The plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) that has been mired in controversy since its signing in 2010 faces another roadblock with one of its members, the European Union, likely to reject the Agreement. […]
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Berne, 09.05.2012 – La Suisse reporte la signature de l’Accord commercial anti-contre-façon (ACAC) jusqu’à disposer d’assez d’éléments pour apprécier la suite de la procédure. Telle est en substance la réponse donnée par le Conseil fédéral…
The Pirate Bay has partnered with the Cybernorms research group at Sweden’s Lund University to carry out the second round of the largest file-sharing survey in history. Through the survey the researchers examine the norms…
Paris, 9 mai 2012 – Les Pays-Bas sont devenus le premier pays de l’Union européenne à adopter une loi protégeant la neutralité du Net. L’Europe et la France doivent maintenant suivre son exemple.
Paris, 8 mai 2012 – Ce matin, l’eurodéputé Dimitrios Droutsas a présenté son projet de rapport relatif à l’impact de l’ACTA sur les droits fondamentaux devant ses collègues de la commission « Libertés publiques, justice et…
A quarter of police and agencies’ data requests not met, says official, as government prepares to unveil web tracking laws.
The rapidly changing nature of internet-based communications has left the security agencies and the police unable…
Continuing a recent trend, The Pirate Bay and other large BitTorrent sites are now being blocked by Internet providers in India. Visitors who try to access the sites are redirected to a banner which informs…
A European Commission vice president said on Friday a planned global pact to crack down on fake consumer goods and medicines and websites that break copyright laws would probably never come into force, because of…
A landmark ruling in one of the many mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the US has suffered a severe blow to a thus far lucrative business. Among other things, New York Judge Gary Brown explains in…
Head of global media observation group says many countries are trying to restrict internet freedom in name of security.
Governments across the world – including those in the US and UK – are posing a…