Results for node/net neutrality

May 5, 2010

UK and Germany question the data collected by Google Street View

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland und Großbritannien stellen Datensammlung durch Google Street View in Frage | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1905] As Google’s Street View service continue to be a controversial topic especially in Europe, Google has tried to clarify some issues about the data collected by means of its cars and the way it is […]

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May 20, 2009

Lucky win for the Swiss biometric passports

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Glücklicher Sieg für biometrische Pässe in der Schweiz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1402] A referendum that took place in Switzerland on Sunday, 17 May 2009 was in favour of the biometric passports law by a very narrow margin. Thus the official results show that 50.14% of the voters approved the law, […]

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May 5, 2010

EDPS urges the updating of the EU legal framework for data protection

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDPS drängt auf Überarbeitung der EU-Rahmenbedingungen für Datenschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1906] During his speech on 27 April 2010 at the European Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners’ Conference in Prague, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx asked the European Commission to continue its efforts in updating the present […]

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May 20, 2009

Another open door for software patents in EU

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Noch eine offene Tür für Softwarepatente in der EU | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1409] A new international treaty United Patent Litigation System (UPLS) that may create an centralised trusted patent court is the new open door for software patents in the European Union. The draft UPLS is inspired from the now […]

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May 5, 2010

German court decides Google's image search does not infringe copyright

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google Image Suche verletzt laut BGH keine Urheberrechte | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1907] On 29 April 2010, the German Federal Supreme Court ruled that Google’s image search did not infringe copyright. The ruling comes in a case filed by an artist because, at the introduction of her name, Google’s search engine […]

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May 20, 2009

French courts give clear decisions for hosted content

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französisches Gericht trifft klare Entscheidungen bei gehosteten Inhalten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1403] Several decisions taken by the French courts lately recognize the principle of non-liablilty of some web 2.0 sites for the content hosted. The new interpretation is putting things back on track, after some earlier strange decisions of the […]

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May 5, 2010

List of actions for the implementation of Stockholm Programme

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aktionsplan für die Umsetzung des Stockholm-Programms | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1908] The European Commission published on 20 April 2010 its plan of actions for the implementation of the Stockholm Programme, the framework for EU actions on citizenship, justice, security, asylum and immigration policies for the period 2010-2014, which includes 170 initiatives. […]

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November 19, 2008

ENDitorial: An overheated debate on the rights of the visually impaired

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The agenda of the 17th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, that took place between 3-7 November 2008 at the WIPO headquarters in Geneva, included the following topics: the limitations and exceptions, the protection of audiovisual performances and the protection of broadcasting organizations. In particular, the […]

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June 3, 2009

Pressure of the record companies on The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Plattenfirmen setzen The Pirate Bay unter Druck | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1414] Macedonian: [Издавачките куќи вршат притисок врз Pirate Bay | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/edri/izdavachkite-kukji-vrshat-pritisok-vrz-pirate-bay.html] The Swedish court has denied the request of four major record companies to fine The Pirate Bay (TPB) for being still operational. At the middle of May 2009, Universal, […]

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May 19, 2010

Irish Court allows Data Retention Law to be challenged in ECJ

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irisches Gericht lässt Vorratsdatenspeicherung vom EuGH prüfen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1929] Recently, the Irish High Court ruled in favour of EDRi-member Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) allowing the civil liberties campaign group to challenge the EU Data Retention Directive at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). This is the result of […]

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June 3, 2009

Open source supporters criticize European govts for favouring MS

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Open Source-Verfechter kritisieren Europäische Regierungen für die Bevorzugung von MS | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1415] Macedonian: [Поборниците за слободен софтвер ги.. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/edri/pobornicite-za-sloboden-softver-gi-kritikuvaat-evropskite-vladi-za-favoriziranje-na-majkrosoft.html] Recent governmental plans in several European countries to buy proprietary software for public administration or education have caused concerns over the methods used and the lack of public […]

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June 3, 2009

DRI against the Irish law on the interception of communications

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [DRI gegen das irische Gesetz zur Kommunikationsabhörung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1416] Digital Rights Ireland has lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission against Ireland over the Irish law on the interception of communications. The Irish law, which is governed by the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) […]

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