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Creative content online – main topic in new EC documents
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new policy paper drafted by the European Commission (EC) shows its intention to promote new measures to fight against illegal file-sharing, taking as a positive example the French agreement between ISPs and the record industries already presented in EDRI-gram. The policy paper obtained by EurActiv and […]
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No decision yet from the EC on the status of the online music market
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During a conference on creative rights and cultural diversity organised by EUobserver on 6 December 2007, José Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, stated the European Commission (EC) was not yet ready to take any short-term decision related to the management of the online music […]
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The broadcasting treaty resuscitated by the Council of Europe
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Pending the approval of its Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe will try to promote a new broadcasting international document, building on the failed convention for the protection of broadcasting signals of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). As WIPO’s 184 members have failed in agreeing […]
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Opera complains to the EC on Microsoft's Internet Explorer
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) As a result of a complaint made by the Norwegian web browser developer Opera Software ASA, the European Commission will examine under the antitrust regulation Microsoft’s abuse in distributing the browser Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system. Opera Software states that Microsoft does not follow accepted […]
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IP rules to be changed to give access to environmental technology
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 20 November 2007, the Members of the European Parliament (EP) approved a report that asks for the revision of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in order to allow the compulsory licensing of patented environmental technologies. The European Parliament […]
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Progress in the European Digital Libraries EU Initiative
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A meeting on 27 November 2007 of a high level group on digital libraries and officials of the European Commission formalised the agreement between European libraries, archives and museums in a common effort to create a European digital library that would give access to a common European […]
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Attack on Russian opposition media claiming copyright infringement
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The local edition of Moscow-based independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta from Samara was closed down on 8 November 2007 by the Russian authorities and its editor Sergei Kurt-Adzhiyev was criminally indicted under the accusation of having violated copyright provisions of the Russian Penal Code, by using counterfeit software. […]
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PirateBay wants a new software standard to replace BitTorrent
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Pirate Bay, the famous torrent Swedish website, may affect BitTorrent programme by developing a new software standard for Internet downloads. According to Peter Sunde, Pirate Bay’s co-founder, the site might have a new, more open alternative of file-sharing software at the beginning of next year. In […]
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ENDitorial: CoE – Content Regulation: Break On Through; IPR: It's Tricky
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The 8th meeting of the Council of Europe (CoE) group of specialists on Human Rights in the Information Society (MC-S-IS) was held in Strasbourg on 29-30 October 2007. It was mainly dedicated to discussing draft documents on technical measures and their impact on human rights and particularly […]
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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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COMMUNIA: public domain and alternative licensing for knowledge-sharing
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Today’s digital networks offer extraordinary new opportunities for sharing and building upon our global, public pool of knowledge. Shedding light on the scientific, educational, economical, ethical and political importance of the digital public domain has, therefore, become crucial for the future of our knowledge-based societies. This is […]
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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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