October 6, 2010

YouTube won a case against copyright infringement accusations in Spain

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [YouTube in Spanien vom Vorwurf der Urheberrechtsverletzung freigesprochen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2249] Google has won a battle against Spanish broadcaster Telecinco which brought the company to court in June 2008 claiming that the company’s service YouTube was liable for the copyrighted material posted by its users. Spanish Commercial Court no.7 […]

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November 5, 2009

Free as in Free Culture

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frei wie in freie Kultur | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1566] Free Culture Forum (FCF), organized by the Spanish NGO Exgae together with Networked Politics and the Free Knowledge Institute turned Barcelona in the capital of free culture for 3 days. Of course, Free as in Free Speech. The official Introduction of […]

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November 5, 2009 · Blogs

We're on Twitter !

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi nun auf Twitter! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1564] If 2 weeks is too much for you to wait to the fresh info, we have good news: EDRi is on Twitter ! Just follow @edri_org and expect news & updates on European Internet policy and civil liberties. And the random odd […]

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November 5, 2009 · Blogs

Compromise on Amendment 138. Telecom Package finalised

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kompromiss hinsichtlich Zusatz 138. Telekom-Paket zum Abschluss gebracht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1565] The European Parliament (EP) and the Council were set in reaching an agreement when they started the negotiation activities on 4 November 2009 at 7 PM. After hot debates, an agreement was reached on the 5 November, a […]

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October 20, 2010

Guidelines for more rigorous respect of the Fundamental Rights Charter

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Leitlinien für die Einhaltung der EU-Grundrechtecharta | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2274] The European Commission has adopted a strategy which is aimed at ensuring that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is respected at every stage of the EU legislative process. At the initiative of Commissioner Reding, the intention is to create […]

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October 20, 2010

French DNS management must respect constitutional freedoms

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische DNS-Verwaltung muss verfassungsmäßige Freiheiten respektieren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2276] In a ruling issued on 6 October 2010, the French Constitutional Council affirmed the constitutional value of domain names. According to this decision, which applies to the whole French DNS, a domain name attribution, renewal, transfer or cancellation process must […]

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November 18, 2009

Spain will not apply a three strikes law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien wird kein Drei-Treffer-Gesetz anwenden | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1586] As a ray of sunshine in a European environment favouring the disconnection of Internet users downloading allegdly copyrighted material, Spain (that will hold the EU Presidency from 1 January 2010) and Germany have decided not to join France and UK in […]

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October 20, 2010 · Blogs

Informal discussion in European Parliament on net neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Informelle Diskussion zur Netzneutralität im Europäischen Parlament | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2278] For possibly the first time since the adoption of the “telecoms package”, an informal discussion on the issue of “net neutrality” took place at a breakfast meeting hosted by Catherine Trautmann MEP. This happened ahead of upcoming the net […]

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October 20, 2010

UK Government will introduce an open data licence

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung will Open Data Lizenz einführen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2281] A perpetual, royalty-free licence called Open Government Licence (OGL) allowing the re-use of Governmental and public information will be introduced by the UK Government. “The Government grants a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual and non-exclusive licence under the conditions laid out […]

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November 18, 2009

IPR Enforcement Report – Second Exchange of Views on the EP

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Durchsetzungsbericht der IPR – zweiter Meinungsaustausch im EP | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1591] A discussion on the IPR Enforcement report took place in the European Parliament (EP) on 9-10 November 2009. At the beginning of the discussion, the Parliamentarian in charge of the dossier, Marielle Gallo (EPP, France) gave details of […]

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November 18, 2009

Azeri bloggers abusively sentenced by the Baku court

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aserbaidschanische Blogger vom Gericht in Baku missbräuchlich verurteilt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1592] On 11 November 2009, two Azerbaijani bloggers were found guilty on hooliganism and violence charges by a court in Baku and sentenced to two years and two years and a half prison respectively. Bloggers and political activists Adnan […]

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October 20, 2010

ENDitorial: Irish court rejects music industry demands for three strikes

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Irisches Gericht lehnt Antrag der Musikindustrie auf Three-Strikes-Regime ab | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2283] On 11 October 2010, Mr. Justice Peter Charleton of the Irish High Court gave judgment in EMI and Others v. UPC , rejecting music industry claims that broadband provider UPC was responsible under Irish law for […]

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