La Quadrature du Net (Squaring the Net) - Press review

[ZeroPaid] Aussie Govt to Filter Online Video Games

neurone364 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:00:31 +0200

Downloadable games, flash-based games, and sites that sell physical copies of games with rating greater than MA15+ (suitable for 15yos) would be blocked, even for adults.

Australia’s ridiculous plan to censor the Internet gets more ridiculous by the day. [...]

[TechDir] Norway Decides Privacy Is More Important Than Protecting The Entertainment Industry's Business Model

neurone364 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:56:17 +0200

It appears that Norway has decided that it's sick of passing laws designed to prop up obsolete industry business models at the expense of individual privacy. First, the country started telling ISPs to delete log files after just three weeks (making it pretty hard to identify individual filesharers), and now it's refused to renew the license given to the one law firm allowed to sniff IP addresses in trying to seek out unauthorized file sharing. [...]

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090623/1924305338.shtml

[TechDir] Three Strikes Rejected In Spain

neurone364 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:18:52 +0200

[Billboard] 'Three-Strikes' Off Anti-Piracy Agenda In Spain

neurone364 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:57:09 +0200

Spain's cultural industry has accepted that the proposed disconnection of Internet users who ignore warnings not to download illegally is no longer an option. The about-turn by the Coalition of Creators and Content Industries follows indications that the government will refuse to implement any kind of "three-strikes" scheme.

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i8071e0d9c25cb...

[EUobserver] Netherlands looking to French-style crack-down on internet piracy

neurone364 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:02:00 +0200

UOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - In the wake of France's imposition of its controversial three-strikes legislation aiming to crush internet piracy, the Dutch parliament has called on the government to also deal harshly with offenders. [...]

"Governments must realise that the cost of repression exceeds by far the benefits and most of the time harms civil liberties," Jeremie Zimmerman of La Quadrature du Net, an internet freedom pressure group, told EUobserver in reaction to the release of the report.

[NetzPolitik.org] The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany

neurone364 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:47:00 +0200

Germany is on the verge of censoring its Internet: The government – a grand coalition between the German social democrats and conservative party – seems united in its decision: On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet censorship architecture. [...]

The net community did not only oppose the governments plans, but also made constructive suggestions how to deal with the problem of child pornography without introducing a censorship architecture and circumcising constitutional freedoms.

[BoingBoing] Post one of Australia's banned links, get fined AU$11,000/day

neurone364 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:34:00 +0200

Alys sez, "The Australian communications regulator is going to fine those who link to sites that are listed on their blacklist. It threatened an online forum with an $11,000/day fine over a link posted to an anti-abortion website that was on the blacklist. To add insult to injury, several pages of Wikileaks have also ended up on their blacklist, due to their posting of the Danish list of banned websites."

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/15/post-one-of-australi.html

[PenneDigitali] L’accesso alla Rete è diritto inviolabile

neurone364 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:37:00 +0200

Finalmente una buona notizia: La Corte Costituzionale francese rimanda al mittente la legge per la diffusione e la protezione della creazione su Internet, perchè non conforme ai principi costituzionali. Le Conceil ha invocato l’articolo 11 della Dichiarazione dei Diritti dell’Uomo e del Cittadino del 1789.

Esultano le associazioni francesi che si erano immediatamente mobilitate contro questa legge: “E’ una grande vittoria dei cittadini che hanno dimostrato di poter lavorare insieme per tutelare la loro libertà” dicono da La Quadrature du Net. “La Costituzione ci protegge” ha dichiarato uno dei fondatori, Philippe Aigrain.

[taz.de] "Übrig bleibt riesige Spam-Maschine"

neurone364 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:00:44 +0200

Frankreichs Verfassungsgericht kassiert ein umstrittenes Gesetz, das Filesharern den Internetzugang kappen sollte. Online-Aktivist Jeremie Zimmermann spricht im taz-Interview über das Urteil. [...]

Herr Zimmermann, das französische Verfassungsgericht hat am Mittwoch seine Entscheidung zum "Three Strikes"-Gesetz mitgeteilt, mit dem die Regierung Sarkozy versucht hat, radikal gegen Tauschbörsennutzer im Internet vorzugehen. Was kam dabei heraus?

[WSJ] Sarkozy's Web-Piracy Fight Dealt Blow

neurone364 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:39:50 +0200

France's highest legal authority struck down a key provision of a controversial law that would have cut off Internet access to people who repeatedly download copyrighted content illegally.

The decision is a setback for President Nicolas Sarkozy, who argued that the law was crucial to protecting artistic creation in the digital era. It was a victory for activists and Socialist politicians who bitterly opposed the law as an invasion of privacy. [...]

