Results for node/retention

June 17, 2009 · Blogs

Report: OECD Conference on Sensor Based Networks

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bericht: OECD-Konferenz über Sensornetzwerke | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1436] “Using Sensor-based Networks to Address Global Issues: Policy Opportunities and Challenges” was the title of an experts conference the OECD organised on 08 and 09 June 2009, hosted by Portugal, in Lisbon. Andreas Krisch participated in the conference on behalf of EDRi […]

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June 2, 2010

Danish supreme court upholds injunction to block the Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Oberster Dänischer Gerichtshof bestätigt einstweilige Verfügung zur Sperre von Pirate Bay | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1968] The Danish suppreme court took its decision on 27 May 2010 on the recourse to the decision issued by the High Court (In Danish: landsretten) November 2008. The latter was the in fact the appeal […]

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November 20, 2013 · Blogs

TPP May Be Worse Than ACTA

A version of 30 August 2013 of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) draft confirms previously expressed concerns that the negotiating parties are prepared to expand the reach of intellectual property rights to the detriment of consumer rights and data protection. The document was recently leaked and published by Wikileaks […]

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June 17, 2009

ENDitorial: Regulating online media in Azerbaijan?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: die Regulierung von online-Medien in Aserbeidschan | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1437] I was invited last week to a meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan by the Council of Europe that organized together with the local National TV and Radio Council in order to discuss some issues related to the regulation of online […]

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June 2, 2010

Graduated Response in Ireland and UK

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Three Strikes in Irland und Großbritannien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1969] Irish Service Provider Eircom announced on 24 May 2010 its decision to introduce a voluntary graduate response procedure that would end up in shutting down broadband Internet connections of its clients who are considered to illegally download music. The decision […]

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June 2, 2010

PNR used to investigate innocent travellers and turn them into suspects

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Unschuldige Reisende werden mittels PNR überprüft und zu Verdächtigen gemacht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1970] It has recently been revealed that UK Police secretly investigated the PNR (Passenger Name Records) data of 47 000 innocent people having travelled in and out of UK in 2009. Checks included scrutiny of the police […]

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July 1, 2009

Rapidshare forced by the court to filter more than 5000 tracks

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Gericht zwingt Rapidshare, über 5000 Tracks zu filtern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1450] The file-sharing site Rapidshare.de has recently lost another case to the German copyright society GEMA, being ordered by the Regional Court in Hamburg to “proactively filter” more than 5000 tracks from GEMA’s catalogue. In January 2008, another regional […]

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June 2, 2010

How many websites does Turkey block?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Wie viele Webseiten sperrt die Türkei? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1972] That information hasn’t been updated since May 2009. This is why Prof Yaman Akdeniz, who teaches Internet law at Istanbul’s Bilgi University, has initiated a trial, based on the Turkish law on access to public information. In May 2009, the […]

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April 24, 2013 · Blogs

EDRi and BEUC demand protection for Net Neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi und BEUC fordern Wahrung der Netzneutralität | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.8_EDRi_und_BEUC_fordern_Wahrung_der_Netzneutralitaet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130424] A joint letter sent by the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and European Digital Rights (EDRi) to the European Commission on 17 April 2013 demanded the end of dangerous experimentations with the functioning of the Internet in Europe and the […]

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July 1, 2009

Judge unbiased, no retrial for The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Richter nicht voreingenommen, keine Wiederaufnahme des Prozesses für The Pirate Bay | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1451] On 25 June 2009, Sweden’s Court of Appeal ruled that judge Norström in The Pirate Bay (TPB) case was not biased as the lawyers representing TPB founders had claimed. Therefore there will be no retrial […]

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July 1, 2009

'Right to the silence of the chips' in the new EC Communication

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [„Recht auf das Schweigen der Chips“ in der neuen Mitteilung der EC | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1452] A new communication from the European Commission to the other European bodies on the RFID (radio-frequency identification) titled “Internet of Things – An action plan for Europe” was made public on 18 June 2009. […]

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June 2, 2010

The end of bloggers' anonymity in France?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das Ende der Anonymität von Bloggern in Frankreich? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1974] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Крај за анонимноста на блогерите во Франција? | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/edri/kraj-za-anonimnosta-na-blogerite-vo-francija.html] The French senator Jean-Louis Masson submitted on 3 May 2010 a draft law that would end anonymity of bloggers who, according to […]

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