LE CRID INTER@CTIF
- March 2010 -
Recent Articles- New acquisitions - Reviews - Analysis of the M.B.- Analysis of the JOUE - Press releases of the 'Europa' website
General information (February 2010)
- Alexandre DE STREEL has been appointed as a member of the Scientific Committee of the Florence School of Regulation Communications & Media, which is part of the European University Institute.
- New contract:
- The LAPSI (Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information ) project, a thematic network, will start: it is realised in collaboration with the NEXA CENTER of the Politecnico di Torino (Turin- Italy) and 19 other universities and institions from around 13 European countries. It will last 30 months (from March/April 2010 to July 2012). LAPSI project intends to build a network apt to become the main European point of reference for high-level policy discussions and strategic action on all legal issues related to the access and the re-use of the PSI on the ongoing review of the PSI Directive (Directive 2003/98/EC). It intends to propose a platform for bringing together the different analytical threads of the legal debate on a number of topics that can be put under the umbrella of public sector information (PSI) and for discussing policies and strategies in the area. The aim is to identify and discuss legal barriers to access and re-use of PSI (as IPR's issues, privacy, competition law, etc) in the digital environment and suggest ways to overcome them. The CRID Units involved in the project are "Liberties in the Information Society" and "Intellectual Property" and the researchers, Cristina DOS SANTOS, Caroline COLIN, Cécile DE TERWANGNE, Maria IGLESIAS, Séverine DUSOLLIER.
Recently published Articles by Crid researchers (February 2010)
- Caroline COLIN, La contractualisation des exceptions en droit d'auteur : oxymore ou pléonasme? In Communication Commerce Electronique, 2010, n° 2. - pp. 6-12.
- Herman CROUX, Philippe LAURENT, Belgium: exhaustion of rights on second hand software and related materials, and the lawful acquirers' immunity In Computer Law Review International, 2009, n° 6. - pp. 185-187.
- Karen ROSIER, La loi sur l'installation et l'utilisation de caméras de surveillance revue et corrigée In Bulletin social et juridique, 2010, n° 425. - p. 4.
Intervention by Crid researchers to events as speakers (February 2010)
- Julien JOST took the floor on "Le dividende numérique" during the colloquim "Eine Regulierungsbehörde der audio-visuellen Mediendienste für das nächste Jahrzehnt", Medienrates der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft, Europasaal des Ministeriums, Eupen, 5 fébruary 2010.
- Julie FELD gave a presentation on the legal issues of cyber-harassment at a seminar on Cyber-harassment organised by the European Trade Union Committee for Education in Brussels, 18-19 February 2010.
- Jessica DALLAPICCOLA and Jean-Philippe MOINY gave a presentation about youngs and ICT («Jeunes et T.I.C.: entre libertés et responsabilités»), "Institut Notre-Dame Séminaire" (secondary school), Bastogne, 11 February 2010.
- Jean-Marc VAN GYSEGHEM took the floor in the context of the thematic week on the new technologies organized by the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme on "les Enjeux de la plate-forme e-Health", Brussels, February, 25 February 2010.
- Yves POULLET participated to the LSEC LSEC and presented "Security Breach", Castle Van Arenberg, Leuvent, 9 February 2010.
- Yves POULLET led the debate on "Vie privée et liberté" with Dr. Daniel Le Métayer, Research director INRIA during the Conference for the 20th anniversary of the CITA (Cellule Interdisciplinaire de Technology Assessment), FUNDP, Namur, 26 february 2010.
- Caroline COLIN participated to the 7th Workshop Communia on "Digital Policies: the Public Domain and Alternative Compensation Systems", Luxembourg, 1-2 february 2010.
- Caroline COLIN participated to the Conference for the 20th anniversary of the "Cellule Interdisciplinaire de Technology Assessment" (CITA) on "La société sous surveillance", Namur, 26 february 2010.
- Frank DUMORTIER presented "Puces RFID, Bluetooth: des mouchards plein les poches?" with François Koeune and François-Xavier Standaert to the "ligue des droits de l'homme" in the context of the thematic week "Technologie mon amour", espace Magh, Brussels, 25 february 2010.
- Franck DUMORTIER gave a speech on "Facebook: Big Brother c'est toi" avec Vanessa De Greef à la ligue des droits de l'homme à l'occasion de la semaine thématique "Technologie mon amour" , espace Magh, samedi 27 février
- Franck DUMORTIER took the floor with Julien Pierret in collaboration with the "ASBL Constant" on "Ballade sous vidéosurveillance: débriefing juridique" to the "ligue des droits de l'homme" in the context of the thematic week "Technologie mon amour", espace Magh, Brussels, 27 february 2010.
- Antoinette ROUVROY made a speech on "Detect and prevent: digitalization of bodies and the production of docile norms." at the Conference for the 30th Anniversary of the CRID, An Information Society for All : A Legal Challenge, 22 January 2010.
- Antoinette ROUVROY presented a paper on "The right to informational self-determination and the value of self-development: reassessing the importance of privacy for democracy" at the PRACTIS International Workshop organized at the University of Tel Aviv, 25 january 2010.
- Antoinette ROUVROY atook part, as a jury member, to the PhD Thesis defense of Benjamin Six, on "Des théories libérales du choix rationnel à la gouvernance du fait social monétaire", Institut Supérieur de Philosophie, Université Catholique de Louvain, 16 February 2010.
