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European Digital Rights (EDRi) has joined other 42 civil liberties NGOs and professional associations in signing the amicus curiae brief initiated by German NGO Working Group on Data Retention (Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung).
The action is destined to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in relation to the action started on 6 July 2006 - Ireland vs. Council of the European Union, European Parliament (Case C-301/06). The brief is asking ECJ to annul the EU directive on data retention pointing out that apart from the formal grounds put forward by Ireland, the directive is, most of all, illegal on material grounds.
According to the document, data retention violates the right to respect for private life and correspondence, freedom of expression and the right of providers to the protection of their property. "While it threatens to inflict great damage on society, its potential benefit appears, overall, to be little. Data retention can support the protection of individual rights only in few and generally less important cases. A permanent, negative effect on crime levels is not to be expected."
With data retention in place, "citizens constantly need to fear that their communications data may at some point lead to false incrimination or governmental or private abuse of the data. Because of this, traffic data retention endangers open communication in the whole of society."
Amicus Curiae Brief (8.04.2008)
http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/images/data_retention_brief_08-0...
List of Signatories of the Amicus Curiae Brief (8.04.2008)
http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/216/79/lang,en/#Sig...
European NGOs ask Court to annul data retention directive (8.04.2008)
http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/216/79/lang,en/
EDRi-gram: German constitutional challenge on Data Retention (12.03.2008)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number6.5/germany-data-retention
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Open Office XML has been approved as an international recognized standard by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), despite the open source community voices that have raised a number of problems with the standard as such and with unfair practices during the process with such as committee stuffing in several countries and political interventions of ministers in the standardization process.
ISO/IEC DIS 29500 - Information technology - Office Open XML file formats is a XML-based file format specification for electronic documents, developed by Microsoft and adopted as ECMA 376 standard in December 2006. After that, it was promoted by Microsoft and ECMA in the ISO fast-track procedure, but has initially failed in September last year, when only 53% of the votes from the national bodies part of the ISO/IEC JTC 1 were positive and 26% of the national votes were negative.
However, after the meetings in Geneva in February this year where the 3500 received comments were debated in the ballot resolution meeting, Microsoft has succeeded in convincing the majority they needed, with some of the major European countries such as UK, Ireland, France or Denmark changing their initial vote. The joint technical committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, had 75 % of the JTC 1 participating member votes cast positive and 14 % of the total of national member body votes cast negative, therefore the standard has been adopted. Not even one of the standardization bodies from a European country voted against the standard.
As suspected, Microsoft was happy with the adoption of its 6 000 page set of specifications as an international standard: "With 86 percent of voting national bodies supporting ratification, there is overwhelming support for Open XML. This outcome is a clear win for the customers, technology providers and governments that want to choose the format that best meets their needs and have a voice in the evolution of this widely adopted standard" stated Tom Robertson, General Manager of Interoperability and Standards at Microsoft.
But the supporters of the ODF victory claimed that the victory is a loss of credibility of the standardisation: "The result could well prove a hollow victory for Microsoft. It comes at a considerable cost to the reputations of Microsoft, ECMA and the International Standards Organisation (ISO)", explained Graham Taylor, the chief executive of OpenForum Europe.
The opponents of the OOXML highlighted the technical problems of the new standard and the rush of adopting such a large technical document without a proper documentation. But the main focus of the challenge was made to the politics behind the scene. The NO-OOXML campaigners explained: "The technical review of the format was strongly obstructed by its originator and its political interference in the ISO process. Presence of Microsoft Business Partners has been reported in the following countries: Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States of America. Furthermore, it has been reported in several countries, such as France and Malaysia, that Microsoft has lobbied the government and the responsible ministers to override the decisions of the technical committees, which spoke out against an approval of the format."
