Despite ringing denunciations from small EU tech businesses, giant EU entertainment companies, artists' groups, technical experts, and human rights experts, and the largest body of concerned citizens in EU history, the EU has concluded its "trilogues" on the new Copyright Directive, striking a deal...
Vint Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee, and Dozens of Other Computing Experts Oppose Article 13As Europe's latest copyright proposal heads to a critical vote on June 20-21, more than 70 Internet and computing luminaries have spoken out against a dangerous provision, Article 13, that would require Internet...
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20 internationale Organisationen und Experten haben eine "Brüsseler Erklärung zu Handel und Internet" verabschiedet, in der sie auf den Einbezug von Nutzer- und Verbraucherschutzgruppen drängen. Die Verhandlungen sollen transparent geführt werden.
Das Dienstleistungsabkommen TISA, das zwischen EU und USA ausgehandelt wird, schreibt vor, dass bei Ausschreibungen nicht auf freie Software bestanden werden darf. Die Bundesregierung sorgt das nicht.
Das umstrittene Abkommen über den Handel mit Dienstleistungen (TiSA) wird derzeit von über 50 Staaten verhandelt. Die Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) hat einen Blick auf jüngst durchgesickerte Verhandlungsdokumente zum E-Commerce-Kapitel geworfen.
The patent system is in crisis, and it endangers the future of software development in the United States. Let's create a system that defends innovation, instead of hindering it.
A worldwide coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations, consumers unions and online service providers associations publish an open letter to the European institutions regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) currently under negotiation. They call on the European Parliament and the EU negotiators to oppose any provision that would undermine the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens in Europe and across the world.
Die Organisationen Electronic Frontier Foundation und Public Knowledge wollen die US-Regierung gerichtlich zur Herausgabe von Informationen über das geheim ausgehandelte Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) zwingen.
This document collects reported cases where the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA have been invoked not against pirates, but against consumers, scientists, and legitimate competitors. It will be updated from time to time as additional cases come to light