Results for copyright

March 13, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

What will happen to our memes?

In Europe, new rules concerning copyright are being created that could change the internet fundamentally. The consequences that the upload filters included in the EU copyright Directive proposal will have for our creativity online raise concerns. Will everything we want to post to the internet have to pass through “censorship machines”? If the proposed Directive […]

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July 19, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

More responsibility to online platforms – but at what cost?

In the European Commission’s internal note published by Netzpolitik.org on 16 July 2019, the Commission presents current problems around the regulation of digital services and proposes a revision of the current E-Commerce Directive. Such a revision would have a huge impact on fundamental rights and freedoms. This is why it’s crucial for the EU to […]

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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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November 25, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Walking from Luxembourg to Brussels in two hours

A public hearing before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last Tuesday, November 10, dealt with the compatibility of Article 17, more precisely the provisions of Article 17 that require platforms to block copyright infringements, with the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

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January 29, 2014 · Blogs

Spain court orders an ISP to disconnect a user for P2P file sharing

For the first time in Spain, a court has ruled that an ISP must disconnect one of its users for having shared P2P music files. In a case brought to the court by Promusicae, an association of Spanish music producers, against the Spanish ISP R Cable y Telecomunicaciones Galicia, the Barcelona Court of Appeals has […]

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July 15, 2016 · Blogs

Copyfail #8: Geo-blocking: Blocking access to cultural content online depending on your physical location

This article is the eighth in the series presenting Copyfails. The EU is reforming its copyright rules. We want to introduce you to 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? If I can watch a football […]

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January 11, 2017 · Blogs

2017 – another extremely challenging year for digital rights

The agenda of the year 2016 for the protection of digital rights was filled with challenges, and it looks like 2017 is not going to be any easier.

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May 31, 2017 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Consumer protection MEPs launch attack on consumers

Documents leaked by Julia Reda, a Member the European Parliament (MEP) show that parliamentarians on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), whose job it is to protect consumers and improve legal consistency in the EU, are planning an assault on citizens’ fundamental rights, legal coherence and even the ultimate authority of […]

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September 7, 2017 · Blogs

Estonia loves digital – why is it supporting the #censorshipmachine?

Estonia is globally known as a powerhouse of the digital world. It eagerly moves everything into the digital realm and prides itself on being at the forefront of technology. As it now holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU, it is in charge of negotiations on the new Copyright Directive proposal. Knowing how […]

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January 29, 2018 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – 15 years of digital rights news (and counting)

15 years ago this day, on 29 January 2003, we published our very first EDRi-gram. To celebrate this occasion, we are looking back at the articles in this first newsletter.

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February 7, 2018 · Blogs

EDRi’s “Brussels Exchange Programme” – turning theory into practice

As a European network of 35 digital civil rights NGOs, EDRi is encouraging its member organisations to get to know each other, and to coordinate their national level advocacy work and campaigning on digital rights. Another important aspect of EDRi’s work is reinforcing the members’ understanding of the European level decision-making, and facilitating the cooperation […]

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April 1, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

This 1 April, we mourn the death of parody

Traditionally, in some countries, the first of April is known for jokes and frivolity - “April Fool’s Day” in English-speaking countries and, oddly, “poisson d’avril” among French-speakers.

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