Results for node/net neutrality

September 21, 2011

New rules on term of protection of music recordings

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Schutzfristen für Tonaufnahmen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.18_Neue_Schutzfristen_fuer_Tonaufnahmen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111004] On 12 September 2011, the Council adopted, by a qualified majority, a Directive that extends the term of protection of the rights of performers and phonogram producers on music recordings from 50 to 70 years. According to the Council press release, the […]

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April 23, 2008

ENDitorial: Will France Introduce the Digital Guillotine in Europe?

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Ever since DADVSI, the French implementation of the European Copyright Directive, Internet users in France have faced increasingly disproportionate threats of punishment for claims of copyright infringement. The latest scheme promoted by the content industry against unauthorized sharing of music and films on Internet is called “flexible […]

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July 26, 2017 · Blogs

Dutch Senate votes in favour of dragnet surveillance powers

On 11 July 2017, the Dutch Senate passed the bill for the new Intelligence and Security Services Act. With the Senate vote, a years-long political battle has come to an end: the secret services have been given dragnet surveillance powers.

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May 23, 2007

Opennet Initiative publishes alarming results on Internet filtering

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 19 May 2007 the Opennet Initiative (ONI) held a conference on the state of global internet filtering. On the conference ONI presented the results of its research over the last years. It concludes that an increasing number of coutries is applying filtering to the Internet. The […]

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July 29, 2015 · Blogs

French Constitutional Council approves sweeping surveillance powers

On 23 July, the French Constitutional Council approved sweeping surveillance powers for intelligence agencies. In its decision, the Council declared almost all provisions constitutional, in contradiction to vehement opposition from civil rights groups, human rights experts, academia and the online business sector. The “Loi Renseignement” (also dubbed the “French Patriot Act”) was passed by the […]

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September 12, 2007

Lukashenko wants no opposition on the Internet

Belarus president Lukashenko claimed in a recent interview that on the Internet there was too much opposition to his views. As a response some groups of the Belarusian Internet community prepared a customized version of the Internet for their president. Internet-community “Third Way” prepared a birthday present for Belarusian acting president A. Lukashenko – the […]

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October 8, 2008

Sarkozy snubbed by Barroso in the three strikes approach

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Barroso, President of the European Commission has refused French President Sarkozy’s request to withdraw Amendment 138 included in the Telecoms Package recently voted by the European Parliament. Amendment 138 which basically reinstates the legal issue of the freedom to communicate of Internet users, reaffirming that only threats […]

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December 4, 2013 · Blogs

Paris court orders search engines and ISPs to block websites

In a case dating back from December 2011, brought to court by the French Association of Cinema Producers, a group representing more than 120 companies including Paramount and Sony, together with other film industry organisations, the High Court of Paris has decided, on 28 November 2013, to order Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to completely de-list […]

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March 23, 2017 · Blogs

EDRi @RightsCon 2017 – You cannot miss us!

EDRi member Access Now is bringing the sixth edition of RightsCon, the world’s leading digital rights event, to Brussels. We are happy to announce that EDRi’s presence at the conference will be particularly strong this year – our members will be organising a record number of sessions, and our team will participate in an impressive […]

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February 5, 2014 · Blogs

The promise of democracy – digital rights groups reprogram European elections

A project launched today will give voters an innovative new way  to hold the European Parliament to account.However, nothing is for free – as a trade-off citizens must make a promise of their own – to vote in May’s European Parliament elections. The Wepromise.eu project proposes a “Charter of Digital Rights“. Candidates promise to uphold […]

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February 10, 2014 · Blogs

Bad leadership could kill the open internet in Europe

Bad leadership by just one or two Members of the European Parliament is in danger of killing the open internet in Europe. The Industry Committee (ITRE), which is responsible for the current European Commission proposal on “net neutrality”, is one of the most expert committees in the European Parliament. It has repeatedly identified threats to […]

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April 20, 2016 · Blogs

Trilogues: the system that undermines EU democracy and transparency

Most of the legislation of the European Union (EU) is today adopted using an informal, non-democratic, non-accountable and non-transparent process. This mechanism is known in the EU bubble as “trilogues” or “trialogues”. Trilogues are a set of informal negotiations between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission to fast-track […]

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