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EDRi-gram
biweekly newsletter about digital civil rights in Europe
Number 8.9, 5 May 2010
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Contents
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1. Commissioner Malmström launches censorship arms race
2. EuroDIG 2010: where are we going ?
3. EDRi and partners launch Copyright for Creativity declaration
4. Dutch enforcement organisation requests blocking The Pirate Bay
5. UK and Germany question the data collected by Google Street View
6. EDPS urges the updating of the EU legal framework for data protection
7. German court decides Google's image search does not infringe copyright
8. List of actions for the implementation of Stockholm Programme
9. Recommended Action
10. Recommended Reading
11. Agenda
12. About
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1. Commissioner Malmström launches censorship arms race
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Commissioner Malmström has been explaining to the European Parliament and to
the press that her Internet blocking proposals are "only" about child abuse
websites and "only" the kind of blocking that is in place in countries such
as Sweden. At the same time, however, her officials have been convincing the
EU's national home affairs ministries to agree in principle to measures to
develop legal powers to destroy web resources outside the EU anywhere in an
area covering the majority of the northern hemisphere.
Buried in the Commission Communication on the Stockholm Programme adopted in
June 2009 was a proposal to allow the EU to launch unilateral attacks on
Internet resources in countries that rely on the RIPE NCC regional Internet
registry in The Hague. Internet access or hosting providers considered to be
involved in "criminal" activities (which would include alleged intellectual
property infringements if the planned IPRED II Directive is adopted)
anywhere in the RIPE area, which covers south-western, central and northern
Asia as well as all of Europe, could be completely removed from the Internet
under the measure.
After her own government rejected the proposal to include this policy in the
Stockholm Programme, Malmström's services successfully pushed to have it
included in the "Council conclusions concerning an Action Plan to implement
the concerted strategy to combat cybercrime" adopted on 26 April. The text
is very light on details at the moment, referring only to the adoption of "a
common approach in the fight against cybercrime internationally,
particularly in relation to the revocation of Domain Names and IP
addresses".
The free speech dangers of countries giving themselves unilateral powers to
destroy foreign web resources were very clearly illustrated in 2008. A
British citizen living in Spain had been providing tourism services to Cuba
for almost ten years. From one day to the next, all of his web resources
disappeared. On further investigation it turned out that the United States
had exploited the fact that he had registered his domain names through a US
company to delete his entire web presence. While the EU's plans would allow
this type of attack also, they go much further, as they would permit the
destruction of entire ISPs, including all of their websites and all of their
internet connections.
"I get very upset about being accused of censorship" - Commissioner
Malmström in an interview with Europaportalen.
Interview with Cecilia Malmström (only in Swedish, 22.04.2010)
http://www.europaportalen.se/2010/04/malmstrom-om-censuranklagelserna-det-ar-helt-vansinnigt
Interview with Cecilia Malmström (translated, 25.04.2010)
http://interfax.werebuild.eu/2010/04/25/censilia-interview-translated/
Commissioner Malmström's response to EDRi's open letter on blocking
(26.04.2010)
http://www.edri.org/files/malmstroem.pdf
A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech Disappears (4.03.2008)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us/04bar.html
Council conclusions concerning an Action Plan to implement the concerted
strategy to combat cybercrime (26.04.2010)
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/jha/114028.pdf
Commission Communication on the Stockholm Programme
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0262:FIN:EN:PDF
RIPE coverage map (yellow area)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Regional_Internet_Registries_world_map.svg
(Contribution by Joe McNamee - EDRi)
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2. EuroDIG 2010: where are we going ?
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Between the 29-30 April 2010, Madrid was the host of the third European
Dialogue of Internet Governance (EuroDIG), an open platform for informal and
inclusive discussion and exchange on public policy issues related to
Internet Governance between stakeholders from all over Europe.
This year the event gathered more than 300 representatives from all domains:
private and public sector, civil society or media. Other 60 Internet
participants joined the event and interacted mainly through the 10 remote
participation hubs organized in other European cities.
EuroDIG was the right place to debate a lot of major issues related to
digital civil rights. This included a plenary on "Online content policies in
Europe - where are we going?", where EDRi was represented by Meryem Marzouki
that tackled the latest EU proposal of blocking child pornography website.
