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July 4, 2013 · Blogs

The ACTA Archive

Today is the first anniversary of the rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in the European Parliament – after months of debates, a large majority of Parliamentarians voted against the adoption. This is the perfect time to gather all documents that have ever been produced by EDRi on this Agreement, to recall who were […]

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April 12, 2007

France establishes the DRM-regulation authority

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The independent authority foreseen by the new French law on copyright (DADVSI) was created in the last days of the Villepin government. This Authority for Regulations of the DRMs (Autorité de régulation des mesures techniques – ARMT) should ensure the interoperability of the DRM systems and allow […]

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April 23, 2008

ENDitorial: Will France Introduce the Digital Guillotine in Europe?

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Ever since DADVSI, the French implementation of the European Copyright Directive, Internet users in France have faced increasingly disproportionate threats of punishment for claims of copyright infringement. The latest scheme promoted by the content industry against unauthorized sharing of music and films on Internet is called “flexible […]

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November 16, 2011

Online Distribution of Audiovisual Works: EDRi's answer to the EC

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi-Stellungnahme: Online-Vertrieb von audiovisuellen Werken | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.22_EDRi_Stellungnahme_Online_Vertrieb_von_audiovisuellen_Werken?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111116] Adapting the European policy to the digital environment would offer the audiovisual industry access to an even broader audience and would give the consumer greater access to cultural works. It is the opportunity to redefine a simple and harmonised framework. It […]

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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 […]

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September 7, 2016 · Blogs

What digital rights are at imminent risk? All of them.

Our civil rights in the digital environment are based on our rights to protect our personal security and data, our right to communicate freely, and our right for any restrictions to be necessary, predictable and proportionate. Every one of these rights is now under imminent threat.

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February 23, 2011

The US pressures the EU to pass ACTA before the end of 2011

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [USA machen Druck: EU soll ACTA noch vor Jahresende beschließen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_USA_setzt_EU_wegen_ACTA_unter_Druck] The US government has expressed its eagerness to see ACTA passed by the European Parliament this year. The controversial treaty allows governments to “order an online service provider to disclose (…) information sufficient to identify a […]

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March 11, 2009

Swedish Pirate Bay trial waiting now for the decision

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Entscheidung im Schwedischen Pirate Bay-Prozess erwartet | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1331] The Pirate Bay trial in Sweden continued until 3 March 2009 with the hearings of the prosecution and defence witnesses. The earlier events of the trial were covered in the previous EDRi-gram. While a day before, the representatives of the […]

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November 4, 2009

ENDitorial: ACTA revealed, European ISPs might have a big problem

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: ACTA enthüllt, europäische Internet-Service-Provider dürften ein großes Problem haben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1575] Negotiations on the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement have started in Seoul, South Korea. This week’s closed negotiations will focus on “enforcement in the digital environment.” Negotiators will be discussing the Internet provisions drafted by the […]

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June 7, 2017 · Campaigns

Act now to stop Europe from adopting the world’s worst filtering law!

Stop the #censorshipmachine!

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December 14, 2016 · Blogs

Google’s forgetful approach to the “right to be forgotten”

Google is unquestionably a pioneer with regard to transparency reporting in the online environment. It was among the first to demand more transparency regarding government restrictions on freedom of communication and access to user data. The company has continued to learn and refine its processes. It has produced a consistent methodology for the various types […]

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June 3, 2009

Pressure of the record companies on The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Plattenfirmen setzen The Pirate Bay unter Druck | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1414] Macedonian: [Издавачките куќи вршат притисок врз Pirate Bay | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/edri/izdavachkite-kukji-vrshat-pritisok-vrz-pirate-bay.html] The Swedish court has denied the request of four major record companies to fine The Pirate Bay (TPB) for being still operational. At the middle of May 2009, Universal, […]

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