Techies Wage War On Copyright Cartels
News Cyberrights advocates, open-source evangelists and even librarians met at Stanford Law School on Thursday in an attempt to limit the effectiveness of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 -- a piece of legislation that gives music producers...
[May 19, 2000, 15:06]
Lord Chancellor Shuts Down Web Site
News Yaman Akdeniz, director of CyberRights and CyberLiberties, believes it is a case of political pressure being brought to bear on ISPs. Civil liberties advocates were furious Thursday following the closure of a Web site for carrying allegedly...
[November 12, 1999, 17:08]
Sony Admits Email Privacy Breach
News For Yaman Akdeniz of Internet privacy group CyberRights & CyberLiberties, however, this is no excuse. Entertainment corporation Sony admitted Monday that its Internet newsletter service InfoBeat has been forwarding email addresses of readers who...
[November 9, 1999, 13:51]
Big Brother Plans Pushed Through Parliament
News Director of CyberRights & CyberLiberties, Yaman Akdeniz, welcomed the decision to remove the law enforcement section of the e-communications bill but questioned whether the new bill will protect individuals.
[November 17, 1999, 15:28]
Big Brother In The Black Box
News The capability is there to spy on everyone," said Yaman Akdeniz, director of CyberRights & CyberLiberties, a prominent British campaigner, who is concerned that an increase in surveillance powers could be open to covert abuse, a topic of much...
[July 13, 2000, 9:56]
A Year Ago: Big Brother Plans Pushed Through Parliament
News Director of CyberRights & CyberLiberties, Yaman Akdeniz, welcomed the decision to remove the law enforcement section of the e-communications bill but questioned whether the new bill will protect individuals.
[November 17, 2000, 6:00]
RIP Becomes Law, Opponents Promise 'cold War'
News Yaman Akdeniz, director of CyberRights & CyberLiberties agrees that the fight should continue. Internet campaigners promise to launch a "cold war" against the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill which became law Friday after...
[July 28, 2000, 11:17]
Government Accused Of Hidden E-commerce Agenda
News Nicholas Bohm, lawyer and member of Online civil liberties organisation CyberRights and CyberLiberties, believes there is reason for concern. A report on the draft e-commerce bill -- published Wednesday -- has raised concerns that the government's...
[November 4, 1999, 12:16]
Yahoo! Defends Itself Over Nazi Auctions
News Yaman Akdeniz, head of CyberRights & CyberLiberties is shocked that courts are still showing a lack of understanding about how it is impossible to govern the Internet via domestic laws. Yahoo! puts its case to the High Court in Paris following...
[July 24, 2000, 16:21]
Net Users Lose Anonymity Tool
News Although Zero-Knowledge executives have repeatedly denied such accusations, Hill admits that the customers of the service have always been part of the hacker fringe or cyberrights advocates. Security software maker Zero-Knowledge Systems announced...
[October 5, 2001, 10:15]
