Essays about: "Information Society Directive"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words Information Society Directive.

1. 11. Sustainability Report Development in Accordance with the GRI Guidelines : Insights from Swedish and Finnish Forestry Companies

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Josefine Rydell; Ellen Kristoffersson; [2017]
   Keywords : GRI; Report Development; Sustainability Accounting; Sustainability Reporting; Forestry Industry; Finland; Sweden;

   Abstract : Sustainability and sustainable development is an important topic for today’s society. To manage organizational sustainability, companies use sustainability reporting to measure their performance. A new EU directive [2014/95/EU] requires all companies who have 500 or more employees, to report on non-financial information. READ MORE

3. 12. Linking to illicit content - lawful or unlawful conduct?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Simon Wilkens; [2016]
   Keywords : Linking; Information Society Directive; hyperlink; internet; copyright; EU; länkning; länkar; upphovsrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This essay specifically concerns itself with how the EU regulates the activity of using hyperlinks on the internet in connection with copyright protected material. Although there has been prior case-law dealing with this relationship, it is still unclear whether the publishing of a hyperlink which directs the internet user towards unlawfully uploaded copyright protected works, which are freely accessible, constitutes an infringement of the author’s rights. READ MORE

4. 13. A forecast of the Cloud

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

   Author : Ingela Oscarsson; [2014]
   Keywords : electricity consumption; The Cloud; ICT; information and communication technology; efficiency; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : IT ses ofta som en del av lösningen för att uppnå ett hållbart samhälle genom till exempel minskat resande, optimering av industri- och jordbruksprocesser, intelligenta elmätare och smarta hem. Något man sällan reflekterar över är att ITbranschen själv också bidrar till elanvändningen. READ MORE

5. 14. Humanizing the Digital Age: A Right to Be Forgotten Online? An EU–U.S. Comparative Study of Tomorrow's Privacy in Light of the General Data Protection Regulation and Google Spain v. AEPD

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sanna Kulevska; [2014]
   Keywords : Google Spain v. AEPD; General Data Protection Regulation; GDPR; Directive 95 46 EC; EU Commission; Vivianne Reding; Barack Obama; Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights; Humaniazing; Digital Age; forgetting; remembering; reconceptualising; expiration dates; personal data; Digital Persona; Cognitive Adjustment; Transatlantic Clash; First Amendment; Communications Decency Act Section 230; Facebook; Google; DMCA; Digital Millennium Copyright Act; search engine; deletion responsibility; future of your past; user agreements; deletion; freedom of information; freedom of expression; U.S. Law; EU Law; Privacy Law; CJEU; The Court of Justice of the European Union; defamation; The Right to Be Forgotten; European Union; U.S.–EU Safe Harbour Agreement; WIkipedia; social media websites; data controller; best practice agreement; globalization; the Internet; Internet Law; Cyber Law; Global Technology; Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School; U.S.A.; EU Commissioner; Technology; harmonize; cross-border collaboration; Professor Ulf Maunsbach; Faculty of Law at Lund University; Professor Christopher Gibson; Suffolk University Law School; David Larochelle; Lead Engineer.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Eftersom snabb teknisk utveckling och globalisering har förändrat sättet på vilket vi anförtror oss personuppgifter till webbplatser för sociala medier samt sökmotorer, har den Europeiska kommissionen föreslagit en ny dataskyddsförordning som kommer att förbättra skyddet för den personliga integriteteten på internet för medborgarna i EU. Då den med stor sannolikhet träder i kraft år 2016 kommer ett av de stora tilläggen från det nuvarande dataskyddsdirektivet 95/46/EC att vara den så kallade rätten att bli bortglömd. READ MORE

6. 15. Communication to the public : A study in light of Article 3(1) of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29/EC)

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Rättsvetenskap

   Author : Ludvig Brandt; [2014]
   Keywords : Communication to the public; InfoSoc Directive; Broadcasting; Live performances; Streaming; Hyperlinking;

   Abstract : The intellectual property concept of ‘communication to the public’ in Article 3(1) of the InfoSoc Directive is a current issue within the EU, as the means of communication increase all the time due to the fast development of the information society. Accordingly, the CJEU has more than occasionally been instructed to rule upon this provision, as the Member States of the EU are unconfident as to how it should be interpreted. READ MORE