The problems are also investigated by the European Commission, as confirmed by a spokesman for the Commissioner for Competition, Neelie Kroes. He said that the Commission continues to scrutinise "interoperability issues related to Microsoft's products following complaints from the Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) group." In this action, the Commission has asked several national standards bodies, including the Norwegian Standards Institute (NSI), on alleged irregularities in the OOXML standardisation process.
ISO/IEC DIS 29500 receives necessary votes for approval as an International
Standard (2.04.2008)
http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1123
Microsoft wins key standards battle (3.04.2008)
http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/microsoft-wins-key-standards-ba...
Press Release: ISO captured by vendor Microsoft (2.04.2008)
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-50857/press-release:iso-captured-by-ven...
Office Open XML Officially Approved As International Standard (1.04.2008)
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=986
EC probes OOXML standards-setting process (4.04.2008)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/04/ooxml_ec_investigation_iso/
EDRi-gram: OOXML - negative vote at International Organization for
Standardization (12.09.2007)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number5.17/ooxml-rejected-iso
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A recent decision by the Paris Tribunal has condemned 3 different French websites for linking to another website containing gossip information on the French actor Olivier Martinez.
The actor has decided to sue 3 websites (Fuzz.fr, Vivre-en-normandie.com and CroixRousse.net) for linking to external websites that presented the respective information.
Fuzz.fr is a Digg-like website, where the website users can vote which news comes on first. However, the court decided that the owner of the website has an editorial responsibility, even if it's a digg-like service, and forced him to pay 1000 euros as damages for infringing the actor's privacy and 1500 euros as legal fees.
CroixRousse.net just posted the title and a link to a Yahoo-based news on the same topic, but the judge decided they needed to pay 500 euros as well, for the same infringement. Also a local blogger who writes at Vivre-en-normandie.com was sentenced to pay the same amount for putting a link to a similar news item.
Eric Dupin, owner of Fuzz.fr and a famous French blogger has contested the decision, emphasizing the fact that the court doesn't understand the websites from web 2.0. Dupin does not try to deny any responsibility of the sites in relation to the information, but questions the procedure used in this case: "The problem here is the method: we have never been asked to withdraw the respective link, which I would have done. We have been sent directly to justice".
Laurent Galichet, the young owner of the local news website CroixRousse.net that won 3.8 euros from his website in 2008, expressed his stupefaction: "That means you can be attacked for hosting a link on your website... It's like attacking the newspapers stands, because one the newspapers they show has a court battle."
It seems that there are also other 17 websites that are attacked by the French artists' lawyers for similar considerations, even though the news has been replicated by more online sources, some of them out of France.
A wave of condemnations shakes the French Web 2.0 (only in French,
27.03.2008)
http://www.01net.com/editorial/375750/une-vague-de-condamnations-ebran...
Case Olivier Martinez vs. Fuzz : Fuzz condemned (only in French,
27.03.2008)
http://www.presse-citron.net/?2008/03/27/3217-affaire-olivier-martinez...
Parts of the Court decision (only in French, 28.03.2008)
http://www.presse-citron.net/?2008/03/28/3221-extraits-de-l-ordonnance...
The French web passes through black hours...(only in French, 28.03.2008)
http://www.vivre-en-normandie.com/blog/2008/03/le-web-franais.html
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EDRi-member Chaos Computer Club (CCC) - Germany has published in the latest issue of their magazine Die Datenschleuder the fingerprint of one of the best known proponents of digital fingerprints in passports - Mr. Wolfgang Schäuble, the German Minister of Internal Affairs. The fingerprint has been printed on a plastic foil, that can replicate the fingerprint when it is pressed on a biometric reader.
CCC activists wanted to make a point in their fight against digital fingerprints in any ID document, considering such data is easy to collect and reproduce. Despite the numerous warnings, since November 2007 the German passports have included a biometric chip containing fingerprints that can be checked by the customs authorities.
CCC spokesman Frank Rieger explained: "The main point we want to illustrate here is that biometric fingerprints don't offer any security, they just enhance the surveillance of citizens."
