Results for copyright

February 1, 2016 · Blogs

EDRi’s work in 2015

Information technology has a revolutionary impact on our society. It has boosted freedom of communication and democracy but has also led to new approaches to surveillance and is increasingly used to impose restrictions on fundamental rights. In the past year, we worked hard to ensure that your rights and freedoms in the online environment are […]

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April 25, 2012

YouTube loses a case in Germany to collective society Gema

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Youtube verliert im Fall gegen GEMA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Youtube_verliert_im_Fall_gegen_GEMA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] A German court decided on 20 April 2012 that YouTube was indirectly liable for the copyrighted content posted by its users in a case brought to court in 2010 by the royalty collective society Gema. In this case, the defendant […]

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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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May 9, 2012

UK High Court orders ISPs to block The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britischer High Court entscheidet, ISPs müssen The Pirate Bay sperren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Britischer_High_Court_entscheidet_ISPs_muessen_The_Pirate_Bay_sperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] The UK High Court has recently decided that The Pirate Bay (TPB) must be blocked by 5 UK internet service providers. No technical details were given in the ruling as, according to Mr Justice Arnold, the […]

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January 18, 2006

NL Supreme court ends 10 year old Scientology case

Freedom of speech won in a battle that lasted for a decade between Karin Spaink, a Dutch writer and XS4ALL, her Internet service provider, on one side, and the Church of Scientology, on the other side, which was claiming copyright infringement. It all began in 1995 when the Church of Scientology attempted to seize the […]

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July 15, 2009

The big record companies are after Irish ISPs

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die großen Plattenfirmen haben es auf die irischen ISPs abegesehen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1469] The big music record companies, EMI Records (Ireland), Sony Music Entertainment Ireland, Universal Music Ireland, Warner Music Ireland and WEA International Incorporated, are after the Irish ISPs trying to force them to adopt a three strikes […]

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October 24, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Closed-doors discussions to filter the internet continue

On 12 September 2018, the European Parliament (EP) adopted the worst imaginable amendments to the copyright Directive proposal.

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December 19, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Disinformation and electoral interference | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Digital rights as a security objective: New gateways for attacks

Violations of human rights online, most notably the right to data protection, can pose a real threat to electoral security and societal polarisation.

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April 26, 2018 · Campaigns | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Let’s stop the Censorship Machine!

We have to make sure our representatives in the European Parliament oppose Article 13 during their vote in the JURI Committee on the proposed Copyright Reform. The dangers have been pointed out repeatedly. Still, they have remained ignored. We therefore decided to send the message in different languages, hoping Parliamentaries will better relate this time. […]

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June 16, 2016 · Blogs

Copyfail #4: Authors not getting a fair remuneration

This article is the fourth 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. How has it failed? When discussing reforming copyright, usually the […]

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September 20, 2017 · Blogs | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Transparency

Did the EU Commission hide a study that did not suit their agenda?

In 2013, the European Commission announced a launch of a study on copyright – and never published its results. Julia Reda, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), tabled a freedom of information request on this issue and was eventually granted access to the study.

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April 23, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

EU Council Presidency rushes to impose new copyfails in the EU

The discussions on the Censorship Machine proposal (a.k.a. upload filters) in the EU has suddenly speeded up.

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