All the participants agreed that deleting the illegal websites should be the
logical main activity, with "a huge demand for improvements in international
cooperation, particularly by creating efficient procedures and thus speeding
up content takedown processes."
The presentations of the Russian journalist Andrei Soldatov and of the
Avniye Tansug, editor of the Turkish edition of cyber-rights.org showed what
levels of blocking can be reached if the door is open to the possibility of
such a procedure. In Russia, the Internet Service providers are encouraged
to block certain sites on their own initiative and in Turkey, there are now
about 3700 websites officially blocked .
Another plenary was dedicated to the subject of "Global privacy
standards for the internet and working world" where Andreas Krisch
participated from EDRi's side. The solutions provided included the need for
global privacy standards to enable the development of human rights friendly
future technologies. And that privacy by design and by default needs to be
the fundamental design principle for future technologies and applications.
The participants made reference to the importance of the data protection
education, the Madrid Civil Society Declaration, the Council of Europe
Convention 108 and the "Resolution of Madrid"- a Joint Proposal of
International Standards on the Protection of Privacy.
The same problem - legal certainty through the adoption of global privacy
standards - was raised from a slightly different perspective in the workshop
on cloud computing by Katitza Rodriguez, International Rights Director from
EDRi-member Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
Increased education on data protection and Internet issues, not only to
children but also to adults, was also the main key message of the EuroDIG
local hub in Bucharest that debated the topics of "E-privacy and protection
of children in the digital world". Comic books or videos produced at a
national or international level were analysed to find the best solution for
education purposes.
The EuroDIG debates are used to prepare the contributions of European
stakeholders to the Internet Governance Forum to be held in Lithuania on
14-16 September 2010.
EuroDIG - reports and video (29-30.04.2010)
http://www.eurodig.org/
Remote participation to EuroDIG
http://www.eurodig.org/eurodig-2010/programme/information/remote-participation
EuroDIG: Europe´s strong views on openness and responsibility (3.05.2010)
http://www.i-policy.org/2010/05/eurodig-europes-strong-views-on-openness-and-responsibility.html
EuroDIG participants prefer Delete instead Web Blocking (only in German,
30.04.2010)
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/EuroDIG-Teilnehmer-bevorzugen-Loeschen-statt-Websperren-991002.html
Debate on privacy in the digital environment (only in Romanian,
3.05.2010)
http://www.curierulnational.ro/Eveniment/2010-05-03/Dezbatere+pe+tema+vietii+private+in+mediul+digital
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3. EDRi and partners launch Copyright for Creativity declaration
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EDRi, as part of a broad based coalition of European groups, representing
consumers, creators, libraries, civil society and technology companies today
released Copyright for Creativity, a declaration calling for a European
copyright law truly adapted to the Internet age. Copyright for Creativity
calls for a copyright regime fostering digital creativity, innovation,
education, and access to cultural works - and therefore ultimately European
competitiveness in a digital world.
Copyright is based on both protection of creative works and exceptions to
that protection, which allow for businesses and creators to innovate, make
creative reuses of content, and to build on the work of others. For example,
copyright protects a novelist's rights over her novel, while an exception
recognising parody would allow another writer to create a new work of parody
based on the original. While copyright protects an academic's published
research, exceptions allow for others to cite, copy in-part, and quote from
that research. A balance is therefore struck between the need to protect
creators' rights, and the public benefit that can be realised through
reuses, references, and other derivations of the work being created.
These exceptions are key to enabling legitimate reuses and innovation, and
the activity of a number of socially and economically important stakeholders
depends on them. While the public debate and political agenda around
copyright focuses heavily on measures to protect ownership of creative
works, the Copyright for Creativity declaration sets out a positive agenda
by identifying a set of objectives that need to be achieved if copyright is
to fully drive digital competitiveness, creativity and innovation.
Among its recommendations, the declaration calls for European copyright law
to act as a spur to innovation, support education and research, facilitate
digital preservation and archiving, and harmonise exceptions further across
the EU. Also accompanying the declaration are clear examples of the
shortcomings of the existing copyright regime; these examples illustrate the
application of copyright exceptions in everyday life and their benefit to
everyone.
