"For politicians, even at the local level, there is little to gain electorally by arguing against expanded snooping and the monitoring of public space. “Many on the left, especially in complicated cities, feel obliged to go along, fearing accusations of being soft [on crime],” said Noémie Levain, a legal and political analyst at La Quadrature du Net. “The political cost of reversing a security law is too high,” she added."

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-surveillance-cameras-privacy-security-big-brother-paris-olympics/

POLITICO

From Napoléon to Macron: How France learned to love Big Brother

The 2024 Summer Olympics will spotlight a surveillance state which Paris has spent 200 years building.

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Element has no problem with police:

*? Our CPO, Patrick Alberts, has been busy at the European Police Congress.

Taking part in the P20 panel & presenting a prototype live demo, he's been in his Element showcasing how Element helps leverage Matrix for secure, interoperable messaging across Germany's police forces ?*https://mastodon.matrix.org/@element/110310853505977058

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https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537

Gizmodo

The EU Suppressed a 300-Page Study That Found Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales

The European Commission paid €360,000 (about $428,000) for a study on how piracy impacts the sales of copyrighted music, books, video games, and movies.

Bad news https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/24/23655804/internet-archive-hatchette-publisher-ebook-library-lawsuit

The Verge

The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library

Publishers win in federal court.

A copyright lawsuit filed by major book publishers against the Internet Archive is set to define the boundaries of digital book lending. The parties shared their positions at a New York federal court yesterday. The Internet Archive claims that its library is protected by fair use and does no harm to rightsholders. For their part, the book publishers see massive infringement and damages.

https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archives-copyright-battle-with-book-publishers-nears-climax-230321/

Torrentfreak

Internet Archive's Copyright Battle with Book Publishers Nears Climax * TorrentFreak

A copyright lawsuit filed by major book publishers against the Internet Archive is set to define the boundaries of digital book lending.

https://torrentfreak.com/z-library-returns-on-the-clearnet-in-full-hydra-mode-230213/

Torrentfreak

Z-Library Returns on the Clearnet in Full Hydra-Mode * TorrentFreak

Despite a major U.S. crackdown, Z-Library continued to operate on the dark web and this weekend it returned to the public web.

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