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Musikindustrie erreicht Internetsperren gegen Pirate Bay

Die Musikindustrie hat nach jahrelangem Rechtsstreit erreicht, dass mit Eircom der größte Provider Irlands Internetsperren gegen Tauschbörsennutzer errichtet.

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Paris, Feb. 23rd – The French minister of Culture in charge of the law setting up “graduated response” against filesharers (“HADOPI” or “Olivennes Law”, or “Création et Internet”) announced that public wifi hotspots will have…

Brussels, Feb.

Who wants to control the internet ? How the Medina report and the Telecom package can affect the internet

http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/default/dok/270/270613.who_wants_to_control_the_internet@en.htm

Hearing
European Parliament – Brussels

Wednesday 18 February 2009 – 16:30-18:30

European Parliament – Room Petra Kelly ASP01G2
60, Rue Wiertz…

Paris, Feb.16th – Amendments in the European Parliament to the “Telecoms Package” Revision of five directives regulating electronic communication networks in Europe. More infos : http://www.laquadrature.net/Telecoms_Package may allow operators to take control of their customer’s…

Civil liberties groups La Quadrature du Net, European Digital Rights (EDRi) and AK Vorrat are urging the European Parliament to heed advice given by the European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx and scrap plans dubbed…

Paris, Jan 26th – The European Parliament’s committee for legal affairs (JURI) voted the Medina report on Copyright last week. This report goes against its initial objective of responding to the Green Paper on Copyright…

Jeremie Zimmermann, co-founder of La Quadrature du Net was interviewed by Netzpolitik. This 40-minute interview talks about the French initiative about “graduated response”, about the Telecom Package, and what can be done about it, especially…

Paris, January 19th. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) released his opinion on the current state of the Telecoms Package. His views on the ePrivacy directive confirms La Quadrature’s analysis: If nothing is done, article…