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Data protection framework decision adopted
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After several years of discussions and debates with the EU bodies, the Framework Decision on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters was adopted by the Council and published in the Official Journal on 30 December 2008. […]
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ENDitorial: First FRA Conference on Fundamental Rights
Article corrected on 27.12.2008 – it was OSCE instead of OECD in paragraph 3. (Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 8 and 9 December 2008, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) held its first Fundamental Rights Conference in Paris. The event examined key issues and challenges related to the freedom of […]
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Changes in the telecom package adopted by the Council
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A political agreement on the telecom package was reached by the EU Council on 27 November 2008. Even though the final text does not support the 3 strikes measures proposed by the French Presidency, it has also deleted some important amendments adopted by the European Parliament in […]
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Sweden on the verge of passing the local IPRED law
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Sweden Government is to pass these days a controversial law that might give the entertainment industry some tools to track down those that illegally share copyrighted material on the Internet. The law, which is based on the European Union’s Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED), has […]
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US visa waiver program questioned by the Hungarian President
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 20 October 2008, Hungarian President László Sólyom sent back to the Parliament for reconsideration the adopted law on sharing criminal data that was to be the final agreement between the United States and Hungary on the US visa-waiver program. Concerned with data protection issues, the President […]
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The European Parliament voted the Telecoms Package
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Package of rules governing the Internet and telecoms sectors proposed by the European Commission in view of supporting competition and providing clearer information and a wider range of services to consumers was approved by the European Parliament on 24 September 2008, in the first reading. The […]
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First meeting of the Fundamental Rights Platform
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 7-8 October 2008 the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) held the first meeting of its Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) in Vienna. Representatives from about 100 NGOs and other Fundamental Rights Organisations – EDRi amongst them – were invited to discuss and make suggestions on […]
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European Competition Commissioner: We investigate Google-Yahoo deal
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Google announced in June that it had struck a deal with Yahoo, so it would sell ads on Yahoo website in return for a share of the profits. The EU anti-competition authorities confirms that they are investigating the deal between the two majors in the online advertising. […]
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Copyright experts against the EU extension of the copyright term
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) New voices from the major copyright experts in the European universities and research centers question the current EU proposals of extension of the copyright term for the performing artists and sound recordings. As previously covered in the past EDRi-gram, the first letter was addressed to EU Commission […]
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Seminar on the Telecoms Package and Network Filtering
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The telecoms package seminar on the 27 August 2008 in the European Parliament arranged by Swedish MEP Christofer Fjellner had a remarkably large audience. Over 100 persons came to listen to the five speakers from both industry and civil society. Over all, the speakers called for better […]
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Extension of the copyright term for performers and record producers
On 16 July 2008, disregarding the well substantiated findings and opinions of the Amsterdam Institute for Information Law, the Cambridge Study for the UK Government and the Bournemouth University statement signed by 50 leading academics in June 2008, the European Commission (EC) adopted an initiative proposing the extension of the copyright term for the recorded […]
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Vote in the EP committees on the Telecom Package
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The IMCO (Internal Market Committee) and ITRE (Committee on Industry, Research and Energy) committees of the European Parliament (EP) adopted on the 7 July 2008 the Telecom package, including the amendments that were considered by some NGOs as endangering the principle of the neutrality of the Internet. […]
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