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- Role(s):
- Activism
- Topic(s) of work:
- Rights, Copyright, Data rights, Information Society (and cognates), Internet, Privacy, Data privacy
- Created:
- 2002
Description
European Digital Rights was founded in June 2002. Currently 28 privacy and civil rights organisations have EDRI membership. They are based or have offices in 17 different countries in Europe.
Members of European Digital Rights have joined forces to defend civil rights in the information society. The need for cooperation among organizations active in Europe is increasing as more regulation regarding the internet, copyright and privacy is originating from European institutions, or from International institutions with strong impact in Europe.
Some examples of regulations and developments that have the attention of European Digital Rights are data retention requirements, spam, telecommunications interception, copyright and fair use restrictions, the cyber-crime treaty, rating, filtering and blocking of internet content and notice-and-takedown procedures of websites.
European Digital Rights takes an active interest in developments regarding these subjects in all 45 member states of the Council of Europe.
Since January 2003, European Digital Rights produces EDRI-gram, a bi-weekly newsletter about digital civil rights in Europe.
- European Digital Rights (EDRI) Brussels, Belgium
Members (Institutions)
- Netzwerk Neue Medien (NNM) - Network New Media (NNM), Berlin, Germany
- quintessenz, Vienna, Austria
- Swiss Internet User Group (SIUG), Zurich, Switzerland
- Iuridicum Remedium, Praha 9, Czech Republic
- European Digital Rights (EDRI), Brussels, Belgium
- Associação Nacional para o Software Livre (ANSOL) - National Association for Free Software Portugal, Portugal
- Bits of Freedom (BOF), Netherlands
- Pangea, Barcelona, Spain
- Electronic Frontier Finland (EFFI), Helsinki, Finland
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), San Francisco, CA 94110, United States
- GreenNet, London, United Kingdom
- Metamorfozis - Metamorphosis, Skopje, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of
- Open Rights Group, United Kingdom
- Association Electronique Libre (AEL) - Free Electronic Association, Wanze, Belgium
- Associatia Pentru Tehnologie si Internet (APTI) - Association for Technology and Internet (APTI), Bucharest, Romania
- Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), Wrestlingworth, Sandy, United Kingdom
- Chaos Computer Club (CCC), Hamburg, Germany
- Internet Obshtestvo Balgarija, Internet Society Bulgaria (ISOC), Sofia, Bulgaria
- Digital Rights, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Members (People)
- Teresa Hackett, Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM), The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), ; eIFL.net - Electronic Information for Libraries, Roma, Italy
- Gus Hosein, Department of Management, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom ; Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom ; Privacy International, Privacy International, London EC1R 1UQ, United Kingdom