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September 12, 2018 · On the ground | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Media reforms in Macedonia delayed due to more pressing security issues

Recent political developments have affected the implementation of the reforms in the area of freedom of expression in Macedonia. The focus of government institutions on overcoming political obstacles to joining NATO and the EU had put most other reforms on the backburner.

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December 2, 2009

EC changes the openess concept in the draft eGov EIF

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission ändert Offenheitskonzept im Entwurf des eGov EIF| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1613] A second draft of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) was recently leaked to the press showing that the European Commission (EC) has decided to take the side of Business Software Alliance (BSA), a lobby group for proprietary software […]

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November 17, 2010

Kroes wants copyright as a building block, not a stumbling block

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kroes will Urheberrecht als Baustein, nicht als Stolperstein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2359] During the Avignon Forum for the international meetings of culture, economy and media that took place on 5 November 2010, Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, expressed her very strong conviction that copyright regulations had […]

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December 2, 2009

ENDitorial: IGF 2009: the Forum is the Message (and the Massage as well)

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitrorial: IGF 2009 – das Forum ist die Message (und auch die Massage)| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1615] Internet Governance Forum or Internet Governance Fair? One might still wonder what the IGF acronym stands for, after the closing of its fourth annual meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on 18 November 2009. […]

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December 2, 2009

ENDitorial: Keeping the "self" in self-regulation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Das „Selbst“ in Selbstregulierung wahren| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1616] Businesses, particularly in the Internet environment, fear (and often have good reason to fear) government regulation. Traditionally, therefore, Internet Service Providers have pushed for “self-regulatory” solutions to issues surrounding the management and operation of their own networks – as in the […]

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November 17, 2010

EP and Article 29 WP opinions on PNR transfers to third countries

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP und Artikel 29 Gruppe zur Übermittlung von Fluggastdaten an Drittstaaten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2361] As negotiations continue between EU and USA on the issue of air passenger data (PNR) transfer, so is the debate on the issue between the European Commission and the other EU bodies. The European Parliament […]

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November 17, 2010

Czech 2010 Big Brother Awards

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Big Brother Awards 2010 in Tschechien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2362] The sixth edition of the Czech Big Brother Awards has recently been organised by EDRi member Iuridicum Remedium in Prague BIO eye where an expert jury selected the winners for 2010 from more than 140 nominations. The Czech police received […]

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November 17, 2010

Macedonia: New copyright law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neues Urheberrechtsgesetz in Mazedonien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2363] Prison sentences of up to five years for copyright infringement are projected in the new Law on Copyright and Related Rights adopted in September 2010 in Macedonia. With this law, which in addition to authors’ and artists’ rights also regulates the rights […]

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May 7, 2014 · Blogs

Copyright meets broadcasting in Geneva

The 27th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization´s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 28 April to 2 May in Geneva. The Committee assessed the proposal for a Broadcasting Treaty. This initiative for a new binding global copyright treaty has been discussed at WIPO for over 10 years at […]

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November 17, 2010 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Net neutrality – wait and see the end of the open Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Netzneutralität – Warten auf das Ende des offenen Internets | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2364] At the joint European Parliament and European Commission net neutrality summit in Brussels on 11 November there was a clear political message – that interference with Internet traffic is permissible as long as companies tell their […]

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December 1, 2010 · Blogs

Internet blocking – key decisions to be made by 3 February 2011

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzsperren – Wichtige Vorentscheidung fällt am 3. Februar 2011 | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2389] The legislative process on Internet blocking is about to move from almost standstill to almost completed between now and the beginning of February. In the Council of Ministers, an informal agreement is planned for the Justice Council […]

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July 1, 2015 · Blogs

AFET Committee adopts its Report on Human rights and technology

The European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) adopted its Report on “Human rights and technology: the impact of intrusion and surveillance systems on human rights in third countries” on 26 May 2015. The Rapporteur, Marietje Schaake (ALDE, Netherlands) welcomed the adoption of the Report and stressed that “the European Union must assess the impact […]

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