Results for copyright

March 13, 2017 · Blogs

Civil society urges EU institutions to stop the “censorship machine” in the copyright proposal

EDRi has signed a joint open letter together with 27 other civil society organisations expressing concerns about European Commission’s copyright proposal. The proposal requires internet platforms to use automated upload filtering technologies. This obligation would impact negatively on free speech and democracy by building a system where citizens will face internet platforms blocking the upload of […]

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April 4, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Modern Poland Foundation: protecting access to culture and knowledge

In this blogpost published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of EDRi we present our member Modern Poland Foundation.

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September 5, 2017 · Blogs

Six states raise concerns about legality of Copyright Directive

According to a new leak, a number of EU Member States share our serious concerns about the proposal for mass surveillance and censorship of uploads to the internet in Europe, included in the European Commission’s proposal for a new copyright Directive. Those Member States seem unwilling to build a censorship machine forcing EU countries to […]

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May 21, 2014 · Blogs

Finnish Parliament argued over the copyright initiative

On 13 May, the Education and Culture Committee of the Finnish Parliament discussed the citizens’ initiative on an update to the copyright legislation. The main goal of the initiative “Common Sense in Copyright” is to correct the exaggerated interpretations of the current copyright laws, especially regarding network monitoring and compensation. This includes reforming the judicial […]

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July 12, 2016 · Blogs

UEFA: 1, Right to remix: 0 – Viral video gets blocked

The idea was so simple and yet so genius. After the dramatic Euro 2016 quarter finals between Italy and Germany, the web-artist Kurt Prödel had a wonderful idea: he created a 14-second video, which showed all penalties by the German team simultaneously. In the video, all players are running simultaneously towards the Italian goalkeeper who, […]

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March 6, 2018 · Campaigns | Freedom of expression online | Inclusive technologies | Platform regulation

European policy makers want faulty filters to rule the internet: Your action is needed!

Policy makers are working on the largest internet filter we’ve ever seen. A filter will decide which of your uploads will be seen by the rest of the world and which won’t. But these filters often fail. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Julia Reda published some examples of where filters got it wrong. Here […]

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June 27, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Moving Parliament’s copyright discussions into the public domain

With just eleven months to go before the 2019 European elections, European citizens’ reactions to certain aspects of the Copyright Directive mean that there is more interest than ever in what decisions are being made by the European Parliament, as well as how these decisions are made.

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October 26, 2017 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Leak: Three EU countries join forces for restrictions & copyright chaos

Leaked documents concerning the Copyright Directive show that France, Spain and Portugal have joined forces in the Council of the European Union to attack the cornerstones of internet freedom in Europe. The documents show that the three countries propose elevating fighting copyright violations to a special status – above combating terrorism, child abuse and serious […]

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October 21, 2009

Copyright in the digital environment

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Copyright in der digitalen Umgebung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1556] During the 1st European Innovation Summit that was held on 12 – 16 October 2009 at the European Parliament in Brussels, a workshop on the future of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in Europe included a panel to debate the subject of […]

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July 15, 2004

Report about two copyright conferences

The annual ‘New Directions in Copyright’ conference was held 29 and 30 June 2004 at University of London, organised jointly by the Arts and Humanities Research Board and the Birckbeck School of Law. The focus was on legal issues pertaining to recent developments in copyright. The flat fee / compulsory licensing was under serious debate […]

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March 25, 2009

Extension of copyright term postponed in the European Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ausweitung der Urheberrechtsfrist vom Europäischen Parlament verschoben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1343] Macedonian: [ЕП го одложи продолжувањето на период.. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1410/4/lang,mk/] As a result of the very large controversy and lack of consensus among MEPs, in a meeting of the presidents of the political groups in the European Parliament on 17 […]

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October 17, 2017 · Blogs | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online

EU Council legal services unclear about censorship filters

On 16 October 2017, Politico leaked the response from the Legal Services of the Council of the European Union (CLS) to the questions raised by six member states about the legality of the upload filter proposal in the Article 13 of the Copyright Directive proposal. As the censorship filter is about restricting fundamental rights, it […]

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