For immediate release
On January 14^th , 2010 there will be a massive protest around the Parliament building in Sofia under the slogan “Bulgaria is not Big Brother, 2010 is not 1984”.
The protest will unite citizens, political parties and many organizations around their demand against the latest change in the data retention legislation.
The draft Law, [...]
Note: You can read the first part here.
Yesterday the Bulgarian Parliament adopted at 1^st reading the latest amendment in the Law on Electronic Communications, which once again introduces elements from the Data Retention Directive in the Bulgarian legislation.
Like in all the former proposals, the human rights are extremely violated.
Here are some points of the proposal: [...]
If you are in Brussels during FOSDEM or live there or just visiting, let’s meet:
When: Sunday (February 8 th), 13:00
Where: Ferrer room at ULB (in front of it)
ULB Campus Solbosh
Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 50
1050 Bruxelles
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Please forward this info to whom it may concern.
Background
Whether you know it or not, a Directive exists for the retention of data from our telecommunication services. It obliges to some degree the Member States to retain and keep for a certain period of time data, such as:
What are your mobile numbers
With whom you have been talking to on your mobile phone
Where you [...]
The European Parliament is set to vote on whether to double the term of copyright in sound recordings in early 2009.
This flawed Directive has been unanimously condemned by Europe’s leading intellectual property research centers. The European Parliament must address the mounting concerns of consumer groups and copyright users if they want a modern, workable intellectual [...]