Paris, November 2nd, 2009 – The negotiations on the Telecoms Package might come to a close on Wednesday. The Council of the European Union is still pushing for “three strikes” policies in Europe but is…
The European Parliament delegation led by Catherine Trautmann recently gave up on protecting EU citizens against arbitrary restrictions of their Internet access. In order to reach an agreement and avoid a clash with Member States,…
Here is a comparison chart of the different versions of “amendment 138” along the whole co-decision procedure.
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Original amendment 138 voted on Sept 24th 2008, 8.4.g of the Framework directive,…
La Quadrature du Net sent this proposal to the Parliament last week.
It takes into account the good-faith concerns expressed against the original version of amendement 138 (see our memo), which was voted twice by 88%…
La Commission européenne va établir des systèmes d’autorisation de droits multimédias simples et efficaces en termes de coûts concernant la numérisation d’œuvres publiées et leur disponibilité sur Internet, a-t-elle annoncé cette semaine (19 octobre). […]
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Paris, October 24th, 2009. On Thursday, the Constitutional Council gave its decisionRead the decision: Voir la décision sur le site du Conseil constitutionnel : http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/root/bank_mm/decisions/2009590dc/2009590dc.pdf on HADOPI 2, the legislative patch proposed by the French…
PARIS (Reuters) – Le téléchargement illégal visé par les lois dites Hadopi est en forte baisse dans les pratiques de piratage, progressivement remplacé par de nouvelles technologies plus difficiles à contrôler, disent des experts.
Selon une…
Strasbourg, October 21st, 2009 – Yesterday, representatives of the European Parliament, an institution that ordinarily prides itself for protecting human rights at home and abroad, decided to surrender to the pressure exerted by Member States.…
Strasburg, October 20th, 2009 – Rapporteur on the Telecoms Package, Catherine Trautmann will try once again to push a replacement for amendment 138. Her proposal replaces the effective protection of freedom of expression thanks to…
Strasbourg, October 19th 2009 – European Consumers unions and Internet service providers join La Quadrature du Net and numerous NGOs to urge the European Parliament not to give up the fundamental rights of EU citizens.…