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Walled Culture the book, three years on

Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) was launched just over three years ago. A few weeks afterwards, I talked with journalist and editor Maria Bustillos about the book and its background, as part of the Internet Archive’s Book Talk series. That interview has just been added to the Future Knowledge Podcast series in a shortened form, so this seems like a good moment to […]

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https://walledculture.org/walled-culture-the-book-three-years-on/

Academic research finds economic, technical and operational harms from Italy’s Piracy Shield

Walled Culture first wrote about Piracy Shield, Italy’s automated system for tackling alleged copyright infringement in the streaming sector, two years ago. Since then, we have written about the serious problems that soon emerged. But instead of fixing those issues, the government body that runs the scheme, Italy’s AGCOM (the Italian Authority for Communications Guarantees), has extended […]

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https://walledculture.org/academic-research-finds-economic-technical-and-operational-harms-from-italys-piracy-shield/

EU prepares to give new rights to live streaming sites, to the detriment of the Internet and its users

At the heart of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) lies the dispiriting saga of how the EU Copyright Directive came into being. It began in early 2013 with the usual “stakeholder dialogue”, in which the European Commission sought the views of the various constituencies affected. It generated an unprecedentedly large response that was surprising given the dry and […]

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https://walledculture.org/eu-prepares-to-give-new-rights-to-live-streaming-sites-to-the-detriment-of-the-internet-and-its-users/

#Overblocking From #AntiPiracy Raises Concerns

From 🇪🇸 to 🇮🇹 the consequences are real: "The lack of robust verification and redress mechanisms has led to overblocking that affects legitimate #online services and users."

➡️ https://ccianet.org/news/2025/02/overblocking-from-anti-piracy-measures-across-eu-raises-concerns/ #PiracyShield #OpenInternet