La Commission européenne va établir des systèmes d’autorisation de droits multimédias simples et efficaces en termes de coûts concernant la numérisation d’œuvres publiées et leur disponibilité sur Internet, a-t-elle annoncé cette semaine (19 octobre). […]
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Paris, October 24th, 2009. On Thursday, the Constitutional Council gave its decisionRead the decision: Voir la décision sur le site du Conseil constitutionnel : http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/root/bank_mm/decisions/2009590dc/2009590dc.pdf on HADOPI 2, the legislative patch proposed by the French…
PARIS (Reuters) – Le téléchargement illégal visé par les lois dites Hadopi est en forte baisse dans les pratiques de piratage, progressivement remplacé par de nouvelles technologies plus difficiles à contrôler, disent des experts.
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Strasbourg, October 21st, 2009 – Yesterday, representatives of the European Parliament, an institution that ordinarily prides itself for protecting human rights at home and abroad, decided to surrender to the pressure exerted by Member States.…
Strasburg, October 20th, 2009 – Rapporteur on the Telecoms Package, Catherine Trautmann will try once again to push a replacement for amendment 138. Her proposal replaces the effective protection of freedom of expression thanks to…
Strasbourg, October 19th 2009 – European Consumers unions and Internet service providers join La Quadrature du Net and numerous NGOs to urge the European Parliament not to give up the fundamental rights of EU citizens.…
The Council of the European Union opposes amendment 138Amendment 138: Article 8.4.g of the Framework Directive. (…) “No restriction may be imposed on the fundamental rights and freedoms of end-users, without a prior ruling by…
Brussels, October 14th, 2009 – Negotiations on the Telecoms Package took a worrying turn for citizens rights and freedoms. The European Parliament Delegation was betrayed by its negotiators, led by Catherine Trautmann (S&D) and Alejo…
La Quadrature du Net sent a letter and a memoDownload the memo at http://www.laquadrature.net/files/LaQuadratureduNet-20091012_Debunking_Councils_arguments_against_am138V2.pdf to the Members of the European Parliament to urge them to protect their prerogatives by rejecting the Council’s dangerous proposalSee: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-does-the-council-of-eu-hate-freedom…
La Quadrature du Net published its position paper regarding the post-i2010 consultation launched by the European Commission. La Quadrature calls on the Commission to focus on Internet users’ rights, particularly by mandating Net neutrality and…