Jérémie Zimmerman, an activist who had opposed the law, called the decision "a great victory for citizens" and said that without the provision cutting off Internet access, the law was just a "big tax-sponsored spam machine."

[Timesonline] Top French court rips heart out of Sarkozy internet law

neurone364 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:34:28 +0200

France's highest court has inflicted an embarrassing blow to President Sarkozy by cutting the heart out of a law that was supposed to put France in the forefront of the fight against piracy on the internet.

The Constitutional Council declared access to the internet to be a basic human right, directly opposing the key points of Mr Sarkozy's law, passed in April, which created the first internet police agency in the democratic world.

The strongly-worded decision means that Mr Sarkozy's scheme has backfired and inadvertently boosted those who defend the free-for-all culture of the web.

[LaStampa.it] Philippe Aigrain: "Internet libero, un boomerang per i censori. La Costituzione ci protegge"

neurone364 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:30:00 +0200

Philippe Aigrain, professore di informatica a Parigi ed ex responsabile del settore tecnologie del software alla Commissione europea, autore di «Causa Comune: l'informazione tra bene comune e proprietà» e «Internet e Creazione: come riconoscere gli scambi su Internet e remunerarli», le cui idee sono diventate emblematiche per i militanti - non solo in Francia - della libertà di espressione su Internet, per festeggiare la sconfitta della legge Hadopi ha passato la giornata ieri a inviare messaggi di gioia a tutto il mondo. Ovviamente in Rete, via mail, ma anche sul sito del suo collettivo «La Quadrature du Net» (www.laquadrature.net).

[ISPReview] French Court Deals Blow to Three-Strikes Anti-Piracy Measures

neurone364 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:10:00 +0200

The French proposed "Three-Strikes" initiative (HADOPI), which would have seen illegal broadband file-sharers being disconnected from their ISP for repeat activity following a warning, has been dealt a serious blow by the highest jurisdiction in France - The Constitutionnal Council. [...]

[NYTimes] French Council Defangs Plan to Crack Down on Internet Piracy

neurone364 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:00:02 +0200

PARIS — The highest constitutional body in France on Wednesday defanged the government’s plan to cut off the Internet connections of digital pirates, saying the authorities had no right to do so without obtaining court approval.

The decision, by the Constitutional Council, which reviews legislation approved by Parliament before it goes into effect, is a major setback for the music and movie industries, which had praised the French law as a model solution to the problem of illegal file-sharing.

[PublicKnowledge] French Three Strikes Law Struck Down, Internet Access Declared a Human Right

neurone364 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:23:00 +0200

Word came through the grapevine today that France's "three strikes" HADOPI law has been struck down by the French Constitutional Council. While this is fantastic news, it's not exactly surprising--until this point, the constitutionality of the law had remained an open question. What's more, even if the law had survived the French Constitutional Council's scrutiny, it most certainly would have attracted the attention of the European Union, who in October of last year, passed an amendment prohibiting member states from implementing three strikes regimes. Luckily, the French Constitutional Council sided with the EU Parliament, going so far as to cite the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, a founding document of the French Revolution [...]

Still, as Jérémie Zimmermann from La Quadrature du Net warns, Sarkozy might only be getting started when it comes to pushing the content industry's agenda. "The next law, LOPPSI, is already on tracks and will be about filtering the content on the Internet," Zimmerman writes. "Citizens must celebrate this great victory but remain watchful..."

[ArsTechnica] French court savages "three-strikes" law, tosses it out

neurone364 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:01:00 +0200

France's groundbreaking "three strikes" law that would disconnect repeat Internet file-swappers has been overturned by the country's Constitutional Council. "Innocent until proven guilty" still means something in France.

[My Goethe.de] The Music Industry in Flux: Only the Creative Will Survive

neurone364 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0200

What can musicians do when nobody wants to buy their records anymore? Just take a glance into the World Wide Web and it’s clear to see: opportunities for becoming famous there have never been greater. But when it comes to making money, that’s when things get difficult. [...]

Jeremie Zimmermann, a net activist from Paris, who campaigns against the French law for Internet bans, which threatens users caught sharing files three times with a cap on their online access for a period of several months, no longer believes the concept of earning money with “1:1” copies, as he calls them, works. “It’s over, finished”, the 31-year old says. The digital era has simply made it too easy to reproduce content without any loss in quality and too difficult to explain to today’s users why they should pay money for digital content. He even has an idea at the ready how artists will be able to make a living in future. People are still willing to pay good money for events, concerts, meetings with stars or even merchandising.

