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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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November 17, 2010

Panoptykon looks for the rationale behind the blanket data retention

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Panoptykon auf der Suche nach dem Sinn der anlasslosen Vorratsdatenspeicherung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2356] On 9 and 10 November 2010 the representatives of the EDRi-member Panoptykon Foundation met with the representatives of the European Commission in order to discuss the evaluation of the Data Retention Directive (DRD) and the rationale […]

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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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December 1, 2010

The Pirate Bay founders lost their appeal in the Swedish Appeals Court

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [The Pirate Bay Gründer verlieren im Berufungsverfahren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2394] Peter Sunde, Carl Lundström and Fredrik Neij, who, in April 2009, were found guilty of copyright infringement through their file-sharing website, The Pirate Bay (TPB), have recently lost their appeal in Svea Court of Appeal. Although the court has […]

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December 1, 2010

ICO started applying fines for Data Protection Act breaches

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ICO verhängt erste Strafen für Datenschutz-Verstöße | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2395] After having received increased powers in April 2010, the UK Data protection authority (Information Commissioner Office – ICO) has recently used these powers to fine an organisation and a local authority for having breached the Data Protection Act. Hertfordshire County […]

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December 1, 2010

Azeri bloggers released from prison

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Azeri Blogger freigelassen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2396] After a long and continuous pressure from several civil society groups and European international organisations such as the European Parliament, the Presidency of the European Union, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe […]

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