Since 2004, CCC has published a step-by-step guide on how to copy someones' fingerprint and how to make fake fingerprints.
Mr. Schäuble's fingerprint was provided by a fan of the club from a glass the Minsiter had been drinking from at a public event. The print of the right hand fingerprint is now included in the 4 000 copies of the magazine and is also available on the CCC webpage.
CCC says they are just following Mr. Schäuble's words when he said that there is hardly any difference between a passport photo and a digital fingerprint. When he launched the new passports with biometric features, he explained: "This technology will help us keep one step ahead of criminals. With the new passport, it is possible to conduct biometric checks, which will also prevent authentic passports from being misused by unauthorized persons who happen to look like the person in the passport photo."
Other politicians, supporters of the digital fingerprinting advantages, are also on the list of targets for the CCC fans, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, Bavarian Prime Minister Guenther Beckstein and BKA President Joerg Ziercke.
Chaos Computer Club: Concrete debate on biometrics - Schäuble's fingerprint
(only in German, 28.03.2008)
http://www.ccc.de/updates/2008/schaubles-finger
Mr. Wolfgang Schäuble fingerprint
http://www.ccc.de/images/misc/schaeuble-attrappe.png
Get your German interior minister's fingerprint here (30.03.2008)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/30/german_interior_minister_finge...
CCC publishes fingerprints of Wolfgang Schäuble, the German Home Secretary
(31.03.2008)
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/105728
German hackers threaten to publish Merkel's fingerprints (31.03.2008)
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iANGKUakO3Nf0fbqPmguajqWmlZA
How to fake fingerprints (26.10.2004)
http://www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren?language=en
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The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the UK music trade body, has asked British ISPs to disconnect the users that share music considering that this is just an education measure to their customers not to steal music. However, the UK ISPs are complaining about the fact that they are turned into the Internet police.
The record labels have made pressures on ISPs to take actions to prevent illegal music downloading lobbying for a "three strikes" system (similar to the French one supported by Sarkozy) leading to the disconnection of those who illegally download copyrighted material on the Internet.
BPI is apparently working now with Virgin Media on a trial program that might come to life in a few months and which includes a warning letter at the first offence, a temporary suspension for the second one, and disconnection on the third. The BPI will trace illegal music downloading to individual accounts and will hand these account numbers over to Virgin Media, which will match them to names and addresses.
A spokesman for Virgin Media said: "We have been in discussions with rights holders organisations about how a voluntary scheme could work. We are taking this problem seriously and would favour a sensible voluntary solution."
However, the opinion is not shared by ISPs. Charles Dunstone of Carphone Warehouse, which runs the TalkTalk, the third biggest Internet provider in UK, has expressed a very firm position against the BPI actions and demands. He considers the demands as unreasonable and unworkable and he believes his job is not to be an Internet policeman.
He said: "Our position is very clear. We are the conduit that gives users access to the internet. We do not control the internet, nor do we control what our users do on the internet. I cannot foresee any circumstances in which we would voluntarily disconnect a customer's account on the basis of a third party alleging a wrongdoing" adding that his company would fight to protect its users' rights, using the law.
But BPI is threatening those who do not want to cooperate stating the government would bring in legislation to oblige them to do so. BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor said: "We believe that any socially responsible ISP should, as a core part of its business, put in place steps to help their customers avoid engaging in illegal activity, and deter those who knowingly break the law. (...) This is not the time for ISPs to delay further. Government clearly shares the creative community's frustration at the failure of ISPs to take action."
The UK Government is expected to find ways to legally enforce the policy proposed by the record labels. In February 2008, the Government said that unless ISPs would voluntarily come to an agreement by April 2009 with the music and film industries, it would implement legislation to regulate the issue. According to industry sources, in April 2008, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform will publish a consultation paper on proposed legal measures.
