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WIPO: Visually impaired treaty proposal
3 June, 2009
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Deutsch: WIPO: Antrag auf ein Abkommen für Sehbehinderte
The WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) met from 25 to 29 May in Geneva. This time, the main points on the agenda were the survey on limitations and exceptions and the visually impaired treaty proposal introduced by Brazil Ecuador and Paraguay (BEP proposal).
As usual, the committee also briefly dealt with the situation pertaining broadcaster's rights and audiovisual protection but since the national positions are not moving, no real progress was made.
The most interesting part of the meeting was the discussion about the BEP proposal.
WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property: Third meeting
6 May, 2009
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Deutsch: Das WIPO-Komitee für Entwicklung und Geistiges Eigentum: das dritte T...
The central issues in the third meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) seemed to be the creation of centralized databases to collect traditional cultural expressions, traditional knowledge, genetic material and public domain material - and to close the digital divide between (post-)industrialized nations and economies in transition, developing countries (DCs) and the least developed countries (LDCs).
Because Public Domain (PD) is decidedly different in different countries, it was proposed that a study on what does PD
EDRi supports a petition for Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group
22 April, 2009
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Deutsch: EDRi unterstützt eine Petition für nichtkommerzielle Interessensgrup...
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On 15 April 2009 EDRi signed, together with other 50 organisations representing the civil society from around the world, the Global Civil Society Statement in support of Petition for a Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) at ICANN.
The petition sent by the Non-Commercial User Constituency (NCUC) will create an organizational structure that can accommodate the full breadth and diversity of non-commercial interests concerned with domain name policy. The NCSG petition encourages inclusiveness and cooperation among different viewpoints, facilitates minority representation, fosters the generation of ne
European Parliament wants more transparency on ACTA
25 March, 2009
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Deutsch: Europäisches Parlament fordert mehr Transparenz bei ACTA
The European Parliament has included in the Draft Regulation regarding public access to the European Parliament, Council and Commission documents a reference asking for more transparency in the current negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
A recital in the text adopted by the European Parliament says: "In accordance with Article 255(1) of the EC Treaty, the Commission should immediately make all documents related to the ongoing international negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) publicly available."
The new regulation considers that the basic principle of the new
At Large Structures in ICANN get together for the first time
11 March, 2009
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Deutsch: Erstes Treffen der At-Large Structures ICANN
For the first time in ICANN history, at the 34th International ICANN meeting in Mexico City the representatives of 88 At-Large Structures (ALS) from five Regional At-Large Organizations representing ICANN's global At-Large community came together to discuss the main ICANN policies and ALS's role in ICANN institutions.
The first-ever gathering of the representatives of individual Internet users (At Large Summit - ATLAS) participating in ICANN was an opportunity to make direct recommendations in relation with ICANN policy, by developing a public statement on 5 key-areas where five working groups with ALS members have identified t
Internet giants gather for freedom of speech - Global Network Initiative
5 November, 2008
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Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google confirmed on 28 October 2008 having signed up for the Global Network Initiative (GNI), an organisation aimed at preserving free speech on the Internet.
GNI members are bound to challenge governments against requests for disclosure of private data if they consider the requests are in breach of international human rights laws.
Call for worldwide protests against surveillance
27 August, 2008
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Civil rights organizations call for protests against the constant increase of surveillance conducted by governments and enterprises. A rally under the motto "Freedom not Fear" will be held in Berlin on 11 October 2008. The organizers agree that it is high time to take to the streets in order to defend basic constitutional rights in the light of an ongoing intensification of security and surveillance measures.
ICAAN supports custom domains and discusses whois privacy issues
2 July, 2008
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During its 32nd International Public Meeting in Paris of 22-26 June, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the proposal to expand the world's Domain Name System.
Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN's president and CEO, said in a statement: "The Board today accepted a recommendation from its global stakeholders that it is possible to implement many new names to the Internet, paving the way for an expansion of domain name choice and opportunity. (...) The potential here is huge. It represents a whole new way for people to express themselves on the Net. It's a massive increase in the 'real estate' of the Internet."
"This was an extremely successful meeting that will be remembered as a
