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National, European or International: At which level should we expect new copyright exceptions? - Generic Image
Rike Maier | 23. May 2014

National, European or International: At which level should we expect new copyright exceptions?

Many professors struggle with the fact that their presentations may in fact infringe someone else’s copyright, because they include modified copyrighted images. Librarians face the issue that solutions to long-term…

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Sebastian Leuschner | 7. May 2014

The Europeanisation of Intelligence Services as a Prerequisite for an Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms

In an article recently published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung concerning the parliamentary discussions of the surveillance activities of the British secret service GCHQ, Sir Menzies Campbell, member of the House…

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Constantin Hoferer | 30. April 2014

Wrapping up NETmundial

Nothing less than the future of the Internet has been discussed at the NETmundial conference in Sao Paulo, Brasil. The Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society participated with its research…

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Uta Meier-Hahn | 27. March 2014

Conflict of conventions ? What a social sciences view can reveal about the interconnection deal between Netflix and Comcast

The news spread fast: Netflix and Comcast have sealed an interconnection agreement. The online video service will pay the internet access provider for the large amounts of video data1. to…

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Theresa Züger | 24. March 2014

Demonstrate and Disobey

In February 2014 I had the chance to be a visiting scholar at the Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkeley. As a finishing touch to these exciting weeks,…

The transparent car driver? The Germans’ “favorite child” becomes a data catapult - Generic Image
Emma Peters | 20. February 2014

The transparent car driver? The Germans’ “favorite child” becomes a data catapult

Recently, various experts spoke out against the transparent car driver. The 52nd German traffic law conference thus postulated that data that were automatically collected while driving may no longer flow…

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Uta Meier-Hahn | 8. December 2013

How the infrastructure of the internet disappeared and why we ought to go look for it

Edward Snowden’s revelations indicate a massive breach of trust in internet infrastructure. However, there is one positive aspect to his revelations: they lead to a greater public awareness for questions…

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Uta Meier-Hahn | 29. August 2013

Black box infrastructure: Do we need transparent interconnection arrangements?

The internet is seething below the surface. Network operators, internet service providers (ISPs), content delivery networks and network-oriented content providers are caught in a struggle for the best position to…

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Jörg Pohle | 5. August 2013

Review of the Workshop: »Cloud Computing and the EU Draft General Data Protection Regulation«

About 30 legal practitioners, computer scientists and social scientists came together to attend the interdisciplinary workshop »Cloud Computing and the EU Draft General Data Protection Regulation. Standards, Design Considerations, and…

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Platform governance

How can the goals of corporations and the values of society be reconciled on online platforms?

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Du siehst eine Tastatur auf der eine Taste rot gefärbt ist und auf der „Control“ steht. Eine bildliche Metapher für die Regulierung von digitalen Plattformen im Internet und Data Governance. You see a keyboard on which one key is coloured red and says "Control". A figurative metaphor for the regulation of digital platforms on the internet and data governance.

Data governance

How can the technical, organisational and regulatory mechanisms of data sharing and use serve the public interest?

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