Results for node/swift

July 1, 2009

France: No to new EDVIGE!

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Kein neues EDVIGE! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1454] A text of a draft law on Police Files initiated by the two French deputies Delphine Batho and Jacques-Alain Bénisti has been approved by the Laws Commission of the National Assembly. The draft law contains a new form of the EDVIGE file, […]

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July 1, 2009

Swedish court: IP addresses are personal data

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schwedisches Gericht: IP-Adressen sind persönliche Daten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1455] Macedonian: [Шведска: ИП адресите се лични податоци | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/edri/shvedska-ip-adresite-se-lichni-podatoci.html] The Swedish Supreme Administrative Court ruled on 18 June that the IP addresses are personal data in a case regarding APB (the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau, Antipiratbyrån), a lobby group representing copyright […]

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July 1, 2009

The French Government acts like a bulldog with its three strikes law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die französische Regierung benimmt sich beim 3 Treffer-Gesetz wie eine Bulldogge | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1456] Nicolas Sarkozy and the French Government want to go on with the new three strikes draft law (called also Hadopi 2) which was presented to the Council of Ministers on 24 June 2009. The emergency […]

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June 16, 2010

Digital Agenda Commissioner Kroes publicly supporting open standards

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin für die Digitale Agenda unterstützt offene Standards | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1999] Macedonian: [Комесарот за Дигиталната агенда… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/komesarot-za-digitalnata-agenda-niki-kros-javno-gi-poddrza-otvorenite-standardi.html] On 10 June 2010, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes addressed the Open Forum Europe 2010 Summit on interoperability and open standards, stating she was planning to overhaul […]

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June 16, 2010

Turkey extends the censorship of YouTube

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Türkei weitet Zensur von YouTube aus | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2000] Macedonian: [Турција ја проширува цензурата на YouTube | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/turcija-ja-proshiruva-cenzurata-na-youtube.html] So far, Turkey does not seem to be impressed by the criticism against its censorship policy regarding Internet content and blocking of websites. On 4 June 2010, the High Council for […]

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December 20, 2006

Promotion of open standards in Poland

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 14 December 2006 a Coalition for Open Standards was established by a large group of IT companies and organizations in Poland with a view to promote open technological standards. The coalition aims at taking measures to ensure freedom of choice for IT solutions for Polish citizens […]

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June 16, 2010

Possible solutions for remunerating content creators in the digital era

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Urheberrecht im digitalen Zeitalter | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2001] On 8 June 2010, Green Party Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) hosted the conference Financing Culture in the Digital Era on how to balance easy public access to culture with guaranteed remuneration for content providers. The purpose of the meeting was […]

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July 15, 2009

Phorm given up by UK ISPs

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische ISPs geben Phorm auf | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1462] On 6 July 2009, just before the beginning of the investigation on Internet privacy by UK MPs and peers of the All Party Parliamentary Communications Group, the largest UK ISP British Telecom (BT) has announced it would not roll out Phorm’s […]

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June 16, 2010

Macedonia: Civil society calls for the respect of privacy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mazedonien: Zivilgesellschaft fordert Respekt vor Privatsphäre | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2002] On 11 June 2010, fifteen Macedonian civil society organizations reacted to the threats to privacy and democracy contained in the Draft Law amending the Law on Electronic Communications, calling for the withdrawal of the text from parliamentary procedure. The call […]

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July 15, 2009

China accused by the EU for its intentions to censor the Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU beschuldigt China, das Internet zensieren zu wollen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1463] On 25 June 2009, the European Commission condemned Chinese plans to enforce the instalment of the “Green Dam Youth Escort” filtering software on all PCs sold starting with 1 July. As an unprecedented decision, the Chinese authorities postponed […]

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June 16, 2010

Copyright and cultural diversity

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Urheberrecht und kulturelle Vielfalt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2003] The conclusions of a study commissioned by the Culture and Education Committee (CULT), summarising the state of implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (ratified by the European Community in 2007) has been […]

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July 15, 2009

Azeri online activists framed for hooliganism and put in prison

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Azeri Online-Aktivisten wird Hooligmanismus angehängt – Haftstrafen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1464] Two young Azeri bloggers – Emin Abdullayev (Milli), one of the founders of AN Network, a grass roots youth movement and Adnan Hajizada, a video-blogger from OL! Youth Movement – have been arrested by the police after they have […]

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