Results for copyright

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.

June 3, 2015 · Blogs

Danish Ministry of Culture: Danes should be regulated by Google

In 2012, ACTA was rejected by the European Parliament with an overwhelming majority, not least due to its proposals to allow private law enforcement by foreign internet companies. Despite this, on 8 May 2015, the Danish Ministry of Culture presented a “Code of Conduct” agreement with a number of internet intermediaries, which in many respects […]

June 29, 2016 · Blogs

Advocate General: E-lending must be included to the lending rights

In 2015, the Dutch Association of Public Libraries (VOB) started a legal procedure against Stichting Leenrecht, the organisation distributing the remuneration to authors that libraries pay for lending books in the Netherlands. The purpose of the case was to clarify if the European Union’s Rental and Lending Rights Directive covers the lending of electronic books. […]

December 20, 2016 · Press mentions

EDRi’s Press Review 2016

During the past year, our work to defend citizens’ rights and freedoms online has gained an impressive visibility – we counted nearly four hundred mentions! – in European and international media. Below, you can find our press review 2016.

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.

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.

May 28, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Freedom of expression online

EU Member States agree on monitoring & filtering of internet uploads

On 25 May, the European Council agreed to a negotiating position on the draft copyright directive. This  will allow the presidency of the Council to start negotiations with the European Parliament on mass monitoring and filtering of internet uploads and a chaotic new “ancillary copyright” measure that will make it harder to link to and quote news sources.

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February 15, 2006

DVD circumvention device released in Ireland

SlySoft, a company registered in Ireland, has released software that allows users to convert their own DVDs to formats they can watch on mobile phones, Playstation Portables, video iPods and similar devices. This is one of the first examples seen in the wild of a “circumvention device” which bypasses the copy restriction technology contained in […]

June 21, 2006

Open letter for supporting the private copy in Italy

A new public campaign has been launched in Italy: its goal is to change Italy’s copyright law to ensure that end-users have a full-fledged right to create a private copy of works they legally acquired. The campaign, promoted by Scarichiamoli!, an Italian informal group of activists whose main goal is permitting the free circulation of […]

December 20, 2006

EUCD Best Practice Guide published

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A network of European civil society experts, including several EDRI members, published in December 2006 a Best Practice guide for countries implementing the EU copyright directive. The guide aims at legislators and advocates of a balanced copyright framework in countries hoping to join the EU in the […]

February 14, 2007

Belgium court backs decision against Google

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In the case brought by Copiepresse, a trade group representing 17 Belgium newspapers, against Google for publishing links to newspaper articles without permission, the Brussels Tribunal upheld its previous decision and ruled that Google violated the copyright law. Google was ordered to remove Belgian newspaper content from […]