Results for copyright

March 25, 2015 · Blogs

Parliament’s work on copyright enforcement – not worth copying

The European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) adopted an Opinion on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) enforcement, in response to the European Commission’s Communication entitled “Towards a renewed consensus on the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: an EU Action Plan”. It starts by offering support for “the” “follow the money” approach. The only problem […]

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October 19, 2016 · Blogs

“Follow the money” on copyright infringements

The European Commission is pushing forward energetically on privatised law enforcement projects for all manner of internet activities. This is the approach to terrorism, hate speech, copyright enforcement… whatever the question, the answer is that internet companies can solve the problem.

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April 22, 2021 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

How Austria wants to implement upload filters and ancillary copyright

EDRi's member epicenter.works sheds light on the Austrian implementation of the controversial Copyright Directive passed in the EU Parliament in 2019. As positive as some draft provisions regarding upload filters are, the Austrian implementation of ancillary copyright is poor.

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June 2, 2021 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Copyright Reform in Germany: Damage Reduction on Article 17

While waiting for the implementation guidelines from the European Commission and the CJEU ruling on whether upload filters are legal or not, some Member States are implementing the Directive. Germany has done some damage reduction in its implementation, according to former MEP and current GFF staff Felix Reda

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October 20, 2005

Business Software Alliance lobbies against copyright levies

The Business Software Alliance has issued a report on the growing online music market. According to the BSA, in western Europe alone it is expected to grow more than 500% by 2008 to 559.1 million euro, from 106.4 million euro this year. The BSA states most of this content is protected by digital rights management, […]

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January 18, 2006

P2P Italian server administrator condemned for copyright infringement

As a result of the modification of the copyright law in Italy through Urbani Law, an administrator of an OpenNap server, « Soniknap5 » was condemned for illegal sharing of music files. The Italian Urbani law modified in March 2005, stipulates administrative penalties for those downloading copyrighted files from the Internet but penal sanctions for […]

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November 21, 2007

Attack on Russian opposition media claiming copyright infringement

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The local edition of Moscow-based independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta from Samara was closed down on 8 November 2007 by the Russian authorities and its editor Sergei Kurt-Adzhiyev was criminally indicted under the accusation of having violated copyright provisions of the Russian Penal Code, by using counterfeit software. […]

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September 24, 2008

Spain: Indexing torrent files is not copyright infringement

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The case of Sharemula.com, the eDonkey website publishing links allowing users to download movies, music and software has been recently dismissed by the Provincial Court of Madrid which ruled that the website was operating legally. The case had been brought to court by the Federación Antipiratería (Anti-piracy […]

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February 10, 2010

ACTA: the hot copyright treaty surrounded by secrecy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ACTA: Umstrittenes Urheberrechts-Abkommen im Nebel | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1699] The secrecy on the closed international agreement on Intellectual Property issues – ACTA – is making everyone suspicious on the content of the new treaty, which could contain dangerous legislation for digital civil rights. After the end of talks on ACTA […]

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March 9, 2011

Portuguese Government uses "honeypots" to deter copyright infringers

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Portugiesische Regierung nutzt “Honeypots” zur Abschreckung von Urheberrechtsverletzern | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Portugiesische_Regierung_nutzt_Honeypots] In an attempt to scare alleged illegal downloaders, the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, through the General Inspection of Cultural Activities (IGAC), in collaboration with the Portuguese Phonographic Association (AFP), has decided to start using a so-called “honeypot”. “Honeypots” […]

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May 4, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Inclusive technologies

Copyright: European Court of Justice strictly limits the use of upload filters

“Today’s ruling sets an important precedent for the protection of freedom of expression online. Nevertheless, it does not go far enough. The European Court of Justice does not completely rule out the use of upload filters to enforce copyright on online platforms. At least, however, the court confirms what civil society has been emphasizing for years: upload filters are unable to reliably distinguish between copyright infringements and legitimate forms of free expression such as parodies or quotations. It is therefore right that the highest court limits the use of upload filters under Article 17 of the EU Copyright Directive to uploads that constitute manifest infringements, such as uploads of entire movies.”

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May 4, 2022 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online

What happens next with upload filters in the EU after the CJEU copyright ruling

On 26 April, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgement on one of the most relevant cases for freedom of expression in recent years: Case C-401/19- Poland v Parliament and Council. The case was brought by Poland after the adoption of the controversial copyright Directive, and specifically because of its Article 17 that, according to EDRi and other civil society organisations, academics and politicians, could lead to mandatory use of upload filters on most online platforms.

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