Results for node/net neutrality

March 24, 2010

Spanish court rules that links to p2p content are legal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanisches Gericht urteilt: Links zu P2P-Inhalten nicht gesetzeswidrig | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1790] A civil court in Barcelona has recently ruled against SGAE (the Spanish collective society of authors and editors) in a case brought against Jesus Guerra who was administrating a site called elrincondejesus.com with links to P2P content. SGAE […]

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March 25, 2009

Coalition of musicians against criminalizing downloaders

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Koalition von Musikern gegen die Kriminalisierung von Downloadern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1350] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Коалиција на музичари против лицата… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1414/4/lang,mk/] On 11 March 2009, during its inaugural meeting, the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) including 140 of UK biggest rock and pop stars, expressed concern […]

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March 24, 2010

IPR Enforcement discussions in the European Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Diskussionen im EP zur Durchsetzung des geistigen Eigentumsrechts | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1791] The recent votes in the Industry and Internal Market Committees of the European Parliament (who are providing Opinions to the responsible Committee – the Legal Affairs Committee) have given a good insight into the main battle lines as […]

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September 24, 2008

House of the German Pirate Party spokesman raided by Police

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Bavarian Police searched the house of the German Pirate Party spokesman on the 11 September 2008, searching for information on some leaked plans regarding a Skype wire tap project, that were published by the Party. The Pirate Party published some documents received from an anonymous whistleblower […]

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March 24, 2010

EP, EDPS and EDRi on RFID and the Internet of Things

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP, EDPS und EDRi über RFID und das Internet der Dinge | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1792] The European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) discussed at its meeting on 17 March 2010 the draft report by rapporteur Maria Badia i Cutchet on the Internet of Things (IoT). The report […]

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February 1, 2012

Geolocation censorship to be applied by Twitter

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Twitter führt länderspezifische Zensur ein | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.2_Twitter_fuehrt_laenderspezifische_Zensur_ein] Twitter announced on 21 January 2012, on its official blog, its intention to introduce geolocation censorship, meaning that certain tweets will be censored in some countries based on different criteria according to the respective countries’ legal framework. Although a year ago […]

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September 26, 2007

German police does not understand Tor

Alexander Janssen, a German operator of a Tor exit server, has recently revealed in his blog that, at the end of July 2007, the German police arrested him, checked out his entire house and seized his equipment during an investigation of bomb threats considered to have passed through an Internet protocol address that was under […]

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April 8, 2009

French National Assembly votes for the three strikes law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische Nationalversammlung stimmt für das 3 Treffer-Gesetz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1356] An almost empty National Assembly voted on 2 April 2009 in favour of the extremely controversial law introducing the graduate response system in France, in spite of the fierce opposition from privacy campaigners, individuals, associations and even some French […]

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March 24, 2010

Spanish anti-piracy law approved by the Government

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanische Regierung bestätigt Anti-Piraterie-Gesetz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1794] The Spanish Council of Ministers approved on 19 March 2010 the draft for the Sustainable Economy Law (LES) that gives legal cover to the closure of sites that links to “illegal” content made available without the the copyright owners’ permission. Despite the […]

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April 8, 2009

Extended copyright term for sound recordings pushed back

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Verlängerte Urheberrechtsfrist für Tonaufnahmen abgelehnt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1358] The proposal for the extension of the copyright terms for sound recordings was rejected on 27 March 2009 by COREPER, which has the task to negotiate a consensus before the EU Council of Ministers takes votes. To the great disappointment of […]

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March 24, 2010

Several German libraries are releasing their catalogue data openly

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Einige deutsche Bibliotheken veröffentlichen ihre Katalogdaten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1796] Some German libraries, most of them from Cologne, announced at the beginning of the Leipzig Congress for Information and Library on 15 March 2010 that they would release 5.4 million bibliographic records under an open licence. The University and Public […]

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April 8, 2009

Behavioural targeting at the European Consumer Summit

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Behavioural Targeting am Europäischen Verbrauchergipfel | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1359] The European Commission Directorate – General for Health & Consumers organized the European Consumer Summit on “Consumer Trust in the Digital Market Place” held in Brussels on 1 and 2 April, 2009. The agenda featured policy workshops on ‘Consumer challenges and […]

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