Telecom Package in second reading - dangerous amendments
Extension of copyright term postponed in the European Parliament
German Police searches the homes of the wikileaks.de domain owner
Data sharing legislation pulled by the UK government
France: Three strikes law debated by the General Assembly
European Parliament wants more transparency on ACTA
Germany: Data retention is disproportionate
Irish ISP Association rejects the copyright [...]

Article published in EDRi-gram 7.6
Several alarming amendments to the Telecom Package second reading in the European Parliament are to be voted on 31 March 2009 by ITRE/IMCO committee. The amendments are meant to give additional control to the entertainment industry, telecoms and IT security companies over the Internet.
An agreement on several delicate issues of the [...]

Article published in EDRi-gram 7.6
The German Police searched the homes of Theodor Reppe, the owner of the domain name wikileaks.de, alleging he was under investigation for “distribution of pornographic material” and “discovery of evidence”
The seven police officers in Dresden and four in Jena having performed the searches in the evening of 24 March 2009 claimed [...]