[ NNSquad ] Re: EU battling itself over cutting off Internet users without court orders

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:45:35 +0200
From: Stefano Quintarelli <stefano@quintarelli.it>
Subject: Re: [ NNSquad ] EU battling itself over cutting off Internet users
	without court orders
To: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>

hi

1) http://is.gd/tSnm
 Strasbourg, April 21 2009 - Once again, the European Parliament has
demonstrated it can resist pressure and stand for the rights and
freedoms of citizens. Amendment 138 (now renumbered amendment 46)
was adopted today in ITRE committe, in Strasbourg.

Amendement 138/46-135 states that restrictions to the fundamental
rights and freedoms of Internet users can only be put in place
after a decision by judicial authorities


2) FYI,
I'll be chairing as nnsquad.it the opening roundtable in the workshop  
below.
http://www.altroconsumo.it/20090416/la-locandina-del-convegno-Attach_s241543.pdf
after my panel, Meglena Kuneva EU Commissioner for consumer affairs
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/kuneva/index_en.htm

mid may we are organizing a workshop with Italy's NRA thinktank on NN,  
invited speaker kenneth carter.

ciao, s.


Lauren Weinstein wrote:
>
> EU battling itself over cutting off Internet users without court orders
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/internet/21net.html
>
> By the way, I noticed an item on Dave Farber's IP list this morning
> that erroneously reported that the French law had already been passed.
> It appeared to be an old item -- seemingly written before the most
> recent French vote -- that found its way back onto IP in error from a
> different mailing list.
>
> Currently the new vote on the French "Internet Castration" legislation
> is scheduled for 29 April, according to Reuters.
>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein
> lauren@vortex.com
> Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
> http://www.pfir.org/lauren
> Co-Founder, PFIR
>    - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
> Co-Founder, NNSquad
>    - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
> Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition    for Transparent Internet 
> Performance - http://www.gctip.org
> Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
> Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
> Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
> Twitter: LW1

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