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There is (another) very important plenary vote in the European Parliament on TTIP this Wednesday, when the Europ...

Although it's rather dropped off the radar, an extremely important revision of the EU Copyright Directive has been underw...

There is a very important plenary vote in the European Parliament on TTIP this Wednesday: Parliament’s recommendations to the Eu...

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), sometimes known as the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), is currently ...

In an act of extraordinary contempt for both the public and democracy , four lords are attempting to insert the bulk of the Snooper's C...

I will soon have some spare slots in my freelance writing schedule for regular weekly or monthly work. Below are the main topics that I...

One of the many big problems with TTIP is the lack of democracy: it is being negotiated behind closed doors, with virtually ...

I was disturbed to read in the Guardian that the UK government may be wavering on introducing plain packs for cigarettes.  Failing to do s...

The EU Ombudsman is running a consultation on how to improve the transparency of the TTIP negotiations.  This shouldn't be hard, ...

When the European Commission was laying the foundations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - TTIP, also known as T...

Back in December, we wrote about a legal action that a group of digital rights activists had brought against GCHQ, alleging that the UK...

The battle over online privacy, and how personal data should be treated as it moves over the Internet, is being fought between the US an...

Back in May last year, we wrote about how the European Commission's "Licences for Europe" initiative had turned into a fias...

One of the many problems with DRM is its blanket nature. As well as locking down the work in question, it often causes all kinds of othe...

Reading Techdirt, it's all-too-easy to get the impression that copyright is an utter disaster for the public -- with current laws ab...

Even though Microsoft is no longer the dominant player or pacesetter in the computer industry -- those roles are shared by Google and Ap...

Here on Techdirt, we've been writing about the dangers of corporate sovereignty for a while. In recent months, more and more peopl...

Here on Techdirt we've written a number of times about India's efforts to provide key drugs to its population at prices that the...

In addition to being an opportunity to stretch copyright and trademark rules way beyond the law, over the years, the Olympics has also b...

Monsanto is best-known for its controversial use of genetically-modified organisms, and less well-known for being involved in the story ...

Techdirt has already noted how the NSA's massive spying programs around the world are costing US companies money through lost busine...

As Mike reported recently, the NSA has presented no credible evidence that its bulk metadata collection is stopping terrorist attacks,...

Techdirt has already examined the issue of corporate sovereignty many times over the past year, as it has emerged as one of the most pro...

Like many other countries, India has been steadily extending its national surveillance capabilities. We wrote about its main Central Moni...

Yesterday, Mike reported on the introduction of the "fast track authority" bill in the Senate, and pointed out some of its most...