[BoingBoing] France's three-strikes copyright rule is unconstitutional and hence dead

neurone364 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:30:00 +0200

All sanctioning power (ie. disconnecting internet users) has been removed from the HADOPI.

[Guardian] Illegal downloads and dodgy figures

neurone364 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:09:00 +0200

You are killing our creative industries. "Downloading costs billions," said the Sun. "MORE than 7 million Brits use illegal downloading sites that cost the economy billions of pounds, government advisers said today. Researchers found more than a million people using a download site in ONE day and estimated that in a year they would use £120bn worth of material." [...]

Now I am always suspicious of this industry, because they have produced a lot of dodgy figures over the years. I also doubt that every download is lost revenue since, for example, people who download more also buy more music. I'd like more details. [...]

[Guardian] The pirates will always win, says Carphone's Dunstone

neurone364 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:26:00 +0200

Trying to stop people sharing copyrighted material over the internet is a game of cat and mouse in which the pirates will always win and calls for internet service providers to halt illegal file sharing are "naive", according to the boss of Carphone Warehouse.

Instead, Charles Dunstone said, the solution is education about the benefits of respecting copyright coupled with services that allow consumers "to get content easily and cheaply". [...]

[Wired] Beyond The Beyond Just another WordPress weblog Meanwhile, somewhere in French Cyberspace

neurone364 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:55:00 +0200

I have very divided feelings about these very divided French initiatives. On the one hand, I rather admire this bold attempt by a national government to defend and extend its national interests on the Internet. [...]

[...] On the other hand, check out the keen way that the French are also cyber-arming themselves for the eruption of utter anarchy. Not HADOPI, but the vastly more sinister LOPPSI. Yup, French cops sneaking into your laptop. [...]

[HuffPost] Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

neurone364 — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:59:00 +0200

In recent weeks, the chorus of calls for further "protections" for copyright owners has grown louder (see, for example, Mark Helprin's May 11 broadside in the Wall Street Journal against copyright critics: "Copyright Critics Rationalize Theft"). Yet these copyright apologists ignore how copyright owners overreach and hurt innovation. Representing more than 2,000 American technology companies, I see it differently - the rapid expansion of copyright laws threatens new and innovative products and services. [...]

[IP-Watch.org] Freedom Of Expression Vs. DRM: The First Empirical Assessment, By Patricia Akester

neurone364 — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:30:38 +0200

Copyright incentives and rewards to producers of works have been able to exist alongside other values, such as freedom of expression. However, changes in the way information products are being disseminated raise questions as to whether those values remain compatible with the new modes of dissemination.

So far, studies devoted to digital rights management (DRM) and copyright exceptions have noted, theoretically, its legal implications. This research filled an existing gap by looking at the impact of DRM on the ability of users to take advantage of certain exceptions to copyright through empirical lines of enquiry. [...]

[BoingBoing] Crazy French copyright law translated to English

neurone364 — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:07:00 +0200

French copyfighter Jeremie Zimmermann sez,

Folks from La Quadrature du Net (big up to Peter K!) have translated the French HADOPI law [ed: the new French copyright law, rammed through by Sarko over howls of public protest], which includes the absurd "three strikes" scheme [ed: if you are accused of infringement three times, you lose your Internet access -- no proof needed, no trial, no judge, no jury], bound to fail and utterly dangerous.

[P2Pnet] Loppsi 2: time for a new French Revolution

neurone364 — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:53:00 +0200

It seems the circle has been completed for France which, at the end of the 1700s, saw a revolution meant to free the people .

But now, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity have gone out the window.

First HADOPI, and now Loppsi 2, meaning 1984 has arrived in France.

Nineteen Eighty-Four is the title to the George Orwell novel about a totalitarian regime built on, “pervasive government surveillance and control, and government’s increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual”. [...]

http://www.p2pnet.net/story/22031

[BetaNews] French Socialists mount constitutional challenge to 'three strikes' net access bill

neurone364 — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:15:00 +0200

As some wonder if France's HADOPI bill would even be enforceable, the appeals process grinds on. [...]

This week in As The HADOPI Turns: Socialists! Frenchmen suing France! An estimate of takedown numbers that'll make you glad Christine Albanel isn't doling our your online time! Plus, evidence that it really can get worse. Très worse.

