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Gallo report: Amendments could overcome copyright dogmatism

Submitted on 08 March 2010
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Strasbourg, March 8th, 2010 - Tonight, the JURI committee of the European Parliament will discuss the amendments tabled on the Gallo report1. This initiative report2 is a response to a communication of the Commission on "intellectual property rights" enforcement, which La Quadrature has already strongly criticized. To make sure that the Parliament promote the interest of European citizens, the report must be profoundly revised.

  1. 1. Update, March 10th: At the last minute, the meeting was postponed to a future date. The reasons for this delay remain undetermined.
  2. 2. A non-legislative position of the European Parliament preparing or encouraging a legislative initiative

[Guardian.co.uk] Opposition to digital economy bill grows

Submitted on 05 February 2010
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Government's proposed 'three strikes' rule would damage business, say hotels and public institutions [...]

Opposition to the government's digital economy bill has increased sharply, with strong criticism in the House of Lords for its failure to offer "due judicial process" to people accused of illicit filesharing under the proposed "three strikes" rules of the bill. [...]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/05/digital-economy-bill

Gallo Report: Copyright & patent dogmatism at its worst at the European Parliament

Submitted on 29 January 2010
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Brussels, January 29th, 2010 - The draft1 of the Gallo2 report on strengthening the enforcement of "intellectual property rights" (IPR) in the Internal Market has been presented in the JURI commission of the European Parliament. This initiative report3 is a response to a communication of the Commission on the same topic, which La Quadrature has already strongly condemned4. The document has only one merit: it provides a perfect example of the worst kind of IPR dogmatism.

  1. 1. http://www.laquadrature.net/files/GalloReport-20100128.pdf
  2. 2. Marielle Gallo, rapporteur of this "IPR enforcement" report, is a French EPP Member of the European Parliament.
  3. 3. A non-legislative position of the European Parliament preparing or encouraging legislative initiative
  4. 4. http://www.laquadrature.net/en/dogmatic-ipr-enforcement-fails-to-address...

[TorrentFreak.com] BitTorrent Spammers Chosen to Spy On French Pirates

Submitted on 27 January 2010
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The French anti-piracy outfit Trident Media Guard has been chosen by the entertainment industry to track and report illegal downloaders in France. The company, known globally for its pollution of BitTorrent and other file-sharing networks with fake data, will assist in the recently passed Hadopi three-strikes law. [...]

[guardian.co.uk] Will Google stand up to France and Italy, too?

Submitted on 20 January 2010
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The stand against China will rightly be lauded. But western states also imperil internet freedom

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In the past several years, internet censorship has spread rapidly throughout a range of political systems. According to the Open Net Initiative, a consortium of academics and computer scientists who track censorship trends, the number of countries that censor the internet has gone from a handful a decade ago to almost 40 today – and the censorship club's fastest growing membership segment consists of democracies. [...]

Questions to Commissioner-designate Kroes on Net neutrality and freedoms in the digital age

Submitted on 13 January 2010
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La Quadrature du Net sent this letter to the members of the ITRE and CULT committees of the European Parliament to urge them to ask the following questions to Mrs. Kroes, Commissioner-designate for the Digital Agenda, during her hearing on Thursday, January 14th.

Questions to Commissioner-designate Reding on freedoms in the digital age and ACTA

Submitted on 11 January 2010
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La Quadrature du Net sent this letter to the members of the LIBE and JURI committees of the European Parliament to urge them to ask the following questions to Mrs. Viviane Reding, Commissioner-designate for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, during her hearing on Tuesday, January 12th, at 1PM.

Sarkozy and the Internet: Between farce and alarming dogmatism

Submitted on 08 January 2010
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Paris, January 8th, 2010 - Nicolas Sarkozy just announced that his government will seek to implement some of the recommandations of the Zelnik report. The report's main author is Patrick Zelnik, a producer and lobbyist for the music industry. The goal of these tailored provisions is to serve the interests of the President's friends. Although laughable, they reveal an alarming dogmatism in which the rights of the public and the general interest are denied in favor of a few helpless industries.... Mates come first!

[ArsTechnica] France considering 'Google tax' to support dying media

Submitted on 08 January 2010
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The French government is considering a proposal that would have Internet advertisers—namely, Google—pay taxes in order to help support industries that are struggling as a result of the Internet. Google believes the government should embrace the Internet rather than singling out successful Internet businesses.

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[Futurezone] France: Medienindustrie will massive Subventionen

Submitted on 08 January 2010
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Das am 1. Jänner 2010 in Kraft getretene Internet-Sperrgesetz "Loi HADOPI" ist Frankreichs Medienindustrie nicht genug. Sie will, dass die Regierung Google und andere Suchmaschinenanbieter sowie die Internet-Provider mit Sondersteuern belegt, die vor allem an die Musikindustrie fließen sollen. Bürgerrechtler sprechen von einem "Krieg gegen die User".

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Future of copyright: La Quadrature calls on the Commission to reassert the public's rights

Submitted on 06 January 2010
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La Quadrature du Net has submitted its response to the European Commission's consultation regarding "Online Creative Content". La Quadrature calls on the Commission to reconsider the EU's coercive and repressive copyright policies, while encouraging it to match words to deeds by fostering the rights of the public in the digital creative ecosystem.

Download "Creative Content in the Digital Age: Reasserting the Rights of the Public" in PDF.

France three strikes law delayed by govt's own data watchdog

Submitted on 06 January 2010
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The French government department that examines the data privacy implications of new legislation is refusing to sign off on the country's tough new "three strikes" law until it gets more information about what data will be retained... and how.

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Until it gets it, the law is on hold. The government appears ready to provide CNIL with the information it wants, so HADOPI will probably be up and running within a few months.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/france-three-strikes-law...

As In UK, French Three Strikes May Be Delayed To After Elections

Submitted on 05 January 2010
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Looks like another stay of execution for illegal file sharers in France. The “three-strikes” anti-piracy law approved by the French senate last October, and due to to come into effect this month, is being put on pause by the government’s main agency overseeing the use of personal data and online privacy, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL).

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[FayerWayer] México: Secretaría de Economía convoca a una consulta pública sobre ACTA

Submitted on 02 January 2010
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El Acuerdo Comercial Anti-Falsificación (ACTA por sus siglas en inglés) es la propuesta de un acuerdo comercial multilateral para el establecimiento de normas internacionales sobre la aplicación de los derechos de propiedad intelectual, especialmente en las economías emergentes.