- Antoinette ROUVROY took part, as speaker, to a conference on biometrics and human rights, organized by the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme, 24 February 2010.
- Antoinette ROUVROY gave a presentation on "Le paradigme de l'observation multimodale", at the Conférence internationale à l’occasion des 20 ans de la Cellule Interdisciplinaire de Technology Assessment (CITA), 25 February 2010.
- Antoinette ROUVROY gave a conversational presentation, together with Thomas Berns, on "Profilage et gouvernementalité algorithmique", at the Conférence internationale à l’occasion des 20 ans de la Cellule Interdisciplinaire de Technology Assessment (CITA), 26 February 2010.
Intervention by Crid researchers in the medias
- Jean-Marc VAN GYSEGHEM has been interviewed in the 18 o'clock BelRTL's News on the "plate-forme e-Health", 23 February 2010.
- Jean-Marc VAN GYSEGHEM has been interviewed by the newspaper "Le Soir" on the "plate-forme e-Health" and a paper has been written, 25 february 2010.
Midis du CRID (Febuary 2010)
- Julie RINGELHEIM, FNRS researcher at the Centre for Philosophy of Law of the Université catholique de Louvain was guest speaker of the Sandwich and Research Seminar convened by Antoinette Rouvroy on 11 February at the CRID. Julie RINGELHEIM spoke about the processing of ethnic and racial data for anti-discrimination purposes, and of the privacy data protection issues involved by such processing. Julie Ringelheim has authored several papers on the theme, some of which are available online here, and in the co-author, with Olivier De Schutter, of Ethnic Monitoring. The Processing of Racial and Ethnic Data in Anti-Discrimination Policies: Reconciling the Promotion of Equality with Privacy Rights, Brussels, Bruylandt, 2010.
New acquisitions in the Law library (February 2010)
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ICT and Law Reviews (February 2010)
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Analysis of the M.B. (February 2010)
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Press releases of the Europa website (February 2010)
Electronic Communications
- IP/10/62 Date: 28/01/2010 New EU Telecoms Regulator gets to work
- SPEECH/10/15 Date: 28/01/2010 Neelie Kroes The important role of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications Inaugural meeting of BEREC Palais d'Egmont, Brussels, 28th January 2010
- SPEECH/10/13 Date: 28/01/2010 Viviane Reding Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media A new beginning for EU telecoms regulation: EU telecoms regulator starts work First meeting of the Board of Regulators of BEREC and the Management Committee of the Office 28 January 2010, Egmont Palace Brussels.
- IP/10/67 Date: 28/01/2010 Telecommunications: Commission takes action against France over 'telecoms tax'
- IP/10/65 Date: 28/01/2010 Telecoms: European Commission ends case against Italy on the transfer of 112 calls to the emergency services
- IP/10/64 Date: 28/01/2010 Telecoms: European Commission launches legal action against Italy over databases for telemarketing purposes
- IP/10/109 Date: 29/01/2010 Mergers: Commission clears proposed acquisition of German internet provider Hansenet by Telefónica O2
- IP/10/129 Date: 05/02/2010 Telecoms: European Commission urges Latvian regulator to set lower fixed and mobile termination rates
- IP/10/128 Date: 05/02/2010 Telecoms: European Commission urges Lithuanian telecoms regulator to take action on the broadcasting licensing regime
- IP/10/151 Date: 11/02/2010 Telecoms: Commission calls on Member States to step up awareness of Europe's single emergency number 112
- MEMO/10/35 Date: 11/02/2010 Telecoms: 112 - Europe's single emergency number - frequently asked questions
Liberties in the Information Society
- SPEECH/10/16 Date: 28/01/2010 Viviane Reding Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media Privacy: the challenges ahead for the European Union Keynote Speech at the Data Protection Day 28 January 2010, European Parliament, Brussels
- EDPS/10/1 Date: 27/01/2010 EDPS statement and activities on the occasion of Data Protection Day (28 January 2010)
- IP/10/63 Date: 28/01/2010 Europeans' Privacy will be big challenge in next decade, says EU Commissioner
- IP/10/130 Date: 05/02/2010 Safer standards for European citizens' data transfers to processors in third countries
- EDPS/10/3 Date: 23/02/2010 Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: EDPS warns about its potential incompatibility with EU data protection regime
Intellectual Property
- CES/10/16 Date: 19/02/2010 EESC takes a stand on copyright and music
Technology and Security
- IP/10/125 Date: 04/02/2010 Emissions trading: Commission takes action over cyber attacks on EU ETS account holders
- SPEECH/10/22 Date: 09/02/2010 Viviane Reding Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media Think before you post! How to make social networking sites safer for children and teenagers? Safer Internet Day Strasbourg, 9 February 2010
Agenda
CRID events :
- No CRID events for the moment.
Others interesting events :
- 19 March 2010: Workshop "Legal aspects of geographic data and spatial data infrastructures", ICRI, KULeuvent, Leuven.
- 31 March-1st April: 4th International Forum on Cybercriminality: together for a safer and more secure cyberspace!, Grand Palais, Lille.
- 13-15 April 2010: 4th Biannual Conference "Surveillance & Society", City University London.
- 22 April 2010: 5th Forum IT and Communication: "les environnements numériques au service de la qualité", La Géode, Charleroi.
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