September 13, 2006 · Blogs

New EDRI members

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the EDRI General Assembly of 3 September 2006 in Berlin, Germany, EDRI welcomed 4 new members. Open Rights Group is a new UK independent, non-profit advocacy group, campaigning for the digital civil rights of British citizens. Alcei from Italy is an association of people dedicated to […]

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October 8, 2014 · Blogs

UK format shifting and parody copyright laws come into force

On 1 October 2014, new copyright regulations adding exceptions for personal copying, parody, and quotation came into force in the UK. The personal copying exception allows copying of purchased media for private use. This includes format shifting and backups. The exception doesn’t cover making copies for friends, family or making copies of media you do […]

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October 10, 2007

French ISPs agree to spy on Internet users to stop online piracy

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Association of the French ISPs (AFA) agreed to propose concrete solutions to stop illegal downloading, following the discussion on 3 October 2007 with the Commission fighting Internet piracy led by Denis Olivennes. The solutions included the introduction of a system to detect the Internet users that […]

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November 8, 2006

Discussion during IGF against Internet content control

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was organized by United Nations in Athens between 30 October and 2 November 2006. The forum has shown a strong and large opposition to Internet blocking and filtering, putting under pressure repressive governments such as China. The three sessions devoted […]

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November 5, 2008 · Blogs

New members EDRi

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the EDRi General Assembly of 25 October 2008 in Wien, Austria, EDRi welcomed 3 new members. Electronic Frontier Norway (EFN) is a Norwegian civil liberties and digital rights organization working to protect and promote freedom of expression, privacy, the use of open standards and media file […]

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October 24, 2007

Some Internet and media companies push for principles on user content

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A set of principles desired to create an online environment for the development of User Generated Content (UGC) services and the protection of copyright owner rights has recently been set out by several media and Internet companies such as CBS, Dailymotion, Fox Entertainment Group, MySpace, NBC, Veoh […]

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October 9, 2013 · Blogs

Recommended Reading

EDRi Reponse to Green Paper Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World: (26.09.2013) http://www.edri.org/files/26092013-EDRi-GreenPaper-Converged-Audiovisu… Belgian ‘Royal Decree’ Requires ISPs To Log All Sorts Of Info For A Year (9.10.2013) http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131009/01172724806/belgian-royal-de… What’s wrong with ANPR – No CCTV’s report on number plate cameras in UK (10.2013) http://www.no-cctv.org.uk/docs/Whats%20Wrong%20With%20ANPR-No%20CCTV%2… German Federal Intelligence Service taps up to 25 providers […]

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December 5, 2007

New agreement between the French ISPs and record industries

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Under the patronage of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, an agreement was signed on 23 November 2007 between some French ISPs and the music and movie representatives in order to act directly against the big illegal file-sharers. These could be warned in the first stage and then […]

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April 23, 2003

Germany expands academic use of copyrighted material

On 11 April German parliament agreed on the implementation-proposal of the EU Copyright Directive (EUCD). Only the small liberal opposition party opposed. Public debate centered around new educational and scientific limitations on copyright. The new law allows teachers to make works available to a limited group of class members, e.g. in an intranet, for the […]

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January 18, 2006

BEUC's Campaign on Consumers' Digital Rights

In November 2005 BEUC (the coalition of all consumers’ organisations in Europe) has launched a Campaign on Consumers’ Digital Rights. The campaign is meant to show consumers what their digital rights are. BEUC is supported by Zusana Roithova, Member of the European Parliament, Czech Republic. The campaign highlights the complex threats for consumers in today’s […]

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January 16, 2008

European Commission closes enquiry on Apple

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission (EC) has closed the enquiry against Apple for charging more UK users than other EU users for downloads of its iTunes music, following the company announcement on 9 January 2008 that it will reduce download prices for UK within 6 months to align them […]

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June 7, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

LEAK: France & Germany demand more censorship from internet companies

Policy makers put pressure on the EU to enact legislation for online platforms like Facebook, but also for small companies, to be legally required to engage in more and quicker privatised and unaccountable censorship.

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