Results for node/retention

August 26, 2009

Creative Commons licensed works available on Google Books

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Unter Creative Commons lizenzierte Werke auf Google Books erhältlich | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1501] Google Books announced on 13 August 2009 the launching of an initiative allowing writers, artists and publishers to specify their works as Creative Commons (CC) works, being able to choose between the six CC version 3 licenses, […]

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August 26, 2009

ENDitorial: Dutch NGO Bits of Freedom resumes its activities

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Niederländische NGO Bits of Freedom nimmt Aktivitäten wieder auf | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1502] When EDRi was established, its founders recognized that co-operation between European digital rights organisations was essential for the effective protection of digital civil rights in the years ahead. EDRi would in the subsequent years indeed come […]

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July 28, 2010

EDRi and EuroISPA attack EC's demands for notice and takedown

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi und EuroISPA gegen Forderung der Kommission nach Notice&Take-down | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2088] EDRi and the European ISP Association (EuroISPA) have prepared a joint civil society/industry position on the European Commission’s draft informal recommendation for the takedown of websites which have been accused of being illegal. The recommendation’s scope is […]

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September 9, 2009

European Commission hearing on Google Books Settlement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Anhörung der Europäische Kommission über die Google Books-Einigung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1509] The EU Google Books hearing highlighted some very serious concerns with the settlement, but mainly from a rights holder point of view. The hearing itself addressed two quite distinct sets of issues; firstly concerns of EU rights holders […]

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July 28, 2010

Germany: Filtering by keywords is not an obligation for a hosting company

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland: Hosting-Unternehmen müssen keine Wortfilter einsetzen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2090] The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf decided on 21 July 2010 that RapidShare, as a hosting company, is not guilty of copyright infringement. RapidShare has faced several cases in court for copyright infringement and in December 2009 lost a case […]

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July 28, 2010

Dutch Internet provider not obliged to block The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländischer Internetdienste-Anbieter muss The Pirate Bay nicht sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2091] The Court of The Hague, in a decision of 19 July 2010, dismissed a request by Dutch copyright enforcement organisation Brein to order Internet provider Ziggo to block access to The Pirate Bay. In its decision in summary […]

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July 28, 2010

Italy: New draft law endangers bloggers' freedom of expression

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italien: Neuer Gesetzesentwurf gefährdet Meinungsfreiheit von Bloggern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2092] A group of Italian bloggers and journalists have made an appeal “No Legge Bavaglio alla rete” (No Gag Law to the Net) to support the campaign against a draft law that will add new barriers to freedom of expression […]

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June 5, 2013 · Blogs

Macedonia: Freedom of expression endangered by new law

The new Macedonian law on Law on Media and Audiovisual Media Services creates serious risks for freedom of expression in Macedonia. The new law expands the scope of state control from broadcast media (which is justified because they use a limited public resource, namely wireless spectrum) to all kinds of media, including online and print. […]

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September 9, 2009

Google News investigated for alleged discrimination in Italy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ermittlungen gegen Google News in Italien wegen angeblicher Diskriminierung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1512] The Italian Competition Authority opened an investigation on 27 August 2009 in relation to Google News after the Italian Editors Association (FIEG) claimed Google was discriminating those publishers choosing not to appear on the Italian version of […]

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July 28, 2010

EDRi responds to European Commission consultation on creative industries

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi im Konsultationsverfahren zur Kreativindustrie | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2093] European Digital Rights has responded to the consultation organised by DG Culture of the European Commission on unlocking the potential of the cultural and creative industries. The consultation defines its subject matter very widely and also covers both the online and […]

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July 28, 2010

ENDitorial: Industry RFID PIA: not endorsed in its current form

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ ENDitorial: Keine Zustimmung zur RFID-Folgenabschätzung der Industrie | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2094] On 13 July 2010, the Article 29 Working Party adopted an opinion on the Industry Proposal for a Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessment Framework for RFID Applications (Industry RFID PIA framework) in which it concludes it would […]

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September 9, 2009 · Blogs

Consultation on how to operate EU's digital library

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Beratungen darüber, wie die digitale Bibliothek der EU geführt werden soll | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1514] The European Commission launched a consultation on 28 August 2009 on EU’s digital library project Europeana, set up in November 2008, in order to find the best way to make the project work. Differently from […]

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