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TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Documentary Official Trailer
Published januari 13, 2013 fildelning , filosofi , historia , internets , juridik , nätaktivism , politik , samhälle , teknologi , upphovsrätt StängtEtiketter:copyright, Documentary, filesharing, In your face Hollywood, Information freedom, Politics, privacy, the pirate bay, tpb, TPB:AFK, Trade Sanctions
La Quadrature Du Net: Ask what the next European Commission will do for our Freedoms!
Published november 26, 2009 internets , nätaktivism , politik , samhälle Leave a CommentEtiketter:citizens, copyright, eu, european commission, filesharing, filtering, freedoms, internet, la quadrature du net, net neutrality, nice treaty, press release, privacy
Press release from La Quadrature Du net:
Paris, November 26th 2009 – La Quadrature is calling on European citizens to submit questions aimed at finding out where the next European Commission (2010-2014) stands on EU citizens’ fundamental freedoms on the Internet.
The Council of the European Union and the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, just agreed1 on a college of Commissioners designate. The Parliament will now conduct hearings2 before appointing the full college.
These hearings, which were introduced in 2001 (article 214 of the Nice Treaty), are an important feature of the emerging European democracy. They help the legislative branch evaluate the executive branch’s competence and commitment to serve human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights3. It is also an opportunity for the Members of the European Parliament – who directly represent European citizens – to ask the Commissioners designate to take position on issues that are relevant to their occupation.
Internet regulation is high on the next Commission’s legislative agenda. This is why it is so important for citizens and civil society groups to step in the debate and question the next Commissioners about their vision for the future of the Internet. Do they want to protect the democratic nature of the this new essential mean of communications, or are they going be oblivious to its progressive potentialities and give in to special-interests asking for more control?
La Quadrature calls on citizens to help drafting a list of questions to be asked to Commissioners designate. Submitted questions should address various topics related to citizens rights and freedoms on the Internet, such as:
- The fight against filesharing;
- Net neutrality;
- Filtering of Internet content;
- Copyright law;
- Privacy;
- Other issues that you might find relevant.
Questions should be addressed to the Commissioners for: Information Society and Media, Justice and Home Affairs, Competition, Internal Market or Trade.
The complete questionnaire will be transmitted to the Members of the European Parliament before the auditions.
Ask what the next European Commission will do for our Freedoms!
Förlängd upphovsrätt för musik
Published januari 25, 2009 musik , politik , upphovsrätt Leave a CommentEtiketter:copyright, europaparlamentet, musik, musiker, upphovsrätt
Det finns strömningar inom Europaparlamentet som vill införa förlängd upphovsrätt för musik. Förslaget som är på tapeten tar upp möjligheten till förlängd upphovsrätt från 50 till 95 år. Nu kanske ni undrar hur detta kommer att gynna musiker? Det kommer att innebära en väldigt skev fördelning om detta går igenom.
Enligt Alexandersson har Sverige sagt nej till en förlängd upphovsrätt inom nationens gränser, men sannolikheten att Sverige hakar på ett eventuellt ja i Europaparlamentet är ju tyvärr rätt hög.
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