Results for copyright

December 20, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

EDRi Awards 2018

For the first time and with great solemnity, EDRi presents the first ever 5th edition of our annual awards.

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July 30, 2008

EC wants to provide freedom for the authors from collecting societies

Against the high pressure from rights managers, the European Commission decided to ban certain copyright handling practices, mainly the obligation of an author not to move from a collective society to another. On 16 July 2007, Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes asked 24 European collecting societies managing copyright on behalf of music authors to eliminate the […]

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February 25, 2009

The trial of The Pirate Bay in Sweden

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Der Pirate-Bay Prozess in Schweden | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1303] The big, long and extremely mediatized trial filed on 31 January 2008 by Swedish prosecutors against the four Pirate Bay founders for “promoting other people’s infringements of copyright laws” started at Stockholm’s District Court, on 16 February 2009. The first day […]

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February 24, 2010

Leaked ACTA text confirms suspicions

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Durchgesickerter ACTA-Text bestätigt Verdacht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1720] The text of the digital chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was published on 21 February 2010, following news articles from IDG News Service issued a few days before. The text of the draft digital chapter confirms that there are several problems […]

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August 29, 2007

File-sharers' identification refused by German prosecutors

Recent cases in the German Local Court of Offenburg have confirmed the reluctance of the German public prosecutors in determining the identities of P2P users that have allegedly breached the copyright law. The German online publication Heise has revealed that in a recent case in the Offenburg court, the judge decided to reject the music […]

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January 18, 2012 · Blogs

Dutch Internet providers forced to block The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländische ISPs zur Sperre von The Pirate Bay gezwungen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_Niederlaendische_ISPs_zur_Sperre_von_The_Pirate_Bay_gezwungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] In its judgement of 11 January 2012, the Court of The Hague granted Dutch copyright enforcement organisation Brein’s request to order Dutch internet providers Ziggo and XS4ALL to block access to The Pirate Bay. This is the […]

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September 10, 2008

Launching Creative Commons Romania

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 2 September 2008, EDRi-member Association for Technology and Internet – APTI Romania organized an event to announce the availability of the localized Creative Commons (CC) licences. The event was organized with the help of the Center for Independent Journalism and HI-Q band and gathered users of […]

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February 1, 2012

The Lobby on ACTA is reaching a new level

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Lobbyarbeit für ACTA erreicht neue Dimensionen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.2_Lobbyarbeit_fuer_ACTA_erreicht_neue_Dimensionen] When the Commission calls for ACTA support, the chosen ones in industry happily follow. Going back a few months, in November 2011, at an International Fragrance Association event, Pedro Velasco Martins from the European Commission (DG Trade, Deputy Head of […]

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September 27, 2006

Belgium says no to Google News

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Belgium newspaper group Copiepress sued Google News, considering they should have asked its permission and agreed financial terms when publishing material from their Belgium newspapers. Google lost in the first instance, but also the appeal against the ruling given on 5 September 2006. Facing a 1 […]

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February 1, 2012

FAVA'S bill: Another attempt to limit civil rights in Italy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das FAVA Gesetz – ein neuer Versuch zur Beschneidung der Bürgerrechte in Italien | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.2_Das_FAVA_Gesetz_ein_neuer_Versuch_zur_Beschneidung_der_Buergerrechte_in_Italien] There is a wide (and mainly unjustified) hype, in Italy, about a draft law proposed by a Mr. Fava, an MP belonging to the right wing party “Northern League”. He asked the Italian […]

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April 8, 2009

Second PrivacyOS Conference

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Zweite PrivacyOS Konferenz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1360] Meetings between researchers from universities with representatives from industry, data protection authorities, standardizers from W3C and ISO and NGOs to discuss privacy challenges and develop privacy infrastructures represent the idea behind the European Privacy Open Space. The second PrivacyOS event was held in […]

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March 21, 2019 · Campaigns | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Join the ultimate Action Week against Article 13

The final vote on the Copyright Directive in the European Parliament plenary will take place on 26 March. A key piece raising concerns in the proposal is Article 13. It contains a change of platforms’ responsibility that will imminently lead to the implementation of upload filters on a vast number of internet platforms. The proposed […]

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