Another important European actor protests against the French 3 strikes model. Swedish MEP Christofer Fjellner and the former Prime Minister of France, Michel Rocard, proposed a new amendment to the EU's Bono Report on the Cultural Industries that will condemn any measure taken by the EU or nation states that conflicts: "with civil liberties and human rights and with the principles of proportionality, effectiveness and dissuasiveness, such as the interruption of Internet access".
The report is discussed today in the European Parliament and could be an important step for positioning purposes. The vote will take place on 10 April 2008.
Policing internet 'not ISP's job' (4.04.2008) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7329801.stm
Virgin Media takes fight to illegal downloaders (2.04.2008)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/30/cnvi...
Virgin Media to begin penalizing users for illegal downloads (31.03.2008)
http://www.betanews.com/article/Virgin_Media_to_begin_penalizing_users...
EDRi-gram: UK Government continues to pressure ISPs for Internet filtering
(16.01.2008)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number6.1/uk-isp-filtering
EU Politicians Strike Back Against Three Strikes (7.04.2008)
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/eu-politicians-strikes-back-again...
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The German Working Group on Data Retention expanded its activities beyond the data retention issues, by publishing two applications to the European Court of Justice by the European Parliament contesting the transfer of PNR data to the US.
The documents explain why the collection of air passenger data in the US as well as a similar proposal by EU commissioner Franco Frattini are incompatible with the air travellers' fundamental rights. First, the blanket collection of all PNR data violates the basic right to privacy and protection of our personal data. The finality of the data retained is not precisely defined; a "blank cheque" is given to the authorities permitting an unforeseeable use of the data for other purposes. Also, sensitive data regarding the passengers' racial and ethnic origin, political attitudes an religious conviction are not effectively protected from access.
The Working Group on Data Retention also asked Germany's Federal Government to quit negotiations on the principally flawed plan to effectuate a blanket retention of air travellers' data in Europe.
Patrick Breyer, member of the Working Group, explained the reasoning behind the actions: "The applications of the European Parliament could basically be copied to have the European plan annulled in court. The principle of proportionality prohibits the mass collection of innocent air traveller's data after passing border controls. It is disproportionate to collect everybody's data just because in rare cases, it could be useful to the authorities. Border authorities already have access to the data they need. The new plan is superfluous and can not be put into practise where European fundamental rights apply. In its decision concerning the mass scanning of vehicles' number plates, the German Constitutional Court earlier this month confirmed that data concerning citizens who are not wanted by the authorities must be discarded immediately."
Collection of flight passenger data violates human rights - Complaints
published (31.03.2008)
http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/214/79/lang,en/
EDRi-gram: EC plans to profile all passengers in and out EU (7.11.2007)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number5.21/eu-pnr
EDRi-gram: Final agreements between EU and USA on PNR and SWIFT (4.07.2007)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number5.17/us-pnr-new
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In spite of the recommendation of the European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, that the minimum age for fingerprinting should be 14, a spokesperson from the European Commission (EC) expressed on 2 April 2008 the EC intention to push for fingerprinting children starting at the age of six, in order to include the information in the biometric passports.
Jacques Barrot, the Justice, Freedom and Security Commissioner, considered that "The proposals we put forward are balanced ones", explaining that fingerprinting was an important tool in fighting human trafficking.
During the meeting on 12 February 2008 the high-level Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA)/Mixed Committee discussed the age at which children should be fingerprinted for visas, residence permits and EU passports and travel documents. During a later meeting of the Visa Working Party, on 18-19 February 2008, the large majority of delegations agreed on the age of six and even lower "where national legislation allows for it". Only Germany and Austria supported the 12 years old proposal of the European Parliament (EP).
"This Commission has set itself the standard that all its proposals should be based on an impact assessment, including an impact assessment on privacy and human rights," said Hustinx adding: "This particular proposal did not have an impact assessment, it had very limited support, and it refers to anecdotal evidence and that's not good enough."
