Results for copyright

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 | 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.

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.

January 22, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | 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.

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

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July 7, 2016

CopyCamp 2016 – Future of Copyright in Europe

Joint non paper on article 17 of the copyright in the digital single market directive

Joint non paper on article 17 of the copyright in the digital single market directive

September 13, 2016

Ancillary copyright event

August 30, 2017

School of Rock(ing) Copyright – Ljubljana