[Slashdot] Do We Want ISP's Penalizing Music Fans?

neurone364 — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:43:00 +0200

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Noted singer songwriter Billy Bragg has written an excellent column in The Guardian, coming out against the pro-RIAA '3-strikes' legislation the big 4 record labels are trying to push through. In the article, entitled 'Do we want ISP's penalizing our fans?', Bragg writes: 'Having failed miserably in previous attempts to stamp out illicit filesharing, the record industry has now joined forces with other entertainment lobby groups to demand that the government takes action to protect their business model.' He goes on: 'Fearful of the prospect of dragging their customers though the courts, with all the attendant costs and bad publicity, members of the record industry have come up with a simple, cost-free solution to their problem: get the ISPs to do their dirty work for them. They are asking the government to force the ISPs to cut off the broadband connection of customers who persistently download unauthorized material, without any recourse to appeal in the courts.'"

[DN.se] Internet utmanar EU:s grundvalar

neurone364 — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:30:00 +0200

Svenska parlamentariker är ense om att internet och upphovsrätt fortsätter att vara heta frågor för EU de närmaste åren. Men det råder stor osäkerhet inför de samhällsförändringar som den digitala utvecklingen driver fram.

Mandatperioden 2004-2009 avslutades med att EU-parlamentet slog klubban i bordet och krävde garantier för internetanvändarnas rättssäkerhet. Ställningstagandet gällde telekompaketet, ett av flera nätrelaterade EU-ärenden där stora kontroverser uppstått. [...]

[BoingBoing] French "three-strikes" copyright law passes -- but may be dead anyway, by Cory Doctorow

neurone364 — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:19:34 +0200

You may have heard about the French Assembly passing Sarkozy's mad "three-strikes" bill, which will allow big media companies to force ISPs to disconnect you by accusing you of copyright infringement (without even having to produce proof). Jeremie Zimmermann, a leading French activist opposed to the bill, has a good analysis of the problems it will face, even having passed:

* HADOPI is legally dead because it opposes to fundamental principles of French and European law, [...]

[vnunet.com] Copyright groups want action against downloaders

neurone364 — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:25:00 +0200

UK creative industry wants ISPs to enforce rules following French vote

A vote on Tuesday by the French National Assembly to restrict file sharers' and illegal downloaders' internet access has given hope to copyright pressure groups across the Channel that similar measures will soon be adopted in the UK. [...]

[TheSun] France passes tough new web laws

neurone364 — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:35:07 +0200

The new "three strikes" rules means illegal downloaders will get three warnings from a new web police force, before having their connection cut off.

The creation and internet bill was passed by MPs yesterday and is due to come into force in the autumn. [...]

Film star Catherine Deneuve has joined the protest against the law, calling it "inapplicable and ignorant".

While a protest group called the Quadrature du Net said artists were wrong to back the law because it cast them as opponents of the young who are their main fans.

[TheWHIR] France To Cut Illegal Download Connections

neurone364 — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:43:34 +0200

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Legislation was passed in France's senate that could sever the Internet connections of individuals who repeatedly download music and films illegally, which, in effect, may create the first government agency to track and punish individuals for online piracy.

[TheInquirer] France forgets freedom

neurone364 — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:26:00 +0200

THE NATION that once chopped the head off a feckless king, and whose people gallantly resisted a fascist occupation, has just seen the liberté of its people betrayed by their own corrupt, corporate-owned politicians.

[NYTimes] France Approves Crackdown on Internet Piracy

neurone364 — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:00:00 +0200

A law that could cost copyright violators their Internet service is the farthest-reaching action yet in the music and movie industries' battle against piracy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/technology/internet/13net.html?_r=1&re...

[FT.com] France to crack down on internet piracy

neurone364 — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:04:00 +0200

France is set to introduce the world’s most draconian laws against internet piracy, after parliamentarians voted on Tuesday to give the government powers to cut off offenders’ internet access.

The controversial draft law would create an agency to police illegal downloading of copyright material. The bill still has to be voted on by the Senate but is widely expected to be approved in a final vote on Wednesday. [...]

[CNET] France ignores EU and passes antipiracy law

neurone364 — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:43:00 +0200

The French National Assembly ignored a vote last week by the European Parliament and approved its "Cr?ation et Internet" three-strikes bill on Tuesday.

The measure supported by French President Nicolas Sarkozy punishes digital pirates by suspending Internet service if they are caught illegally sharing copyrighted material. The vote comes a little more than a month after the same government body rejected the proposal.

[ZeroPaid] Man’s Opposition to French Three Strikes Law Costs Him His Job

neurone364 — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:01:00 +0200

Imagine doing your democratic duty by e-mailing your member of parliament your opinions of a given issue. Now imagine that e-mail being shown to you by your boss right before you get fired from your day job. Apparently, one mans political opinion is causing a huge stir over in France right now - all over the French Three Strikes law which is currently being debated on again.