Hustinx is concerned about privacy issues but also about the quality of the fingerprints children of six could provide for identity verification. The EC argues that the proposals were developed coording with international agreements, based on the International Civil Aviation Organisation standards. Hustinx also said he believed the new trend of biometric proposals have been made without sufficient analysis on the impact they may have. "I've been struck by a continuing line of underestimation of these problems in the context of biometrics. (...) We have rushed in biometrics, to my feeling, to my taste, far too fast" he said.
The debate is similar to that under negotiation between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers which is related to the age of children fingerprinting for visa purposes. The EP also proposed a higher age, 12, than the EC. The result of this debate is expected to apply also to passports.
"Thanks to the co-decision powers of MEPs on these matters, the Commission and Council cannot just ignore us," said Parliament's lead MEP on visas, UK Liberal Sarah Ludford who added: "But they would be ill-advised to try to push forward without much more independent study and public debate on whether there is a genuine need for fingerprinting young children."
Commission stands firm on biometric passports (3.04.2008)
http://www.europeanvoice.com/current/article.asp?id=30138&print=1
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 2252/2004 on standards for security
features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member
States (6.02.2008)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/feb/eu-council-child-printing.pdf
EDPS Opinion on biometrics in passports: exemptions welcomed but
unsatisfactory (26.03.2008)
http://edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/Cons...
EDRI-gram: Biometric data from non-EU travellers (13.02.2008)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number6.3/biometric-eu-travel
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The 9th meeting of the Council of Europe (CoE) group of specialists on Human Rights in the Information Society (MC-S-IS) was held in Strasbourg from 31 March to 2 April 2008. At the same time, on 1-2 April, another division of the CoE was holding in a building across the street its 2008 Octopus conference on cooperation against cybercrime. This schedule overlapping is not the only sign that CoE's left hand seems to ignore what its right hand is doing: different divisions are also addressing same issues, though from different points of view and with different results.
It happened this time with the guidelines for Internet Service Providers (ISPs). While the Octopus conference was discussing and then adopting its 'Guidelines for the cooperation between law enforcement and Internet service providers against cybercrime', the MC-S-IS group was reviewing and finalising its 'Practical guidelines for Internet service providers with regard to key human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Information Society'. While EuroISPA (the European association of ISPs) vice-president Michael Rotert was "pushing hard", according to press reports, to have ISPs concerns taken into account in the Octopus conference guidelines, EuroISPA president Kurt Einzinger was sitting next to EDRI representative at MC-S-IS meeting, with both organizations welcoming MC-S-IS guidelines upholding digital rights and taking into account ISPs concerns. EDRI suggested some additional provisions on ISPs transparency and accountability with regards to their subscribers, especially with regards to content "notice and take down" procedure and network neutrality issues. Once adopted, the MC-S-IS guidelines will soon be submitted to the CDMC and hopefully later adopted by the Committee of Ministers. The status of the Octopus conference guidelines remains unclear at this step.
Unfortunately, this is all what EDRI can report from the 2008 Octopus conference, given that its representative is not enjoying ubiquity talent and preferred to fully attend the MC-S-IS meeting, where, even in its simple capacity of NGO observer, its participation might lead to concrete positive results.
One of such very positive achievements is the adoption by the CoE Committee of Ministers, on 26 March 2008, of its 'Recommendation on measures to promote the respect for freedom of expression and information with regard to Internet filters' (Rec(2008)6). This Recommendation was prepared by MC-S-IS, with EDRI participation. To our knowledge, it is the best text to date that could be expected from an intergovernmental institution on this issue, breaking off the usual rhetoric of '"technical filtering panacea" to fight illegal or harmful content.
Another CoE recently adopted document, worth mentioning although of less normative value, is the 'Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on protecting the dignity, security and privacy of children on the Internet'. This document has not been prepared by the MC-S-IS group, but is relevant to its activities since it raises special concerns on children profiling and the retention of their personal data for commercial purposes, as well as on "the emerging tendency for certain types of institutions, such as educational establishments, and prospective employers to seek information about children and young people when deciding on important issues concerning their lives". The document thus declares "that, other than in the context of law enforcement, there should be no lasting or permanently accessible record of the content created by children on the Internet which challenges their dignity, security and privacy or otherwise renders them vulnerable now or at a later stage in their lives".
