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Refine your searchIRIS 2010-9:1/32 [MD] Freedom of Expression Act Enters into Force | |
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On 9 October 2010 the Statute of the Republic of Moldova on Freedom of Expression, adopted by the Parliament on 23 April 2010, enters into force. The act aims inter alia to implement the case law of the European Court of Human Rights on Article 10 into the statuary law of the country, especially in relation to the balance between freedom of expression and the right to honour and dignity, and the right to privacy. The Statute introduces into the Moldovan law such terms as “fact”, “opinion”, “opinion that has no adequate factual basis”, “public interest”, “public figure”, “person who conducts public... |
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IRIS 2010-9:1/31 [IS] Resolution on the Protection of Freedom of Expression and Information | |
On 16 June 2010 the Icelandic Parliament adopted a resolution on the protection of freedom of expression and information. In the resolution the government is invited to find ways to strengthen freedom of expression, the protection of sources of information and whistleblowers. To this end the government shall, inter alia, review the legislative framework and prepare amendments to it, study the laws of other countries in order to use best practice to bring Iceland to the forefront in this respect, map the State’s preparations, in particular from a security point of view, because of the operations... |
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IRIS 2010-9:1/24 [FR] HADOPI gets moving! | |
Slowly but surely, with the publication of the implementing decrees for the “HADOPI I” and “HADOPI II” Acts (see IRIS 2010-1:1/23 and IRIS 2009-7:12/20), the High Authority (“HADOPI”) is getting into working order, despite the efforts of its detractors. The “HADOPI II” Act of 28 October 2009 gave the criminal courts the task of ordering the suspension of Internet access for an Internet user who fails to comply with the obligation to ensure that access was not used for the illegal circulation of protected works. This is in addition to the offence of “specific negligence”, which attracts a penalty... |
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IRIS 2010-9:1/18 [DE] Court Refuses to Open Main Proceedings on "Black Surfing" | |
In a decision of 3 August 2010, the Amtsgericht Wuppertal (Wuppertal District Court - AG) refused to open the main proceedings in a case concerning the unauthorised use of an unencrypted wireless network on the grounds of insufficient suspicion. On two days in August 2008, the defendant had logged onto a third-party (unencrypted) wireless network without permission and without paying a fee. In the AG's opinion, this did not constitute either the offence of unauthorised tapping under Article 89(1)(1) of the Telekommunikationsgesetz (Telecommunications Act - TKG) or unauthorised retrieval or acquisition... |
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IRIS 2010-9:1/11 [AT] Telecommunications Act Draft Amendment on Data Retention | |
On 26 July 2010, the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology tabled a new draft amendment to the 2003 Telekommunikationsgesetz (Telecommunications Act - TKG), under which the data retention obligations set out in Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC would be transposed into Austrian law. The 16-page document takes into account almost 190 comments received by the ministry after the bill was published in autumn 2009 (see IRIS 2010-2: 1/4). The most significant changes are a provision on data protection for persons required to keep professional secrets and the extension of access... |