[NYTimes] Plan to Curb Internet Piracy Advances in France

neurone364 — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:04:00 +0200

[...] Nonetheless, Internet advocates call the French proposal legally unsound on the ground that there are inadequate the provisions for challenging an action, and because it gives industry groups the power to police the Internet. Others question whether the law would unfairly penalize those whose wireless broadband accounts are misused by others. The French law tries to anticipate this by making it a civil infraction for citizens to fail to “secure” their broadband accounts by using approved filtering technology.

[TorrentFreak] TV Exec Fired for Opposing Anti-Piracy law

neurone364 — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:30:00 +0200

Even before it’s officially adopted, France’s controversial anti-piracy law has already claimed its first victim. Jérôme Bourreau-Guggenheim, head of web innovation at one of the largest TV-networks in France was fired recently because he criticized the law in a letter to his MP. [...]

[NYTimes] French Anti-Piracy Proposal Undermines E.U. Telecommunications Overhaul

neurone364 — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:00:00 +0200

BERLIN — The European Parliament on Wednesday rejected a long-planned revision of the Continent’s telecommunications laws because of a controversial provision to punish Internet pirates.

In Strasbourg, the Parliament’s lower house, by a vote of 404 to 56, passed an amendment to the telecommunications package making it illegal for any E.U. country to sever Internet service unless a citizen is found guilty in court, effectively blocking the broad revision. [...]

[ITNews] European Parliament votes in favour of internet freedom

neurone364 — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:52:00 +0200

The European Parliament has decided that ISPs and regulators, such as Ofcom in the UK, cannot restrict individuals’ access to the internet. [...]

Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder of La Quadrature du Net, described it as a “victory”.

"A formidable campaign from the citizens put the issues of freedoms on the internet at the center of the debates of the Telecoms Package,” he said.

[Wyborcza.pl] Pospolite ruszenie w sieci kulą w płot

neurone364 — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:05:45 +0200

Internet aż kipiał od protestów przeciw "cenzurze sieci". Żadnego zamachu na wolność nie było. Ale nikt tego nie sprawdził. Internauci chcieli dobrze, będą mieli gorzej [...]

[TorrentFreak] EU Rejects Three-Strikes Legislation, For Good

neurone364 — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:05:00 +0200

The European Parliament has cast its final vote in favor of an amendment that will prevent member states from implementing three-strikes laws. Disconnecting alleged file-sharers based on evidence from anti-piracy lobby groups restricts the rights and freedoms of Internet users, according to the amendment. [...]

[Ars Technica] European Parliament smacks down France on three strikes law

neurone364 — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:25:00 +0200

The European Parliament today sent a message to countries like France, as 88 percent of MEPs voted to require that judges be involved in any attempt to disconnect people's Internet connections. The issue threatens to hold up telecoms reform in the EU. [...]

[ZDNet.com] EU lawmakers vote to introduce net neutrality

neurone364 — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:22:26 +0200

The European Parliament has voted through a massive tranche of reforms for the European telecommunications sector, including a significant net-neutrality amendment. [...]

[Vnunet] European Parliament votes in favour of internet freedom

neurone364 — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:00:00 +0200

Web users' access to internet will not be restricted, say MEPs

The European Parliament has decided that ISPs and regulators, such as Ofcom in the UK, cannot restrict individuals’ access to the internet. [...]

Citizen rights groups, such as La Quandrature du Net were outraged by Trautman’s changes and called on MEPs to side with the previous version of the report, which contained the amendment.

Now the groups have welcomed the decision of the MEPs.

[ZeroPaid] European Parliament Shuts the Door on Three Strikes Law

neurone364 — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:36:00 +0200

After a long and hard fought battle, consumer rights advocates and activists in Europe have reason to celebrate today. The back door for a graduated response toward the French proposal of a Three Strikes law has officially been effectively voted down for a third and final time. The only thing left is technical details that could pave the way to other things that could be perceived as a threat to European citizens, but the major debate surrounding three strikes is over and advocates for such a proposal have officially lost. [...]

[VaGla.pl] Chodzi o to, żebyśmy mogli sprawdzić, jak głosowaliście

neurone364 — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:36:00 +0200

O Pakiecie telekomunikacyjnym ostatnio głośno. Jutro (dziś, bo już po północy) głosowanie w Parlamencie Europejskim. Teraz jest ten czas, w którym komentator może nareszcie zarobić dobre pieniądze. Dzięki Prezydentowi Lechowi Wałęsie wiem, że za "dwa razy po trzy minuty" wystąpienia mogę oczekiwać stu tysięcy dolarów (lub euro - w zależności od tego, czy się napracuję, czy nie). [...]

