What if Internet users were more than just users? Given the possibility of taking up the airwaves, they could become not just content providers, but also access providers. We would then be more than mere…
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In the coming days, a college meeting of the European Commissioners will take place to decide the future of European copyright policy. This revision takes place in conditions that raise severe concerns from a democratic…
Le Pr Michel RIguidel, l’expert Hadopi en matière de filtrage et logiciel de sécurisation, a publié en fin de semaine dernière une tribune dans le Monde (notre analyse). Nous avons questionné Jérémie Zimmermann pour recueillir…
Paris, March 10th, 2011 — The French Constitutional Council has released its decisionhttp://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/2011/2011-625-dc/decision-n-2011-625-dc-du-10-mars-2011.94924.html regarding the LOPPSI bill. Judges held that article 4 of the bill, which allows the executive branch to censor the Net under…
Paris, February 8th 2011 – Yesterday afternoon, the French Parliament voted the LOPPSI bill whose 4th article“When the necessities of the fight against the distribution of images or representations of minors relative to the dispositions…
Le scénario égyptien d’une coupure quasi totale de l’accès à Internet est-il transposable en France ? […]
Premier élément de réponse : « Il n’y a pas de point d’accès unique permettant de couper d’un seul…
The European Commission stands accused of reneging on copyright rules as it is reportedly discussing a private deal to allow companies to disconnect users from the Internet for suspected piracy.
“These talks, if true, could well…
On January 26th, two members of the European Parliament Stavros Lambrinidis and Françoise Castex wrote to the Commission to ask about the ongoing “Stakeholder’s Dialogue on Online Copyright Infringements” organized by the EU Commission (DG…
Paris, December 15th 2010 – The French Parliament adopted article 4 of the LOPPSI law, which establishes the administrative filtering of the Net through the Trojan horse of “child protection”. Such a scheme will allow…
Op’Ed by Jérémie Zimmermann initially published in French in Mediapart
WikiLeaks has become the symbol of disturbing information that can’t be stopped. Recent declarations and actions against the organization clearly expose the will of governments to…