April 21, 2010

Italian minister in favour of file-sharing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italienischer Minister als File-Sharer | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1872] The Italian Minister of Internal Affairs Roberto Maroni has recently expressed his disapproval of three-striles solutions for file-sharers and admitted he was one of the people that downloaded music from the Internet, free of charge. He had already made a similar statement […]

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May 6, 2009

Three strikes law in France – Second attempt

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [3 Treffer-Gesetz in Frankreich – der zweite Versuch | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1390] Macedonian: [Втор обид за воведување на законот Хадопи во Франција | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1443/4/lang,mk/] The Hadopi (or three strikes) law saga continues with the second reading of the draft law in the French National Assembly having started on 29 April […]

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April 21, 2010

Asociación de Internautas goes to EC against court decision

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Asociación de Internautas wendet sich wegen Gerichtsurteil an Europäische Kommission | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1873] Asociación de Internautas (the Spanish Association of Internet Users – AI) has recently denounced to the European Commission (EC) the Spanish Supreme Court decision in the case introduced by SGAE (the General Society of Authors and […]

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October 24, 2007

Website with P2P download links found legal by Spanish court

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The case against Sharemula.com, a website publishing P2P download links through which users can acquire movies, music and software, has been recently dismissed by a Spanish magistrate. The case was opened in October 2006, when the Brigade of Technological Investigations retained 15 people responsible with Sharemula.com, asking […]

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May 6, 2009

UK: Google's Street View does not breach the Data Protection Act

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [GB: Googles Street View verstößt nicht gegen das Datenschutzgesetz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1391] In response to a complaint filed by Privacy International, the UK Data Protection Authority, Information Commissioner’s Office, found Google’s Street View service clear of any breach of the Data Protection Act, as revealed in a public statement […]

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April 21, 2010

ENDitorial: The Italian decision on the Google's executives published

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Italienisches Urteil hinsichtlich Googles Führungskräfte veröffentlicht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1874] Finally, the Court of Milan made public the opinion that backed the indictment of a couple of Google’s executives charged of Italian Data Protection Act infringement for not removing a violent video from the company’s video sharing platform, video.google.com. […]

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May 6, 2009

Reclaim your DNA from the UK database

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Fordern Sie Ihre DNA aus der britischen Datenbank ein! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1392] Macedonian: [Акција за повлекување на профили од британската ДНК база на податоци | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1449/4/lang,mk/] A coallition of Human rights groups in UK has launched “Reclaim your DNA” website that helps innocent people contact the police to seek […]

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May 6, 2009

WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property: Third meeting

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das WIPO-Komitee für Entwicklung und Geistiges Eigentum: das dritte Treffen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1393] The central issues in the third meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) seemed to be the creation of centralized databases to collect traditional cultural expressions, traditional knowledge, […]

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May 5, 2010

Commissioner Malmström launches censorship arms race

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin Malmström führt Zensur-Wettrüsten ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1901] Commissioner Malmström has been explaining to the European Parliament and to the press that her Internet blocking proposals are “only” about child abuse websites and “only” the kind of blocking that is in place in countries such as Sweden. At the […]

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May 20, 2009

France: Three strikes law voted for good

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: 3 Treffer-Gesetz endgültig angenommen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1398] After long debates, on 12 May 2009 the French deputies adopted with 296 votes against 233 the three strikes law, with very few modifications. The following day the Senate also voted the law with 189 against 14 with socialist senators having […]

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May 5, 2010 · Blogs

EuroDIG 2010: where are we going ?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EuroDIG 2010: Wie geht es weiter? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1902] Between the 29-30 April 2010, Madrid was the host of the third European Dialogue of Internet Governance (EuroDIG), an open platform for informal and inclusive discussion and exchange on public policy issues related to Internet Governance between stakeholders from all […]

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May 20, 2009

EP limits data breach notification

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament schränkt Meldungen von Datenverstößen ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1399] The modification of the Privacy and Electronic Communication directive voted by the European Parliament (EP) on 6 May 2009, as part of second reading of the telecom package, limits the data breach notification only to the electronic communications service […]

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