogs

Portugal: Privatised copyright law enforcement agreement now public

On 12 August 2015, EDRi-gram reported about a Portuguese “self-regulatory” agreement against alleged online infringements of copyright and related rights. The agreement has already entered into force and is now public, thanks to a Portuguese citizen who made a freedom of information request and successfully appealed its initial rejection before the Portuguese Commission on Access […]

January 22, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy and participation | Just and open internet and technologies | Privacy and surveillance | Biometrics | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality

Best of 2018: EDRi’s top articles and publications

Once again, 2018 was no resting time for digital rights defenders. Upload filters, which seem to be considered as a fit-for-all solution, have kept us particularly mobilised the entire year. Here is a throwback to our most popular articles and publications of the year.

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.

February 27, 2018 · Campaigns | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation | Profiling practices

European internet filter will destroy your freedom of expression: Stop it now!

Policy-makers are working on the largest internet filter we’ve ever seen. An algorithm will decide which of your uploads will be seen by the rest of the world and which won’t. This is how the internet filter will rob you of your freedom of expression.

May 31, 2016

Privatising the rule of law online: Freedom of speech, copyright and platforms in the digital single market