Today's declaration is only a start, as the coalition expects many more
signatories to join after the launch. Given that Members of the European
Parliament already support the declaration, the coalition also expects it to
serve as a basis for a much needed debate on copyright and the way to ensure
that it best serves the interest of creators, innovators and users alike.
Full text of the Copyright for Creativity declaration
http://www.copyright4creativity.eu
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4. Dutch enforcement organisation requests blocking The Pirate Bay
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The Dutch copyright enforcement organisation Brein has requested Dutch
internet provider Ziggo to block access to The Pirate Bay. The request
concerns the blocking of access of Ziggo's subscribers to the website,
which is hosted outside of The Netherlands. Ziggo has announced that it
will not cooperate with the request, which means that Brein will likely
request the court to order this.
If Ziggo were to be ordered to block access to a website, this would be
a first in The Netherlands. EDRi-member Bits of Freedom reacted emphasizing
that such an order would be at odds with the mere conduit-exception as set
out in the E-commerce Directive and a threat to net neutrality.
The request to block the website comes after the Dutch court has decided
that The Pirate Bay acts unlawfully vis-a-vis Dutch rightsholders, and
ordered to deny Dutch users access to infringing torrents. The Pirate
Bay has not complied with this order.
Brain asked Ziggo to block The Pirate Bay (only in Dutch, 29.04.2010)
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2237899/brein-vraagt-ziggo-blokkade-the-pirate-bay.html
In the news: BRAIN Ziggo calls to block ThePirateBay (only in Dutch,
30.04.2010)
http://anti-piracy.nl/nieuws/bericht.asp?nieuwsberichtid=207
(Contribution by Ot van Daalen - EDRi-member Bits of Freedom - Netherlands)
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5. UK and Germany question the data collected by Google Street View
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As Google's Street View service continue to be a controversial topic
especially in Europe, Google has tried to clarify some issues about the data
collected by means of its cars and the way it is used.
In February 2010, German officials threatened to take action against Google
and, more recently, German data protection commissioner Peter Schaar was
quoted to have stated he was "horrified" by the amount and type of data
gathered by Google and demanded that the Wi-Fi database be deleted.
Germany's reaction drew the attention of the Information Commissioner Office
(ICO), the UK's privacy watchdog. The ICO spokeswoman said British
regulators were interested in how the data collected was processed and used
by Google.
One of the main issues seems to be that Google is collecting Wi-Fi related
data from people's routers as the cars drive on the streets taking
photographs for Google Maps. Street View cars collect MAC (media access
control) addresses and SSIDs (service set identifiers). The German officials
consider that this type of data collection is illegal in Germany and ICO
wants assurances and details related to this practice.
On 27 April 2010, Google's global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer explained
in a blog post that Google's Street View cars were gathering information in
three categories: photos of the street, WiFi network information, and 3D
building imagery. In a letter also sent on 27 April to ICO and several other
data protection agencies, Google wrote that it collected SSID and MAC
information on routers that broadcast the names publicly and that
information was accessible by anyone walking down the street with a
WiFi-compatible device. The company insists that this type of information is
public and that there are several other services that gather the same
information, sometimes even for longer periods of time.
"This can be done without any intrusion into the privacy of a Wi-Fi network.
(.....) We only use information that is publicly broadcast. It doesn't
involve accessing the network to send or receive data," stated Fleischer.
The letter emphasized the fact that Goggle "never collects the content of
any communications" from people's Wi-Fi transmissions. "In addition, the
operator of the access point can choose to restrict the SSID from broadcast,
and in many cases this will mean that the SSID is not received," says the
letter.
Google goes transparent on Street View data collection (28.04.2010)
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/04/google-talks-street-view-wifi-collection-details.ars
Data collected by Google cars (27.04.2010)
http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/data-collected-by-google-cars.html
UK data watchdog to quiz Google on Streetview Wi-Fi database (26.04.2010)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/26/google_wifi_ico/
Google explains why Street View cars record Wi-Fi data (28.04.2010)
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/mobile-apps/2010/04/28/google-explains-why-street-view-cars-record-wi-fi-data-40088799/
EDRi-gram: Article 29: Reduce the storing period of Google Street View's
images
(10.03.2010)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number8.5/article-29-wp-google-street-view
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6. EDPS urges the updating of the EU legal framework for data protection
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During his speech on 27 April 2010 at the European Privacy and Data
Protection Commissioners' Conference in Prague, the European Data Protection
Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx asked the European Commission to continue
its efforts in updating the present legal framework for data protection.