[GPnoje] EU röstar om internetskydd

neurone364 — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:05:00 +0200

Domstolsbeslut krävs för att stänga av internetanvändare. Det är EU-ländernas regeringar och Europaparlamentet överens om.
- En otrolig vinst för parlamentet, säger centerpartisten Lena Ek. [...]

När paketet lades på bordet 2007 innehöll det formuleringar som påminde om ett franskt lagförslag. Personer som anklagas för olaglig fildelning tre gånger på 12 månader skulle kunna stängas av från internet, det som man på EU-språk kallar för "graduate response".

[Interia.pl] Unia ocenzuruje internet?

neurone364 — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:11:00 +0200

Jutro oczy wielu internautów zwrócone będą na Brukselę. W Parlamencie Europejskim odbędzie się głosowanie nad nowymi poprawkami do pakietu telekomunikacyjnego mogącymi, w opinii niektórych, wpłynąć na przyszłości sieci. [...]

Zdaniem francuskiej organizacji pozarządowej La Quadrature du Net, powyższe poprawki zmienią model biznesowy dostawców usług internetowych. Nie będą oni już musieli dbać o swobodny dostęp do treści i usług. Będą raczej oferować dostęp do określonych usług, podobnie jak dostawcy telewizji oferują dostęp do określonych kanałów. [...]

[IPTegrity] European Parliament dirty trick on Internet vote

neurone364 — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:35:00 +0200

A key new amendment enshrining the operator's right to block Internet content will not be voted on. It is tucked into the "compromise" document, which will be voted as a block.This appears to be a breach of procedure and should be seriously questioned. [...]

[LUPA.cz] Stalo se: české předsednictví zprostředkovalo kompromis i ohledně odpojování od Internetu

neurone364 — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:25:00 +0200

V Evropském parlamentu se schyluje k hlasování o výsledné podobě tzv. telekomunikačního balíčku. České předsednictví se pochlubilo dojednáním výsledného kompromisu, který se zdá být akceptovatelný jak pro europarlament, tak i pro Radu EU. Kompromis se ale týká i možnosti odpojování uživatelů Internetu, za kterou silně lobuje Francie. Jak byla tato záležitost vyřešena? [...]

Reakce na tento kompromis se podle očekávání značně rozcházejí, a to i v rámci tábora ochránců práv uživatelů. „Tvrdší“ linie, reprezentovaná například spolkem Quadrature du Net, vidí vše jako otevření dveří pro francouzskou gilotinu a celý telekomunikační balíček hodnotí jako zradu europoslanců na jejich voličích. [...]

[WP.pl] Coraz bliżej do odcinania obywateli od Internetu za piractwo

neurone364 — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:22:00 +0200

Zawarty na początku ubiegłego tygodnia przez dwóch sprawozdawców Parlamentu Europejskiego i Radę Unii Europejskiej kompromis w sprawie unijnego pakietu Telecom osłabia dotychczasowe argumenty przeciwników rozwiązania pozwalającego na blokowanie dostępu do Sieci osobom łamiącym prawa autorskie. [...]

[NYTimes] Once Again, France Will Vote on ‘3 Strikes’ Rule on Piracy

neurone364 — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:30:00 +0200

PARIS — A French “three strikes” plan for digital piracy is getting its second chance. As expected, the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy last week revived a proposal to crack down on online piracy by cutting off the Internet connections of people who ignored two warnings to stop unauthorized downloads of copyrighted movies and music. [...]

“If there is no legitimacy to the law, people will have more grounds to fight,” said Jérémie Zimmermann, director (ndlqdn Jérémie est co-fondateur et actuellement porte-parole de La Quadrature du Net) of La Quadrature du Net, an Internet advocacy group in Paris.

[NYTimes] Once Again, France Will Vote on ‘3 Strikes’ Rule on Piracy

neurone364 — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:30:00 +0200

[ORF.at] EU-Lobbying der anderen Art

neurone364 — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:00:00 +0200

Dass die Vorgänge rund um das Telekompaket, über das das Europäische Parlament kommende Woche abstimmen soll, an eine breitere Öffentlichkeit gelangt sind, ist zu einem großen Teil der französischen Bürgerinitiative La Quadrature du Net zu verdanken. ORF.at sprach mit Jeremie Zimmermann, einem der Mitbegründer der Initiative, über die schwierige Arbeit einer NGO für Bürgerrechte im digitalen Zeitalter.

[EUobserver] EU telecoms bill compromise may still threaten French internet law

neurone364 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:16:00 +0200

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - A second attempt by the French government to push through its "three-strikes" bill to crack down on internet piracy may yet fall afoul of European Union rules, following an ambiguous compromise agreed between the European Parliament and EU member states on a piece of telecoms legislation. Paris is confident that it can move ahead, while others believe to do so establishes grounds for the European Commission to begin legal action against France. [...]