On the copyright front, however, the situation is far less satisfactory. EDRI has already reported on the heated discussion that the draft 'Recommendation on freedom of expression and information and intellectual property rights in the new information and communications environment' generated during the previous MC-S-IS meeting. Although the discussion was quieter this time (some protagonists of the previous debate were missing), the case has not progressed, to say the least. The secretariat made the effort to bring an external expert, after some State representatives argued last time that the group was not knowledgeable enough on the issue. But things got worse, as the expert, in EDRI's opinion, proposed a new version of the draft Recommendation which was pretty bad written and rather clumsy, though being full of good intentions. What the group decided at this step was thus to report to the CDMC on the difficulty to find a consensus on this issue, and to produce a further version of the explanatory report, with clear distinction between facts and legal cases of freedom of expression breaches because of copyright on the one hand, and suggested measures on the other hand. The future of the draft Recommendation itself would then be decided in a later step.
Still on the intellectual property rights issue, but more specifically regarding the neighbouring rights of broadcasting organisations, the MC-S-IS has been informed of a decision made at the 6th meeting of the CDMC to explore the need for a CoE Convention dealing with this issue, originally brought to it by the European Broadcasting Union and some EU member States. This initiative is a consequence of the deadlock faced at WIPO by the draft broadcasting Treaty. While the MC-S-IS discussions on the above mentioned draft Recommendation does not seem promising at all, the good side of the initiative being taken at the CoE level might be found in the CoE records on the promotion of public service values, and in particular of access to information, culture, knowledge and scientific developments. The CoE recently added to these good records its 'Recommendation on measures to promote the public service value of the Internet'. However, 'classical media' business lobbies have undoubtedly more established influence on CoE member States than 'new media' ones. The CDMC should decide at its next meeting in May which of its groups of specialists (MC-S-IS or another one) will be in charge of exploring the relevance of a new CoE Convention on neighbouring rights of broadcasting organizations.
The last issue worth of notice in this last MC-S-IS meeting is the ever-recurring one, that is, the harmful content hydra. One might have thought from last meeting discussions that the group had given up on the "standard-setting instrument which promotes a coherent pan-European level of protection for children from harmful content when using new communication technologies and services and the Internet, while ensuring freedom of expression and the free flow of information". However, the secretariat had apparently found useful to ask yet another expert, although the previous experience on the same subject led to an impasse, as reported two years ago. This time, the expert came with, among other proposals, the idea to create a CoE "trust-mark" and to use content labelling and rating systems, just like these kind of measures and software platform were not promoted for more than 10 years now, fortunately in vain. Not to mention the fact that the Internet has seen some developments since then, one of them being the explosion of user-generated content and of social networking tools and services. Given that the discussion led to mixed feelings in the group, with EDRI, together with some member States, opposing the proposed orientation, the MC-S-IS decided that an informal working group would explore the issue and propose alternatives provisions. This informal working group is composed by Switzerland, Austria (re-elected respectively MC-S-IS group chair and vice-chair, which is good news for digital rights defenders) and EDRI as observer, and will prepare suggestions in view of the next MC-S-IS group meeting, which will be held on 22-24 September 2008.
CoE MC-S-IS public website
http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/media/1_intergovernmental_co-opera...
CoE Octopus Conference 2008 (1-2.04.2008)
http://www.coe.int/t/dg1/legalcooperation/economiccrime/cybercrime/cy%...
EDRI-gram: Enditorial: The 2001 Coe Cybercrime Conv. More Dangerous Than
Ever (20.06.2007)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number5.12/cybercrime-convention-dangerou...
