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Telecoms Package: Does the EU Council hate Freedom?

Submitted on 07 October 2009
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As the negotiations of the conciliation committee on the Telecoms Package unfold, the Council of the European Union came up with a new, alarming proposal.

Telecoms Package: Why the European Parliament must fight for amendment 138

Submitted on 29 September 2009
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On Monday, September 28th, the Conciliation committee on the Telecoms Package – a major reform of the Telecommunications sector in the European Union (EU) – started discussing contentious provisions that remain in the text. Early May, Rapporteurs for the EP and diplomats from the Council of the EU reached a consensus on the whole package, but one amendment that was finally passed by the Parliament : the notorious amendment 138. This fundamental provision is now at the heart of the negotiation.

[V3.co.uk] EU to decide extent of internet freedom Tuesday

Submitted on 28 September 2009
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The European Union (EU) is set to decide tomorrow whether it will consider protecting net neutrality.

The debate revolves around whether telecoms firms should be allowed intentionally to speed up or slow down traffic based on the service or application being used. [...]

LQDN has urged Europeans to call on their MEPs to preserve net neutrality. So far more than 70 non-governmental organisations from 15 member states have signed up to the agenda.

[DN.se] EU:s telekompaket: Dags för sista akten i dramat

Submitted on 28 September 2009
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Ikväll går ridån upp för sista akten i dramat kring EU:s telekompaket. Då får vi veta om någon svensk får sitta med i de direkta förhandlingarna med ministerrådet. Frågan är också vad de ska förhandla om. Internetaktivister runtom i unionen försöker in i det sista påverka agendan.

Nu görs ett tredje och sista försök, en så kallad förlikning, för att få igenom de lagförslag som sammanfattningsvis kallas telekompaketet. Parlamentet och ministerrådet kom i våras överens om allt utom en paragraf, kallad ändringsförslag 138. [...]

Concerns About Article 20, 21 and Recital 26 of the Telecoms Package

Submitted on 27 September 2009
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Summary: Amendments to the Universal Service directive pushed by American Telco AT&T currently allow operators to implement anti-Net neutrality measures. These provisions:

  • are mainly targeted to allow a Net discrimination
  • are harmful for the growth and innovation models of the Internet,
  • are a clear disincentive to the model based on cost-efficient bandwidth-based investments,
  • are against the benefit of consumers,
  • raise concerns about the protection of fundamental rights and freedom of European citizens.

Act now! The future of EU Internet may be sealed tonight.

Submitted on 27 September 2009
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Brussels, September 28th - The first conciliation meeting on the Telecoms Package will take place tonight at 7:30PM. In this meeting, 27 Members of the European Parliament will decide on the future of Internet in Europe. They will choose whether to fix or maintain the dreadful anti-Net neutrality dispositions voted in second reading by the Parliament, under the influence of AT&T. Rapporteurs and representatives of the Swedish Presidency opposed this idea so far. European citizens only have a few hours to urge MEPs to preserve Europe's innovation, competition, and citizen's fundamental rights.

[IPTEGRITY.com] Should MEPs open up the Package?

Submitted on 27 September 2009
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Without Amendment 138, the Telecoms Package permits restrictions on Internet access and it allows graduated response/3-strikes measures. How should the European Parliament handle its negotiations with the Council?

The European Parliament meets tomorrow to vote for the team who will negotiate with the Council, and give it a mandate. A key question is what should be the scope of the discussions. Should they open it up beyond Amendment 138? [...]

http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=412&I...

Net Neutrality: letter to the ministers in charge

Submitted on 24 September 2009
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La Quadrature du Net sent a letter to the French ministers in charge of the Telecoms Package to ask them to protect Net neutrality in the European Union, as they enter into final negotiations regarding this major reform.

Here is an english translation you can adapt to the context of your Member State:

Dear Minister,

[Intellectual Property Watch] US Acts To Preserve Internet Neutrality; European Debate Heats Up

Submitted on 24 September 2009
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As the United States is moving to ensure that internet (net) neutrality is preserved in that country, some are hoping other regions of the world will take notice, particularly the European Union. [...]

[The Inquirer] Net Neutrality to be curbed in the EU

Submitted on 23 September 2009
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AS US REGULATORS consider new legislation to protect net neutrality, European citizens are set to have their internet freedoms significantly curbed.

The debate on net neutrality revolves around whether telcoms firms should be allowed to intentionally speed up or slow down traffic based on which service or application is being used. [...]

The conciliation procedure will begin on 29 September and the committee from the European Parliament that will debate the issue has been picked, said the source.

[V3.co.uk] European net neutrality set to be restricted

Submitted on 23 September 2009
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As US regulators consider new legislation to protect net neutrality, European citizens are set to have their internet freedoms significantly curbed. [...]

[...] the Swedish Presidency does not want to waste time debating the issue again.

[BoingBoing] Europeans! Call your MEP to protect Net Neutrality

Submitted on 17 September 2009
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Jeremie Zimmermann sez, "Organizations from all around Europe share their concern of seeing Net Neutrality being sacrificed during the conciliation procedure of the directives of the EU Telecoms Package. They sent this letter to the Members of the European Parliament, urging them to take decisive action in order to guarantee a free, open and innovative Internet, and to safeguard the fundamental freedoms of European citizens."

[EurActiv.com] Parts of telecoms package innovation-hostile, says activist

Submitted on 17 September 2009
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The EU's telecoms package is set to relinquish control of the Internet to network operators, say Web activists, who are busy lobbying ministers and MEPs ahead of an imminent third reading of the legislation.

There are several elements in the package which are hostile to innovation and will turn the Internet into a kind of global cable television controlled by network operators, Jeremie Zimmerman, co-founder of civil liberties group La Quadrature du Net told EurActiv in an interview.