http://www.spiegel.de Daily news, analysis and opinion from Europe's leading newsmagazine and Germany's top news Web site. en Fri, 24 May 2013 07:02:21 +0200 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:02:21 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/static/sys/logo_120x61.gif http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/special-commission-calls-for-internet-commissioner-in-germany-a-895412.html#ref=rss A special Internet and Digital Society Commission convened by parliament has released several hundred recommendations for addressing data protection and other Internet-related issues in Germany. Chief among them: establishing a permanent Internet commissioner. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:01:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/special-commission-calls-for-internet-commissioner-in-germany-a-895412.html A special Internet and Digital Society Commission convened by parliament has released several hundred recommendations for addressing data protection and other Internet-related issues in Germany. Chief among them: establishing a permanent Internet commissioner.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-waters-down-google-search-engine-legislation-a-885899.html#ref=rss A new law regulating the indexing of media articles by search engines like Google and Bing is likely to pass on Friday. The watered-down legislation won't force the kind of payments to publishers the Internet giant had feared. Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:33:51 +0100 http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-waters-down-google-search-engine-legislation-a-885899.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/pirate-party-member-julia-schramm-slammed-for-defending-copyright-a-856977.html#ref=rss Senior Pirate Party politician Julia Schramm made headlines this week when her publisher took action against pirated copies of her book "Click Me." Now Schramm is at the center of a shitstorm over her wavering positions on intellectual property. Both the tabloid press and members of her own party accuse her of hypocrisy. Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:48:55 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/pirate-party-member-julia-schramm-slammed-for-defending-copyright-a-856977.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-856468.html#ref=rss Encouraging free sharing of files on the Internet, including copyrighted material, is an official platform of Germany's Pirate Party. This week, however, a senior member of the party has been policing illegal downloads of a book she published through a subsidiary of Random House. Will the party continue to promote its "information must be free" line? Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:53:29 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-856468.html Encouraging free sharing of files on the Internet, including copyrighted material, is an official platform of Germany's Pirate Party. This week, however, a senior member of the party has been policing illegal downloads of a book she published through a subsidiary of Random House. Will the party continue to promote its "information must be free" line?]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/acta-international-property-treaty-voted-down-by-european-parliament-a-842583.html#ref=rss It had been billed as an international effort to protect intellectual property. But on Wednesday, the European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected ACTA following months of protests and claims that the law would infringe on individual rights. It appears doubtful that the treaty can be resurrected. Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:00:43 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/acta-international-property-treaty-voted-down-by-european-parliament-a-842583.html It had been billed as an international effort to protect intellectual property. But on Wednesday, the European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected ACTA following months of protests and claims that the law would infringe on individual rights. It appears doubtful that the treaty can be resurrected.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/the-black-market-in-uefa-fan-merchandise-a-838623.html#ref=rss Europe's biggest black market, a labyrinth of metal containers in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa, is doing a roaring trade in counterfeit merchandise related to the European football championship. UEFA, which is organizing the tournament, is powerless to stop it -- the dealers have influential allies. Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:01:25 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/the-black-market-in-uefa-fan-merchandise-a-838623.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-s-pirate-party-seek-to-reinvent-politics-a-829451.html#ref=rss Germany's Pirate Party has gone from a tiny group of hackers to a significant force in an astoundingly short amount of time. Its growing pains are obvious to all, but the party could succeed in fundamentally changing German politics. First it must agree on what it stands for. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:18:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-s-pirate-party-seek-to-reinvent-politics-a-829451.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/german-copyright-group-succeeds-in-case-against-youtube-a-829124.html#ref=rss In an interview with SPIEGEL, Harald Heker, the head of the organization that collects broadcast fees for musicians in Germany, discusses his group's successful case against YouTube. On Friday, a Hamburg court ordered the company to remove video clips from the site that include any of the seven songs included in the case. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:15:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/german-copyright-group-succeeds-in-case-against-youtube-a-829124.html In an interview with SPIEGEL, Harald Heker, the head of the organization that collects broadcast fees for musicians in Germany, discusses his group's successful case against YouTube. On Friday, a Hamburg court ordered the company to remove video clips from the site that include any of the seven songs included in the case.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/german-pop-artist-debates-pirate-party-politician-about-file-sharing-a-828588.html#ref=rss In a SPIEGEL interview, German pop star Jan Delay and Christopher Lauer, a Pirate Party member of the Berlin state parliament, debate the value of art in the digital age and whether music and movies should be made available for free download on the Internet. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:44:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/german-pop-artist-debates-pirate-party-politician-about-file-sharing-a-828588.html