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European Parliament legal service confirms: ACTA may or may not be legal
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Juristischer Dienst des EP bestätigt: ACTA könnte rechtmäßig sein. Oder auch nicht. | www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.20_Juristischer_Dienst_des_EP_bestaetigt_ACTA_koennte_rechtmaessig_sein_oder_auch_nicht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111028] Several weeks ago, the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament asked for an opinion from the Parliament’s internal legal service regarding ACTA’s legality and whether or not documents must be made public. At […]
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ENDitorial: Belgian music industry acts to undermine copyright law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Belgische Musikindustrie versucht Urheberrecht zu untergraben | www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.20_ENDitorial_Belgische_Musikindustrie_versucht_Urheberrecht_zu_untergraben?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111028] We have all heard the music industry make claims about the vast amount of “piracy” going on, such as the estimation that from 2008 to 2015, the music industry was going to lose an amount equivalent to the combined […]
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Belgian court: Two ISPs must block access to The Pirate Bay
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Zwei Provider müssen Zugang zu The Pirate Bay sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Belgien_Zwei_Provider_muessen_Zugang_zu_The_Pirate_Bay_sperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] In the case introduced in 2010 by the Belgian Anti-Piracy Foundation (BAF) against two ISPs, Belgacom and Telenet, the Belgian Court of Appeal of Antwerp decided on 26 September 2011 the two providers had to block […]
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German politician caught in its own two-strike model trap
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutscher Politiker tappt in eigene 2-Strikes-Falle | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Deutscher_Politiker_tappt_in_eigene_2-Strikes-Falle?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] Siegfried Kauder, Chairman of the Legal Committee of the German Parliament, who has recently announced a plan to introduce a two strike model for persistent allegedly illegal downloaders, was found himself to infringe copyright. The system proposed by Kauder includes […]
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French Internet users on the verge of being disconnected
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französischen Internet-Usern drohen Netzsperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Franzoesischen_Interne_Usern_drohen_Netzsperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] The French authority in charge with fighting copyright infringement, Hadopi, presented on 29 September 2011 its first activity report covering 18 months, beginning of 2010 until June 2011. According to the report, since the beginning of its activity, the first warning stage […]
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ENDitorial: Countries start signing ACTA, preparatory docs still secret
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Partner unterzeichnen ACTA, zahlreiche Dokumente noch immer geheim | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_ENDitorial_Partner_unterzeichnen_ACTA_zahlreiche_Dokumente_noch_immer_geheim?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] Last weekend, some of the EU’s ACTA “partners” started the process of acceding to the Agreement (US, Canada, Singapore, Australia, South Korea, Japan and Morocco). Due to the controversial nature of the Agreement, this is happening in […]
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Parliament responds to EDRi's ACTA document request
The European Parliament has finally responded to our request for documents in relation to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Access to documents is very important since much of the wording of the agreement is very unclear. In such cases, preparatory documents are used to discover the intentions of the negotiators. Without access to those documents […]
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UK government wants search engines to fight copyright infringement
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung fordert von Suchmaschinen Unterstützung im Kampf gegen Urheberrechtsverletzungen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.18_Britische_Regierung_fordert_von_Suchmaschinen_Unterstuetzung_im_Kampf_gegen_Urheberrechtsverletzungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111004] During his speech at the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention on 14 September 2011, UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt called on search engines and ISPs to bar links to websites which, allegedly, distributed material unlawfully, on […]
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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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Copyright industry obtains court injunction against BT to block website
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Copyright-Industrie setzt Verfügung gegen BT zur Sperre von Websites durch | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.16_Copyright_Industrie_setzt_Verfuegung_gegen_BT_zur_Sperre _von_Websites_durch?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110901] In a dangerous precedent, on 28 July 2011, an UK High Court judge ruled that British Telecom (BT), the UK largest ISP, had to prevent its customers from accessing Newzbin 2, a website searching Usenet […]
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Perspectives of Internet blocking in UK following US model
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schöne Aussichten für britische Netzsperren nach amerikanischem Vorbild | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Schoene_Aussichten_fuer_britische_Netzperren_nach_amerikanischem_Vorbild?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] During his speech at the Intellect Consumer Electronics conference on 5 July 2011, UK culture minister Ed Vaizey announced that a movement in the States for a voluntary filtering by ISPs would probably bring up changes in UK […]
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UK: Copyright holders ask for website blocking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Rechteinhaber fordern Netzsperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Britische_Rechteinhaber_fordern_Netzsperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] According to some leaked reports, copyright holders seem to have proposed during a roundtable with UK Government representatives, ISPs and others on 15 June 2011, plans that could lead to the blocking of websites that allegedly host copyright infringing material. Apparently, the […]
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