[EUobserver] EU telecoms bill compromise may still threaten French internet law

neurone364 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:16:00 +0200

[elmundo.es] Francia logra que la UE avale su polémica ley contra la 'piratería' en Internet

neurone364 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:27:00 +0200

El último punto de discrepancia entre el Parlamento y los Veintisiete que había impedido el acuerdo se refería precisamente a la cuestión de las descargas de contenidos protegidos por derechos de autor. La Eurocámara quería que la legislación comunitaria dejara claro que no se podrá cortar el acceso a Internet a un usuario que realice descargas ilegales salvo si hay una decisión judicial previa.

[ARS Technica] France reintroduces three-strikes law, clash with EU likely

neurone364 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:31:00 +0200

After an embarrassing legislative defeat, the French government has reintroduced its controversial three-strikes law to disconnect repeat Internet copyright infringers. As consumer groups protest, the European Parliament looks for ways to limit the entire process. [...]

But the European Parliament isn't keen on the idea, and has voted several times to basically ban such practices without judicial oversight. [...]

[ComputerWorld] Lei francesa aperta o cerco à pirataria informática

neurone364 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:53:14 +0200

Os utilizadores franceses da Internet que partilham música ou vídeos sem a permissão dos seus respectivos proprietários estão mais parto de perderem o direito a navegar, agora que a Assembleia Nacional do país aprovou a chamada lei Hadopi, na passada quinta-feira. Refira-se que a lei foi apresentada pela primeira vez ao senado no ano passado. [...]

[SiliconNews.es] La Eurocámara da luz verde a la enmienda Bono contra el corte de red

neurone364 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:09:00 +0200

El Parlamento europeo ha aprobado, una vez más, la enmienda que se opone al principio de respuesta graduada de la ley Hadopi.
Publicidad

La espina Hadopi acaba de hundirse un poco más en la piel del Gobierno francés. Después de su rechazo sorpresa a principios de abril por los diputados franceses, Bruselas asegura el clavo. El Parlamento europeo ha adoptado la enmienda 46-135 (anteriormente 138), por 40 votos a favor y 4 en contra. [...]

[SG.hu] Európai távközlési csomag - bírói engedély kell a letiltáshoz

neurone364 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:45:00 +0200

[EUobserver] Internet piracy battle holds up EU telecoms bill

neurone364 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:10:00 +0200

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The battle between internet pirates and copyright holders shifted to Strasbourg this week, with a move that threatens to hold up a major European Union telecoms bill and unravel France's flagship legislation on cutting off internet access for illegal downloaders.

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[NYTimes.com] Plan to Fight Illegal Downloads Faces Opposition

neurone364 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0200

BERLIN — The governing party of President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, scrambling to save a national law that would cut off Internet service to those who make repeated illegal downloads, is threatening to block a European Union telecommunications bill that would undermine the legal foundation of the French plan.

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Representatives of Mr. Sarkozy have spent the past week lobbying Brussels to eliminate the clause, which is part of legislation that has been two years in the making.

[euronews.net] Experience shows internet file-sharing is not easy to police

neurone364 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:51:00 +0200

[...] In France, the Hadopi law, soon to be re-voted, would allow for a sliding scale of punishments up to and including cancellation of the internet connection.

But this contradicts the position of the European Parliament, which voted by 90 percent last September to urge member states safeguard rights and civil liberties, such as guaranteeing internet access.

[Futurezone.orf.at] F: Nationalversammlung stimmt gegen HADOPI

neurone18 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:27:26 +0200

[Jurist] France legislature's rejection of internet anti-piracy bill thwarts corporate interests

neurone364 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:47:00 +0200

[Public Knowledge] France's "Model" Three Strikes Law Gets Decisively Rejected by Parliament

neurone18 — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:15:22 +0200

[...] If those numbers seem low, they are--as The New York Times notes, "most of the 577-member legislature decided not to show up — an indication, analysts said, of how unpopular the proposal was among voters in France."

[index] Le franciáknál pas fájlcserélőtörvény

neurone18 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:30:12 +0200

A francia nemzetgyűlés az előzetes várakozásokra rácáfolva jelentős többséggel elutasította azt a javaslatot, ami a fájlcserélők netről való kitiltását is engedélyezte volna.

[...]Az első reakciók vegyesek. Jeremie Zimmermann, az internetezők jogait képviselő La Quadrature du Net igazgatója a polgárok és a polgárjogok győzelmeként értékelte a döntést a testületekkel, cégekkel szemben,[...]

http://index.hu/tech/2009/04/10/a_franciaknal_megbukott_a_fajlcserelotor...