Hustinx expressed the idea that in a society affected more and more by
globalisation and technological development, there must be a legal context
to avoid the increasing loss of relevance and effectiveness of data
protection and therefore the European Commission should be ever more
proactive in updating the relevant legal framework.
"The stakes are not more and not less than how to ensure privacy and data
protection in a highly developed Information Society of 2015, 2020 or
beyond," said Hustinx.
The EDPS mentioned there had been progress lately in this direction. In the
Spring Conference of European Data Protection Commissioners that took place
in April 2009 in Edinburgh, discussions were started related to the
evolution of the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and later on in May
2009, at the European Commission's conference in Brussels, a consultation
was launched on the future of the present legal framework for data
protection in the European Union and on how to respond to the challenges of
technological change and globalisation. The Article 29 Working Party and the
Working Party on Police and Justice, issued in December 2009 a substantial
joint contribution to the public consultation. The main idea of the
contribution is that although the main principles of data protection are
still valid despite new technologies and globalisation, data protection in
the EU needs a better application of these principles. EDRi has also
submitted a response to the consultation recommanding the inclusion of
stronger principles ensuring data minimisation and the clarification of the
term "personal data".
While appreciating the steps forward made in the discussion of the issue,
Hustinx believes the Commission must continue its efforts in this direction.
"An ambitious approach is the only way in which we can ensure that our
privacy and personal data are well protected, also in the future. It is
essential that the Commission comes up with proposals that take into account
what is really needed and does not settle for less ambitious results," said
the EDPS.
In order to achieve an effective legal framework, Hustinx insisted on a few
key conditions that the future directive must observe which include the
integration in ICT of "privacy by design"(privacy and data protection
compliance designed from the beginning into information systems and
technologies and at all stages of their development) and "privacy by
default"(parameters controlled by users). Another key element should be more
accountability for controllers. "Accountability requires that controllers
put in place internal mechanisms and control systems that ensure compliance
and provide evidence - such as audit reports - to demonstrate compliance to
external stakeholders, including supervisory authorities." This would bring
"added value for an effective implementation of data protection in practice,
over and above the mechanisms that are currently available in the
Directive."
The Commission is to issue its conclusions and proposals on the issue by the
end of this year with a possible review of the EU Data Protection Directive.
"The Strategic Context and the Role of Data Protection Authorities in the
Debate on the Future of Privacy" (29.04.2010)
http://www.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/EDPS/Publications/Speeches/2010/10-04-29_Speech_Future_Pricacy_EN.pdf
EDPS Press Release - Reform of EU Data Protection law: EDPS calls on the
European Commission to be ambitious in its approach (29.04.2010)
http://www.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/EDPS/PressNews/Press/2010/EDPS-2010-08_Future_privacy_EN.pdf
The Future of Privacy - ARTICLE 29 Data Protection Working Party and Working
Party on Police and Justice Joint contribution to the Consultation of the
European Commission on the legal framework for the fundamental right to
protection of personal data (1.12.2009)
http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2009/wp168_en.pdf
EDRi-gram: EDRi position on data protection (13.01.2010)
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number8.1/position-data-protection-review
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7. German court decides Google's image search does not infringe copyright
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On 29 April 2010, the German Federal Supreme Court ruled that Google's image
search did not infringe copyright.
The ruling comes in a case filed by an artist because, at the introduction
of her name, Google's search engine was displaying thumbnail images of her
pictures taken from her own site.
Google's search engine has a function allowing the searching of images
posted by third parties on the Internet. The images found are displayed as
scaled down preview pictures (thumbnails) which have a smaller pixel size
than the original images. The preview pictures also include a link to the
websites which displays the original photos.
The Court decided that by showing these images, Google was not in breach
of copyright because the artist had not used the simple technical measure
allowing her to stop Google from indexing her site. Although the artist had
not explicitly consented to the use of the images she, however, had not
blocked her website from being indexed by search engines thus giving an
implicit permission to any search engine to display the thumbnail images.
Site owners have the possibility to use commands in the website that
can tell search engines not to index all or part of their site or files.
