Brussels, 25th April 2012 – ACTA is following its way through the committees of the European Parliament. Under strong pressure from the copyright lobbies, ACTA proponents seem to awake and become vocal. With upcoming votes…
Brussels, April 24th, 2012 – In a decisive opinion, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) says that ACTA’s digital chapter would threaten privacy and freedom of expression online.
Brussels, April 24th, 2012 – Marielle Gallo’s draft opinion report, urging for the adoption of ACTA may be about to be adopted by the Legal Affairs committee of the EU Parliament. This opinion, full of…
The European Commission released a ground-breaking study on shared access to radio spectrum. The study, conducted by SCF Associates Ltd, calls for a sweeping reform of wireless communications policies, so as to free up more…
Paris, April 19th, 2012 – In the next few weeks, the EU Parliament will continue to work on ACTA, the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement, ahead of its final vote around the summer. This is a crucial…
Paris, April 17th 2012 – David Martin, the rapporteur of ACTA at the EU Parliament, has issued his draft report recommending the Parliament to reject ACTA. This is an important step toward effectively killing this…
Aujourd’hui au sein de la commission parlementaire dédiée au Commerce international, le rapporteur David Martin « a annoncé que les conclusions de son rapport seraient favorables à un rejet du traité anticontrefaçon par le Parlement…
Paris, April 10th 2012 – The European Parliament has decided not to refer ACTA to the EU Court of Justice, and will normally hold its final vote this summer, as originally planned. This coming…
Last year, in their decision regarding the controversial LOPPSI bill, French constitutional judges held that Article 4 of the bill, which allows the French government to censor the Internet under the pretext of fighting child…
Fears that software similar to that which government wants to use in Britain is being sold to monitor dissidents abroad. […]
It is the responsibility of manufacturers to ensure their technology is not used to perpetrate…