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Increased pressure on Turkey to stop Internet blocking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzsperren: Zunehmender Druck auf die Türkei | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2036] As Turkey continues its ban on Google’s YouTube and other services, it attracts more and more criticism. After Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul himself has taken position against its own government in this matter, it is now OSCE turn to react. […]
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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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Spain: NGO fined by the Supreme Court for hosting offensive contents
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien: Oberster Gerichtshof verurteilt NGO wegen des Hostens offensiver Inhalte zu einer Geldstrafe | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1651] At the end of December 2009, the Spanish Supreme Court confirmed its ruling in making Asociación de Internautas (Internet Users Association – AI) pay a 18 000 Euro fine to SGAE (the General […]
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Azeri bloggers abusively sentenced by the Baku court
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aserbaidschanische Blogger vom Gericht in Baku missbräuchlich verurteilt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1592] On 11 November 2009, two Azerbaijani bloggers were found guilty on hooliganism and violence charges by a court in Baku and sentenced to two years and two years and a half prison respectively. Bloggers and political activists Adnan […]
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Finland: Complaints not allowed for the Police child-porn censorship list
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnland: Beschwerden über die Kinderpornografieliste der Polizei nicht erlaubt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1433] The Helsinki Administrative court decided on 20 May 2009 that complaints lodged in regards to the child-porn censorship list maintained by the Finnish Police are not allowed. The case originates from one Finnish activist’s “battle” against the […]
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French courts give clear decisions for hosted content
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französisches Gericht trifft klare Entscheidungen bei gehosteten Inhalten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1403] Several decisions taken by the French courts lately recognize the principle of non-liablilty of some web 2.0 sites for the content hosted. The new interpretation is putting things back on track, after some earlier strange decisions of the […]
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Turkey: Another blocking order against YouTube
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) For the forth time in two years, on 20 November 2008, the Turkish authorities blocked access to YouTube asserting that certain content posted on the site was disrespectful to Kemal Mustafa Atatürk, the Turkish Republic’s founder, or supported the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Turkey is the […]
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Google executives facing trial on video posted on YouTube
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Four former and present Google executives, including Senior Vice President David Drummond are waiting for the confirmation of the order issued by an Italian prosecutor to stand trial for a video on a young man with Down syndrome posted on YouTube in November 2006. The case caused […]
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An update on the Italian PirateBay case
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Bergamo Criminal Court overrules the seizure, but establishes a case law that is a violation of civil rights. On 16 August 2008 ALCEI reported to the Italian Data Protection Authority the violations of law contained in the pre-emptive seizure order issued by the Justice for preliminary […]
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ENDitorial: A stupid law and a perverse "criminal" sentence
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) ”There is no censorship in Italy, but…” “Censorship” was abolished and outlawed in Italy sixtytwo years ago. Freedom of the press and of personal opinion is not only established by the Constitution, but also deeply rooted in custom and in all perceptions of civil society. There are, […]
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University researcher may publish their findings on NXP Mifare chip
On 18 July 2008, the Dutch Court in Nijmegen dismissed the initial claim in its preliminary ruling in the case of Chip maker NXP against the publication by the University of Nijmegen of the security problems regarding Mifare Classic Chip, dismissing the initial claim. NXP had asked the judge to order the University of Nijmegen […]
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Russian blogger sentenced for comments on the blog
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 7 July 2008, a Russian blogger was sentenced to one year suspended jail after having been found guilty of “inciting hatred and enmity” for a comment left on a LiveJournal weblog. According to Kommersant newspaper, the young blogger Savva Terentiev was saying on the blog that […]
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