Google has a crawling programme, Googlebot, that ignores the images
disallowed by web users. This did not happen in this case because the artist
did not make use of this tool.
The Court also said that when a person's images appear in Google searches
as published on-line by third parties without the artist's permission, the
company would be liable only if it was informed of the copyright
infringement and did not act upon it. In agreement with the E-Commerce
Directive, the service providers are not liable for the illegal acts of
their users until they are notified about them.
This is a first case where Google wins in Germany as it had previously lost
two other cases over the appearance of thumbnails of artists' works in its
image search service. In the US, Google succeeded in winning a similar
case under the provision of "transformative use" of the US copyright law.
The provision says that a "transformative use" of a work is a fair use as it
puts it under a different use than the original. "A search engine provides
social benefit by incorporating an original work into a new work, namely, an
electronic reference tool," said the ruling.
Google European Public Policy Blog commented: "We're heartened by the German
Supreme Court´s ruling that Google Image Search doesn't infringe copyright.
(...) Today´s ruling makes it clear not just for Google, its users in
Germany and all owners of websites containing images, but also for all
providers of image search services operating in the country: showing
thumbnail images within search results is legitimate and millions of users
in Germany benefit from being able to discover visual information at the
click of a mouse."
BGH: Google's image search is no copyright infringement (29.04.2010)
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2010/04/bgh-googles-image-search-is-no.html
German Supreme Court rules that Image Search does not infringe copyright
(29.04.2010)
http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/german-supreme-court-rules-that-image.html
Google image search results do not infringe copyright, says German court
(30.04.2010)
http://www.out-law.com:80/page-10980
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8. List of actions for the implementation of Stockholm Programme
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The European Commission published on 20 April 2010 its plan of actions for
the implementation of the Stockholm Programme, the framework for EU actions
on citizenship, justice, security, asylum and immigration policies for the
period 2010-2014, which includes 170 initiatives.
In order to implement this complex programme, the Commission has identified
a series of key action with clear timetables that should be taken during the
2010-2014 period, which include 10 concrete actions in the justice,
fundamental rights and citizenship area.
Two concrete actions are proposed by the plan for personal data protection.
First, the Data Protection Directive will be modernised in order to cope
with the latest technological developments and to coherently integrate the
existing data protection instruments for police and judicial cooperation in
criminal matters. Also, "the same data protection principles should apply -
no matter whether your data are processed for commercial or public
enforcement principles (legislative proposal before the end of 2010)."
A second action of the Commission is to present by June a negotiation text
for an "umbrella" data protection agreement between the EU and the US. This
agreement must establish what "data can be shared with the US for law
enforcement purposes exclusively (data for commercial purposes are not
covered)." The agreement must clearly define the EU citizens' rights such as
the possibility to file complaints about misused data.
In the negotiation with US for a long-term agreement on the processing and
transfer of financial messaging data in the framework of the Terrorist
Financing Tracking Programme (TFTP), the Commission will have in view
significant data protection guarantees "such as a strict counter terrorism
purpose limitation, an absolute prohibition on transfers on bulk data to
third countries (only leads can be transferred). It aims at a potential
limitation of the amount of personal data that is transferred to US
authorities. The EU will have the right to terminate the Agreement in the
event of breach of any of the data protection safeguards."
Other actions included in the plan are an evaluation report to be issued in
2010 on the application of the Data Retention Directive followed by a
proposal for revision if necessary and a report on the implementation of the
Decision on the interconnection of DNA, fingerprints and vehicle information
databases.
Regarding cybercrime, the actions include the development of a legislative
proposal on attacks against information systems, the creation of a
cybercrime alert platform at the European level, the development of a
European model agreement on public private partnerships in the fight against
cybercrime and for cyber security and measures including legislative
proposals to establish rules on the jurisdiction on cyberspace at the
European and international levels. The plan also has in view the
ratification of the 2001 Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention by
the Member States.
The list of actions covers a legislative proposal on criminal measures aimed
at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights, probably the
planned IPRED II Directive.
In terms of competencies the plan includes a recommendation to authorise EU
accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. Also, the Fundamental
Rights Agency Multiannual Framework should cover the domain of judicial and
police cooperation in criminal matters.
