Results for copyright

October 10, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | 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.

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.

October 31, 2004 · Blogs

copyright

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.

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.

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.

March 10, 2015

Deadline for ITRE amendments for Reda’s report on copyright

June 11, 2015

2015 IViR Symposium on alternative compensation systems for digital copyright

July 15, 2015

CopyCamp Conference 2015 – Understanding the Social Impacts of Copyright

September 2, 2015

The School of Rock(ing) EU Copyright

May 31, 2016

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