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[ElMundo.Es] España lleva a la UE un documento que mezcla propiedad intelectual con pornografía infantil y xenofobia

Submitted on 26 February 2010
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"¿Cómo combatir las violaciones de la propiedad intelectual y los contenidos xenófobos y racistas y de pornografía infantil en Internet?" Esta es la pregunta que la Presidencia española de la UE hace a sus socios comunitarios en un documento (PDF) que los ministros de Justicia de la UE van a discutir de manera informal hoy.

[TheInquirer] World going barmy over copyright enforcement

Submitted on 22 February 2010
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IT IS NOT CLEAR how accurate it is yet but someone has posted a copy of what appears to be the crucial enforcement section of the secret copyright treaty that the publishing cartels want the world to accept. [...]

According to citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net the draft would constitute caving in to the entertainment corporations' demands and profoundly alter the structure of the Internet.

[V3.Co.Uk] Iceland set for boost to online freedoms

Submitted on 15 February 2010
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A document will be submitted to the Icelandic parliament tomorrow that has the potential to bring the country's inhabitants stronger online freedoms than anywhere else in Europe.

"In the UK a letter from a lawyer can cause any content to be removed from a web site, but if this initiative is adopted in Iceland a legal letter would have to be sent to a judge before any web site content is taken down," said Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder of citizens' rights group La Quadrature du Net.

[TheInquirer] France falls under Internet censorship

Submitted on 11 February 2010
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THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT has buckled under pressure and approved the Sarkozy government's authoritarian plans to censor the Internet.

[ComputerWeekly] Google slams French plans to tax online news aggregators

Submitted on 08 February 2010
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A French proposal to tax online advertising revenues to subsidise struggling newspapers and music companies has drawn fire from the internet community.

The proposal was contained in a government-sponsored research paper following claims that news aggregators such as Google, Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo and Facebook are profiting from their work without paying for it.

Internet activist Quadrature du Net said the tax would make all taxpayers pay for "out of date businesses".

[EurActiv] Brussels denies rumours of secret anti-piracy treaty

Submitted on 04 February 2010
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An upcoming global trade agreement on copyright and counterfeiting, known as ACTA, will not rewrite EU rules on the liability of internet service providers, a leading European Commission official told EurActiv, denying media reports that suggest otherwise. [...]

La Quadrature du Net, a web pressure group, maintains that ACTA will create legal uncertainty for ISPs, which will start to self-censor what happens on their networks and "bend under the pressure of the entertainment industries". [...]

[Computeractive.Co.Uk] Liberal Democrats lambast secrecy of anti-counterfeit deal.

Submitted on 27 January 2010
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The Liberal Democrats have demanded that Lord Mandelson let MPs know what is being decided under the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta).

[...] Mr Zimmermann said: "Unelected negotiators - carrying out the orders of the entertainment industries - are attacking the very essence of the internet."

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2256854/lib-dems-cal...

[HoyTecnologia] Denuncian la "opacidad" del encuentro internacional contra piratería en México

Submitted on 26 January 2010
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La Asociación de Internautas (AI) ha denunciado hoy la "opacidad" con la que un grupo de países --EEUU, la Unión Europea y Japón, entre otros-- reunidos en México desde hoy y hasta el 29 de enero están llevando las negociaciones sobre un futuro Tratado Comercial Anti-Falsificación (ACTA, por sus siglas en inglés), que, a su juicio, "está dirigido a controlar Internet".

[Rsf.Org] Threat to online free expression from imminent international accord.

Submitted on 25 January 2010
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Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about the threat to online free expression from measures to combat digital piracy and copyright violations in an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) that is currently being negotiated. [...]

The European Parliament has not even had access to the negotiating documents. [...]

[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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[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.

[Publico.Es] Francia lanza un aparato de propaganda contra las descargas

Submitted on 27 December 2009
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El Ministerio de Cultura francés ha lanzado un concurso público para encontrar la agencia publicitaria capaz de cumplir una misión que se plantea complicada: que los usuarios acepten la tarea de la futura autoridad antidescargas, que consiste en delatar a los que obtienen y comparten en la Red archivos sujetos a derechos de autor. La noticia, publicada por pcinpact.com, ha caído como una bomba entre los internautas, que han combatido contra la ley Creación e Internet que instaura la Hadopi.

[ComputerAct!ve] Copyright infringement plans anger civil rights groups

Submitted on 15 December 2009
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Opposition is growing to proposals on tackling counterfeit goods and copyright infringement. Consumer and civil liberties groups, as well as trade organisations, say measures proposed during secret trade talks threaten to undermine people's rights.

US government documents have been leaked from talks about the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA). This agreement is meant to be “about tackling activities pursued by criminal organisations”, but the documents show that proposals could go much further.

[Futurezone.orf.at] Bürgerrechtler: Offener Brief gegen ACTA

Submitted on 11 December 2009
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Ein internationaler Verbund von Bürgerrechtlern hat sich mit einem offenen Brief zum Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) an die EU-Kommission und das Europaparlament gewandt. Ihre Forderung: Die geheimen Verhandlungen mit den USA seien sofort zu öffnen. [...]