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Telecoms Package: send a postcard to your MEP

Submitted by neurone2 on 3 August, 2008 - 12:11.
The mobilization on "Telecoms Package" has been quite huge. After votes in committees, plenary vote has successfully postponed to end of September. La Quadrature du Net (Squaring the Net) invites you to take advantage of this delay by sending some summer postcards to MEPs.

Telecom Package : vote postponed

Submitted by pi on 11 July, 2008 - 12:31.

Planned for September, 2nd, the vote of the Telecom Package was postponed by the Conference of Presidents (which is made up of the chairs of the political groups and the President of the European Parliament). The debate will take place in Strasbourg, September, 2nd but the vote would be planned during the session which will start September, 22nd. For several MEPs, this is an unusual situation. More infos soon.

French telecom regulation authority criticizes Olivennes law

Submitted by pi on 30 May, 2008 - 01:40.

The French economic newspaper Les Échos reports, that ARCEP, the French authority for telecom regulation, recently released a notice critical of the Olivennes law project.

ARCEP considers that, given the current state of technology, Internet Service Providers cannot implement the three strike measures.

First, ARCEP "suggests a delay of several months before the law comes into effect", because the Internet service providers will have to build new tools to ensure their judiciary security.

Spanish internet users go to the front line

Submitted by pi on 30 April, 2008 - 18:20.

In Spain, the project of Nicolas Sarkozy to extend at European level flexible response (three strikes approach) make a noise.

The spanish press informs the public about the emergence of an international opposition. El Pais, 20minutos, and others published articles about La Quadrature du Net.

Squaring the Net in Washington Internet Daily

Submitted by pi on 1 April, 2008 - 02:46.

Reproduced by permission of Warren Communications News, Inc., 800-771-9202, www.warren-news.com

A new French citizens' lobbying group wants public debate on Internet-related regulation affecting human rights and freedoms, one of its organizers told us Friday. "Squaring the Net" (La quadrature du net) hopes to help spur a "societal movement which we feel is ready to develop," said Philippe Aigrain, director of the Society for Public Information Spaces.