Results for node/net neutrality

June 20, 2012

Culture: Global changes in production and consumption

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kultur: Globaler Wandel in Produktion und Konsum | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.12_Kultur_Globaler_Wandel_in_Produktion_und_Konsum?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120620] The Green MEPs Eva Lichtenberger, Sandrine Bélier and Helga Trüpel hosted an event on 7 June 2012 in the European Parliament on the global changes in production and consumption of cultural goods. The first speaker at the event was […]

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February 26, 2014 · Blogs

Linking content does not infringe copyright says ECJ

On 21 February 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that a website could not be found to have infringed copyright for merely linking to content hosted elsewhere. The advice was given for the Svea hovrätt (Svea Court of Appeal, Sweden), in a case involving local journalists and aggregation Swedish company Retriever Sverige, a […]

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March 1, 2006

New biometric passports in Slovenia

Slovenia is joining the list of Visa Waiver Program countries whose citizens will be able to acquire new biometric passports before October 2006, as required by the United States. Currently there are 27 countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program, including Slovenia, whose citizens can enter the territory of the United States without Visa. The […]

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July 30, 2003

French IP commission promotes internet-surveillance

On 26 June a special copyright advisory board within the French Ministry of Culture published a report supporting government plans to increase surveillance of Internet users as part of a wider bid to stop the online copying of protected works. The Superior Council for Artistic and Literary Intellectual Property (Conseil Supérieur de la Propriété Littéraire […]

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May 8, 2017 · Blogs

Killing parody, killing memes, killing the internet?

We love the internet because it creates fantastic opportunities to express ourselves and to innovate. But do we love it enough to pass it on to future generations? Nearly 20 years ago, politicians made decisions that gave us the internet we have today. Visionary policy-makers decided not to punish internet companies for the actions of […]

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June 27, 2012 · Blogs

MEP Gallo's defence of her PC Inpact article

Following the criticism she received regarding her recent PC Inpact interview, Marielle Gallo published a letter on her website. As we published our translation of the interview, we felt it was fair to also publish her defence. We have included some notes and clarifications in the translation. “Many of you replied to the interview in […]

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July 4, 2012

Thank you SOPA, thank you ACTA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Danke SOPA, danke ACTA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Danke_SOPA_danke_ACTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The digital rights world can be grateful that the intellectual property lobby employs too many lobbyists and too few strategists. Lobbyists are salespeople, the sell potential clients or employers amazing things, international agreements, Directives, the ability to stop time and enjoy old […]

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March 15, 2006

What's so special about French EUCD transposition?

With its succession of coups de theatre, the pathetic show of the French EUCD transposition (DADVSI draft law) is going on. After the surprising adoption, on Christmas Eve, of an amendment legalising the exchange of music and video files on the Internet as private copies, compensated by a monthly fee (‘global license’) collected by ISPs […]

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July 3, 2013 · Blogs

Future of Copyright Contest 2013

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Wettbewerb ‘Future of Copyright’ 2013 | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.13_Wettbewerb_Future_of_Copyright_2013?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130703] This year, the EDRi member Modern Poland Foundation is again asking people all over the world about their vision of the future of copyright. There are now 4 days to go before the end of the crowd founding campaign and there […]

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March 12, 2014 · Blogs

Internet censorship and surveillance in Turkey

The Turkish government recently passed a new law that will deepen the existing censorship and surveillance on the Internet. The new law is an amendment to Law #5651, an article of which has been previously condemned by European Court of Human Rights (Ahmet Yildirim vs. Turkish Government case where the Court ruled that Turkey had […]

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November 10, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Surveillance and data retention

Artificial intelligence – a tool of austerity

This week Human Rights Watch published a much-needed comment on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Regulation. As governments increasingly resort to AI systems to administer social security and public services more broadly, there is an ever-greater need to analyse the impact on fundamental rights and the broader public interest.

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July 4, 2012

UK government wants an automatic filtering of adult sites

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung plant automatisierte Netzfilter für Erwachsenenangebote | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Britische_Regierung_plant_automatisierte_Netzfilter_fuer_Erwachsenenangebote?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The UK officials intend to force Internet users to filter out pornography websites starting with the setting out of their accounts. “I want to fully explore every option that might help make children safer – including whether internet filters […]

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