Separately, the document lists the EU "Internal Security Strategy" which
will represent another bundle of measures in the security areas. The
Commission plan should be endorsed by the European Parliament and the
Council and in agreement with the Lisbon Treaty, the Commission will work
with the European Parliament, the Council and EU governments and parliaments
for the adoption of the measures included in the plan.
European Commission plan to deliver justice, freedom and security to
citizens (2010 - 2014) (20.04.2010)
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/139&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Stockholm Programme
http://www.se2009.eu/en/the_presidency/about_the_eu/justice_and_home_affairs/1.1965
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9. Recommended Action
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La Quadrature du Net - ACTA: Signature collection for Written Declaration 12
continues
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-signature-collection-for-wd12-continues
4 May: Day Against DRM
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/
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10. Recommended Reading
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Legal, Economic and Cultural Aspects of File Sharing
http://www.ivir.nl/publications/vaneijk/Communications&Strategies_2010.pdf
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/file-sharers-are-content-industrys-largest-customers.ars
Data Protection and Cloud Computing under EU law
http://www.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/EDPS/Publications/Speeches/2010/10-04-13_Speech_Cloud_Computing_EN.pdf
Boosting cultural heritage online: the European Commission sets up a
Reflection Group on digitisation
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/456
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11. Agenda
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6-7 May 2010, Krems, Austria
4th International Conference on eDemocracy 2010
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/department/gpa/telematik/veranstaltungen/id/13823/index.php
10 May 2010, Bruxelles, Belgium
Data Transfers in the New AFSJ: Go With The Flow?
Converging and Conflicting Ethical Values in the Internal/External
Security Continuum in Europe Workshop
http://www.ceps.eu/event/converging-and-conflicting-ethical-values-internalexternal-security-continuum-europe
22-24 May 2010 - Cologne, Germany
SIGINT 2010 - a conference for hackers, Internet residents and
activists, organized by Chaos Computer Club
http://events.ccc.de/sigint/2010/wiki/CFP
26-28 May 2010, Amsterdam, Netherlands
World Congress on Information Technology
http://www.wcit2010.com/
30-31 May 2010, Montreal, Canada
Third International Workshop on Global Internet Governance: An
Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction
http://giga-net.org/page/2010-international-workshop
8-9 June 2010 - Funchal, Portugal
4th International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications,
Challenges - IWRT 2010
http://www.iceis.org/Workshops/iwrt/iwrt2010-cfp.htm.
25-27 June 2010, Cluj, Romania
Networking Democracy?
New Media Innovations in Participatory Politics
http://www.brisc.info/NetDem/
28-30 June 2010, Torino, Italy
COMMUNIA 2010 Conference: University and Cyberspace
Reshaping Knowledge Institutions for the Networked Age
http://www.universities-and-cyberspace.org
9-11 July 2010, Gdansk, Poland
Wikimedia 2010 - the 6th annual Wikimedia Conference
Call for participation by 20 May 2010
http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
25-31 July 2010, Meissen, Germany
European Summer School on Internet Governance
Call open until 15 May 2010.
http://www.euro-ssig.eu
29-31 July 2010, Freiburg, Germany
IADIS - International Conference ICT, Society and Human Beings 2010
http://www.ict-conf.org/
2-6 August 2010, Helsingborg, Sweden
Privacy and Identity Management for Life (PrimeLife/IFIP Summer School 2010)
http://www.cs.kau.se/IFIP-summerschool/
13-17 September 2010, Crete, Greece
Privacy and Security in the Future Internet
3rd Network and Information Security (NIS'10) Summer School
http://www.nis-summer-school.eu
14-16 September 2010, Vilnius, Lithuania
Internet Governance Forum 2010
http://igf2010.lt/
8-9 October 2010, Berlin, Germany
The 3rd Free Culture Research Conference
Submission of extended abstracts: 31 May 2010
http://wikis.fu-berlin.de/display/fcrc/Home
28-31 October 2010, Barcelona, Spain
oXcars and Free Culture Forum 2010, the biggest free culture event of all
time
3-5 November 2010, Barcelona, Spain
The Fifth International Conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in
IT Law. Call for papers deadline: 10 September 2010
http://www.lspi.net/
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12. About
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Currently EDRI has 27 members based or with offices in 17 different
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