[The Associated Press] French lawmakers reject Internet piracy bill

neurone18 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:09:12 +0200

Opponents also pointed out that users downloading from public WiFi hotspots or using masked IP addresses might be impossible to trace. Others called its proposed monitoring structures unrealistic.

"It is a bad response to a false problem," said Jeremie Zimmerman, coordinator of the Quadrature du Net, a Paris-based Internet activist group that opposed the bill, calling it "completely impossible to apply."

He said the bill's rejection is proof of a widespread sense that it was a draconian approach.

[The Associated Press] French lawmakers reject Internet piracy bill

neurone364 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:09:00 +0200

Opponents also pointed out that users downloading from public WiFi hotspots or using masked IP addresses might be impossible to trace. Others called its proposed monitoring structures unrealistic.

He said the bill's rejection is proof of a widespread sense that it was a draconian approach.

[NYTimes] France Rejects Plan to Curb Internet Piracy

neurone364 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0200

[...] It is also a major embarrassment for Mr. Sarkozy, who has rallied sufficient legislative support for other measures popular with French media companies, like phasing out advertising on public television. [...]

Jérémie Zimmermann, director of La Quadrature du Net, an Internet advocacy group in Paris, described the outcome as “a huge political blow” for Mr. Sarkozy and Ms. Albanel. “It’s a victory for the citizens and the civil liberties over the corporate interests,” Mr. Zimmermann added.

[Ars Technica] French "3 strikes" law suffers shocking defeat

neurone364 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:35:00 +0200

The French certainly have a flair for the dramatic, what with the recent kidnapping of bosses and the near-constant succession of transport and farmers' strikes. Even last night's "graduated response" vote featured its share of parliamentary theatrics, as the controversial Création et Internet law went down to a shocking 21-15 defeat.

That's right—"three strikes" has struck out in France. At least for now.

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[New York Times] Plan to Curb Internet Piracy Advances in France

neurone18 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:04:41 +0200

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Nonetheless, Internet advocates call the French proposal legally unsound on the ground that there are inadequate the provisions for challenging an action, and because it gives industry groups the power to police the Internet. Others question whether the law would unfairly penalize those whose wireless broadband accounts are misused by others. The French law tries to anticipate this by making it a civil infraction for citizens to fail to “secure” their broadband accounts by using approved filtering technology.
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[BusinessWeek] France Gets Tough on Net Piracy

neurone18 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:57:22 +0200

La Quadrature du Net, an internet freedom pressure group, organised a campaign in which tens of thousands of websites across the country and beyond went dark in a 'black-out' protest against the measures.
Calling the bill a 'monster, the group criticised the majority deputies as pawns of President Sarkozy, who has made the bill a point of pride: "The powerless opposition confronted a wall of 'army boots' for the majority that were only there to vote according to the desires of the executive.

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[BusinessWeek] France Gets Tough on Net Piracy

neurone364 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:57:00 +0200

La Quadrature du Net, an internet freedom pressure group, organised a campaign in which tens of thousands of websites across the country and beyond went dark in a 'black-out' protest against the measures.
Calling the bill a 'monster, the group criticised the majority deputies as pawns of President Sarkozy, who has made the bill a point of pride: "The powerless opposition confronted a wall of 'army boots' for the majority that were only there to vote according to the desires of the executive.

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[Times Online] France may ban illegal downloaders from internet

neurone364 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:20:00 +0200

Anyone who downloads films and music in France without paying will face up to a year's ban from the internet under a disputed law that is to be approved by the French parliament today. [...]

Critics, who include internet and civil liberties groups and some artists, are denouncing it as a breach of freedom that will not work. One internet campaign group called Quadrature du Net said that the law amounted to “imposing a social death sentence”.

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[ZeroPaid] France Passes “Three-Strikes” Law

neurone18 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:08:10 +0200

La Quadrature du Net, an Internet freedom organization, also denounced the bills passage.

“The vote … is a symbol of the technological ignorance of a government and a majority in the service of a blind corporatism, ” said group representative Jeremie Zimmermann. “The industries that required the Hadopi are not close to being saved (by this law).”

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85940/france-passes-three-strikes-law/

[ZeroPaid] France Passes “Three-Strikes” Law

neurone364 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:08:00 +0200

La Quadrature du Net, an Internet freedom organization, also denounced the bills passage.

“The vote … is a symbol of the technological ignorance of a government and a majority in the service of a blind corporatism, ” said group representative Jeremie Zimmermann. “The industries that required the Hadopi are not close to being saved (by this law).”

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85940/france-passes-three-strikes-law/