Paris, April 28, 2008 The French organization “La Quadrature du Net” (Squaring the Net) is pleased to announce the support of 15 French, European and international organizations.These organizations join La Quadrature du Net in their…

Ever since DADVSI, the French implementation of the European Copyright Directive, Internet users in France have faced increasingly disproportionate threats of punishment for claims of copyright infringement. The latest scheme promoted by the content industry…

Paris, Thursday, April 10. The European Parliament adopted a resolution this morning which commits the member states – therefore France – “to avoid adopting measures conflicting with civil liberties and human rights and with the…

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A new French citizens’ lobbying group wants public debate on Internet-related regulation affecting human rights and freedoms, one of its organizers told us Friday. “Squaring the…

The Italian authority for protection of personal data stated in a press release dated March 13, 2008, that private companies could not legally monitor peer to peer traffic to identify and prosecute users of these…

The largest provider of Sweden has refused to comply to a request by the IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry) asking it to filter access to the torrent site The Pirate Bay.It should be recalled…

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Paris, March 26, 2008. While the Olivennes bill [0] aimed at building the “graduated response” must be voted before the summer in France, a group of citizens launched “Squaring the Net” to alert…

The French parliament will soon debate a draft law “about the High Authority for the dissemination of works and protection of the rights on the internet”. The project incorporates the recommendations made by the then…