Tackling cybercrime: Guidance on sharing Internet data (2.04.2008)
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/02/business/cybercrime.php
CoE Recommendation Rec(2008)6 and explanatory report (26.03.2008)
https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=CM/Rec(2008)6
https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=CM(2008)37&Ver=add
EDRI-gram: Enditorial: Coe - Content Regulation: Break On Through; Ipr: It's
Tricky (21.11.2007)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number5.22/coe-content-regulation
CoE Declaration on protecting the dignity, security and privacy of children
on the Internet (20.02.2008)
https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=Decl(20.02.2008)&Ver=0001
CoE CDMC - 6th meeting report, most notably item 10 on neighbouring rights
(7.12.2007)
http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/media/1_Intergovernmental_Co-opera...(2007)023_en.asp
EDRI-gram: The Broadcasting Treaty Resuscitated By The Council Of Europe
(19.12.2007)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number5.24/coe-broadcasting-treaty
CoE Recommendation Rec(2007)16 on measures to promote the public service
value of the Internet (7.11.2007)
https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1207291
EDRI-gram: CoE works on new instrument on children empowerment on the net
(15.03.2006)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number4.5/coe
(Contribution by Meryem Marzouki, EDRI-member IRIS)
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Article 29 Working Party - Opinion on data protection issues related to
search engines
http://www.cbpweb.nl/downloads_int/Opinie%20WP29%20zoekmachines.pdf
New issue of Surveillance and Society: Surveillance and Inequality
http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/journalv5i3.html
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10-12 April 2008, Amsterdam & Hilversum, Netherlands
Economies of the Commons - Strategies for Sustainable Access and Creative
Reuse of Images and Sounds Online
International Working Conference
http://www.ecommons.eu
12 April 2008, Rijeka, Croatia
International seminar on digital evidence
http://law.pravri.hr/hr/digital-evidence-seminar.pdf
28-29 April 2008, Vienna, Austria
PRISE Final Conference -Towards privacy enhancing security technologies - the next steps
http://www.prise.oeaw.ac.at/conference.htm
9-10 May 2008, Florence, Italy
Digital communities and data retention
http://e-privacy.winstonsmith.info/
15-17 May 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia
EURAM Conference 2008 - Track "Creating Value Through Digital Commons"
How collective management of IPRs, open innovation models, and digital
communities shape the industrial dynamics in the XXI century.
http://www.euram2008.org
20-23 May 2008, New Haven, CT, USA
18th Annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference
http://cfp2008.org/
30-31 May 2008, Bucharest, Romania
eLiberatica 2008 - The benefits of Open and Free Technologies
http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/
6-7 June 2008, Bremen, Germany
IdentityCamp - a barcamp around identity 2.0 and privacy 2.0
http://barcamp.org/IdentityCampBremen
17-18 June 2008, Seoul, Korea
The Future of the Internet Economy - OECD Ministerial Meeting
http://www.oecd.org/FutureInternet
23 June 2008, Paris, France
GigaNet is organizing an international academic workshop on "Global Internet
Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction"
http://tinyurl.com/3y9ld8
26-27 June 2008, London, UK
International Conference on Digital Evidence
http://www.mistieurope.com/default.asp?Page=65&Return=70&Produ...
30 June - 1 July 2008, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
First COMMUNIA Conference - Assessment of economic and social impact of
digital public domain throughout Europe
http://www.communia-project.eu/conf2008
23-25 July 2008, Leuven, Belgium
The 8th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS 2008)
http://petsymposium.org/2008/
19-20 July 2008, Stockholm, Sweden
International Association for Media and Communication Research
pre-conference - Civil Rights in Mediatized Societies: Which data privacy
against whom and how ?
http://www.iamcr.org/content/view/301/1/
8-10 September 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
The third annual Access to Knowledge Conference (A2K3)
http://isp.law.yale.edu/
24-28 September 2008, Athens, Greece
World Summit on the Knowledge Society
The deadline for articles submission is 10 May 2008
http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm
