Results for copyright

January 28, 2015 · Blogs

Did AGCOM censor an article about AGCOM censorship?

At the end of 2014, EDRi wrote an article on the Italian telecoms regulator AGCOM’s censorship procedures for the newsletter of the EU Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Infringements. After agreeing to publish the article, the Observatory changed its mind – it has told us that it did so after it “felt obliged to […]

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January 18, 2006

French Parliament is making the first step in legalising P2P

At the end of 2005 the French National Assembly took a surprising decision by adopting unexpected amendments on the draft law that transposes the directive on copyright in the information society. During a night meeting on December 21/22, with only 10% of its members present, the National Assembly adopted (30 pro and 28 against votes) […]

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December 18, 2013 · Blogs

Italian telecom authority gets the power to block websites

AGCOM, Italy’s Electronic Communications Authority decided on 12 December 2013 to take in its hands the powers to order the removal of any online content for alleged copyright violation, with the purpose to speed up the procedure. The authority had drafted new regulations allowing it to order a domain seizure or ISP blockade of any […]

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December 19, 2007 · Blogs

ENDitorial : "No Swiss DMCA" Referendum campaign

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Like everywhere else, DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) systems which impose technical restrictions on what end users can do with texts and multimedia content are highly unpopular also in Switzerland. At the same time, the representatives of the entertainment industry claim that this technology is necessary, and politicians […]

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July 29, 2009

EC hearing on Google book deal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EC-Anhörung zu Googles Buch-Deal | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1481] The European Commission (EC) will hold a hearing on 7 September 2009 to evaluate Google’s proposed deal with U.S. publishers and authors granting Google the right to digitize and publish out of print copyrighted books and its possible impact upon copyright issues. […]

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January 16, 2008

European Commission closes enquiry on Apple

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission (EC) has closed the enquiry against Apple for charging more UK users than other EU users for downloads of its iTunes music, following the company announcement on 9 January 2008 that it will reduce download prices for UK within 6 months to align them […]

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June 15, 2011

European Commission consultation on IPR enforcement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Konsultationsverfahren zum EU-Urheberrecht | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.12_Konsultationsverfahren_zum_EU_Urheberrecht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110623] Last week, the European Commission organised an open consultation on “Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights: Challenges posed by the digital environment”. The meeting opened with initial presentations from Jonathan Faull, Director General of the Internal Market Directorate General of […]

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

Record number of calls to the EU Parliament against upload filters

With just two weeks to go until the final vote on upload filters in the European Parliament, one hundred MEPs have pledged to vote against Article 13 of the proposed Copyright Directive. Many citizens feel like their legitimate fears about the future of the internet are not taken seriously as lawmakers insult them as being […]

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June 8, 2017 · Blogs

Consumer Committee rejects upload filter but fails on “link tax”

On 8 June, the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) voted on the European Commission’s proposal for a Copyright Directive.

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September 6, 2017 · Blogs

Private copy levy: Just pay up! Then we’ll see…

European businesses and associations are still in reality forced to pay “compensation” to copyright collecting societies for private copies, despite repeated rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) exempting them from having to do so.

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April 4, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Inclusive technologies

Wikimedia: A licence for success

In this blogpost published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of EDRi we present our member Wikimedia Germany.

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April 4, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

AptiRo, EFN & Alternatif Bilisim: Digital rights around Europe

In this blogpost published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of EDRi we present our members AptiRO (Romania), EFN (Norway) and Alternatif Bilism (Turkey)

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