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New rules on term of protection of music recordings
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Schutzfristen für Tonaufnahmen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.18_Neue_Schutzfristen_fuer_Tonaufnahmen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111004] On 12 September 2011, the Council adopted, by a qualified majority, a Directive that extends the term of protection of the rights of performers and phonogram producers on music recordings from 50 to 70 years. According to the Council press release, the […]
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Italian draft law suggests a "one strike" law for copyright infringement
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italien plant One-Strike-Gesetz gegen Copyright-Verstöße | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.18_Italien_plant_One_Strike_Gesetz_gegen_Copyright_Verstoesse?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111004] A group of the Italian parliamentarians has recently introduced a draft law which could basically block the freedom of expression and access to information in Italy. The draft law, which includes two articles, stipulates that an Internet user may be banned […]
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EP study on "Consumer Behaviour in a Digital Environment"
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP-Studie zum “Verbraucherverhalten im digitalen Umfeld” | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.17_EP_Studie_zum_Verbraucherverhalten_im_digitalen_Umfeld?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110907] The European Parliament (EP) has published a study on “Consumer Behaviour in a Digital environment” that it commissioned from London School of Economics (LSE). The study involved a limited stakeholder consultation, which included an extensive exchange of views with EDRi […]
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EP Hearing "Copyright and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age"
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hearing im EU-Parlament: “Urheberrecht und Geistiges Eigentum im Digitalen Zeitalter” | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_EP_Urheberrecht_und_Geistiges_Eigentum_im_digitalen_Zeitalter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] The Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament held a hearing on Copyright and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age” in the European Parliament (EP) on 29 and 30 June 2011. The event was organised […]
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European IP policy is crippling the European digital economy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Politk zu geistigem Eigentum lähmt digitale Wirtschaft | http://bit.ly/lhLNSK] European policy makers are strangling the digital economy, hurting consumers and putting Europeans’ fundamental rights at risk, according to a report into the failures of IP policy making in Europe, published by EDRi on 24.05.2011. The report sets […]
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Ireland adopts innovation agenda on intellectual property
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Innovationen zu geistigem Eigentum | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_Irland_Innovationen_zu_geistigem_Eigentum] Richard Bruton, the Irish Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, said that he was determined that the Irish government should make whatever changes were necessary to allow innovative digital companies to reach their full potential in Ireland. He said that some […]
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Avalanche of intellectual property initiatives on the way in EU
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU steht vor einer Flut von Gesetzesinitiativen in Sachen geistiges Eigentum | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Flut_an_Initiativen_f%C3%BCr_geistige_Eigentumsrechte] In the course of the next few months, the European Commission will be launching a flood of intellectual property initiatives, some aiming at repression, some at restricting access to culture and some at feeding uncreative […]
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Sustainable Models for Creativity in the Digital Age
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Nachhaltige Modelle für Kreative im Digitalen Zeitalter | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Nachhaltige_Modelle_fuer_Kreative_im_digitalen_Zeitalter] Each year, the Free Culture Forum (FCF) brings together key organisations and active voices in the sphere of free/libre culture. It responds to the need for an international arena to facilitate the coordination of a global framework for action […]
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ENDitorial: WIPO SCCR 21 session
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: WIPO SCCR 21 Meeting | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2445] The present text is a report from the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 21st meeting in Geneva, Switzerland (SCCR 21). In this report, the debate on the Broadcasting Organizations’ protection (except for the NGO statements) is not included due […]
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Ireland: reshaping the law for the digital economy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Neugestaltung des Gesetzes über die digitale Wirtschaft | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2397] EDRi-member Digital Rights Ireland, Google and the Institute of International and European Affairs co-sponsored an event in Dublin on 19 November 2010 which presented suggestions for the reform of Irish law to promote digital innovation. Speakers were Niall […]
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Kroes wants copyright as a building block, not a stumbling block
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kroes will Urheberrecht als Baustein, nicht als Stolperstein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2359] During the Avignon Forum for the international meetings of culture, economy and media that took place on 5 November 2010, Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, expressed her very strong conviction that copyright regulations had […]
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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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