Results for copyright

July 15, 2009

Hadopi 2 adopted very fast by the French Senate

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hadopi 2 vom französischen Senat sehr schnell angenommen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1467] On 8 July 2009, in a very rapid session, the French Senate adopted the new three strikes draft law, so called Hadopi 2. The only difference between the first version of the law and Hadopi 2 is that […]

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July 15, 2009

EU Commissioner: Current business models encourage illegal file-sharing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Kommissarin: bestehende Geschäftsmodelle ermuntern illegales illegales File-Sharen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1468] On 9 July, during the Ludwig Erhard Lecture 2009 Lisbon Council in Brussels, Viviane Reding, EU telecommunications commissioner, while presenting the proposed strategy for a future digital European society, expressed the idea that present business models lead to the […]

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May 7, 2003

Evaluation of Directive on Electronic Pay Services

In their formal evaluation of the European Directive on Electronic Pay-Services (98/84/EC), the European Commission strongly promotes legal measures against copyright infringements. The report, published 2 weeks ago, evaluates the implementation and enforcement of the directive by member states and candidate countries, from its adaptation in November 1998 through to December 2002. Part of the […]

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July 15, 2009

Sweden obliged by EU to implement data retention directive

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU zwingt Schweden, die Richtlinie zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung umzusetzen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1470] The European Commission has decided to take the Swedish Government to the European court of Justice for failing to implement the data retention directive in a reasonable time frame. The Swedish Data Retention Directive implementation was supported by […]

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January 15, 2014 · Blogs

Digital Rights sessions at the CPDP Conference

The first tradition of every new year is the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference (CPDP) which will take place on 22‐24 January 2014 in Brussels, Belgium. Before the official start of the conference, the annual pre-CPDP event for NGOs will take place on 21 January. It is co-organised by CPDP, VUB, EDRi, Access & […]

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May 23, 2012

From talk to action – EP Committees to vote on ACTA next week

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Den Worten müssen Taten folgen – Kommende ACTA-Abstimmungen im EP | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Den_Worten_muessen_Taten_folgen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] After months of machinations, delays and politics, it appears that there is no more scope for delay and all four of the Committees giving Opinions on ACTA will finally vote next week. This will be a […]

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March 10, 2016 · Document pools

EU Internet Forum against terrorist content and hate speech online: Document pool

Since last year, we have been reporting on the “EU Internet Forum” set up by the European Commission to fight terrorism and hate speech online. In reality, the IT-Forum gathers two initiatives: one run by the Home Affairs Directorate General of the European Commission, on “terrorism”; and one run by the Justice and Consumers Directorate […]

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April 18, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Privacy at ICANN: WHOIS winning?

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has struggled over the publication of the name, address, phone number, and email address of domain name registrants since its inception in 1998. That registry is called WHOIS.

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January 17, 2007

Prison or fine for French p2p users ?

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The French Minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, considered in December 2006 that there should be no prison for those downloading only a few works from the Internet. However, just a couple of weeks after this statement an Internet user was condemned by a French court […]

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July 29, 2009

UK ISP gave up direct disconnection of file-sharers for a three strikes

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britischer ISP gibt direkte Trennungen der Verbindungen von File-Sharern für ein 3 Treffer-System auf | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1482] UK ISP Karoo belonging to Hull based KCom telecom company, announced on 24 July it would change its policy and apply a three-strikes system for the customers allegedly infringing copyright. Within the […]

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July 29, 2009

Finnish CSS case application lodged in the European Court of Human Rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnischer Antrag zur CSS-Entscheidung beim Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte hinterlegt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1483] Finnish Activist Mikko Rauhala has lodged an application to the European Court of Human Rights versus the Finnish state, regarding his right to freedom of expression. The appeal is a follow up to the lengthy court […]

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January 17, 2007

EDRI signs the Joint Statement for SCCR 1st Special Session

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights’ (SCCR) Special Session is taking place right now at Geneva. The meeting (and another in June 2007) aims to fix the proposed Broadcast Treaty so that it could be ratified by the end of this year in a diplomatic conference. […]

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