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10 Reasons to Oppose ACTA

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ACTA events in Parliament - week starting 27 February

Discussion on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in the International Trade Committee starts Wednesday. Parliament will need to decide whether or not to approve the agreement. On Tuesday a petition against ACTA will be handed to the Petitions Committee, and on 1 March a public workshop with experts and bloggers will look at issues such as ACTA's potential impact on civil liberties.

■ The European Parliament has now been formally notified to initiate its consent procedure – it has the right to say "yes" or "no" to ACTA. It is for the Parliament to decide when the vote on ACTA could take place. In parallel, ACTA has to be ratified by all EU Member States.

■ Once the European Parliament has given its consent and the national ratification processes in the Member States are completed, the Council of Ministers has to adopt a final decision to conclude the agreement. This is then notified to the other signatories of ACTA so that the agreement will enter into force for the EU and its Member States.

'ACTA is dead,' says Europe's digital doyenne -
Until the next ACTA, that is...

Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda
(re:publica conference "The European public on the Net" Berlin, 4 May 2012)

Today I'm going to talk to you about freedom online. Why it matters: why we must protect it: and how we are doing that.
I know that many of you at re:publica already campaign for Internet freedom. Don't stop! The Internet is the new frontier of freedom, in Western democracies but also around the world.

It is changing the politics and economics of the world. And some find that change too disruptive, too challenging, and want to stop it.
But remember how many kinds of freedom we can promote and protect online. Fundamental freedoms – like freedom of speech, and the right to privacy. The freedom to innovate, and to be rewarded and recognised for your own bright ideas in the way you think fit. And the freedom of the Internet architecture as a whole.

Yes the Internet should be open; and yes it should be free. But that is not the same as being a lawless wild west.

The Internet has become too important to just leave its future to good fortune.
That is why we must recognise rights and responsibilities online — for an online world that is an increasingly important part of our society.
Today, I would like to focus on the future, on the chance for Internet freedom to unlock Europe's potential.

That is my vision for a free and open Internet, at once a vehicle for innovation, a platform for free expression, and a place to exercise the liberties ensured through safety and security.

The best thing about the Internet is that it is open: and I intend to keep it that way.

Pirate Bay Moves to The Cloud

The Pirate Cloud

The Pirate Bay has made an important change to its infrastructure. The world’s most famous BitTorrent site has switched its entire operation to the cloud. From now on The Pirate Bay will serve its users from several cloud hosting providers scattered around the world. The move will cut costs, ensure better uptime, and make the site virtually invulnerable to police raids — all while keeping user data secure.

The Pirate Bay is loved by millions of file-sharers but is also a thorn in the side of the entertainment industries.

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John Brandon (Published November 01, 2012 FoxNews.com) έγραψε: One month until they regulate the Internet Better enjoy Facebook while you can. A U.N.-sponsored conference next month in Dubai will propose new regulations and restrictions for the Internet, which critics say will censor free speech, levy tariffs on e-commerce, and even force companies to clean up their “e-waste” and make gadgets that are better for the environment. Concerns about the closed-door event have sparked a Wikileaks-style info-leaking site, and led the State Department on Wednesday to file a series of new proposals or tranches seeking to ensure “competition and commercial agreements -- and not regulation” as the meeting's main message. Terry Kramer, the chief U.S. envoy to the conference, says the United States is against sanctions and believes management of the Internet by one central organization goes against free speech. “[Doing nothing] would not be a terrible outcome at all,” Kramer said recently. “We need to avoid suffocating the Internet space through well-meaning but overly prescriptive proposals that would seek to control content.” The conference will be run by the International Telecommunications Union (ITC), a U.N. agency that has typically provided a welcome service by making sure that the Internet works across countries. Many of its guidelines were first instituted in 1988. Most haven’t changed since then. The World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) is the first such meeting since those guidelines were created, and businesses are taking it seriously: U.S. delegates will include representatives from AT&T, Cisco, Facebook, GoDaddy, and dozens more. To dispel concerns, the ITU played damage control in early October. “There are no proposals submitted to create new international regulatory agencies, or mechanisms, and hence no proposals to put ITU in control of the Internet!” said Malcolm Johnson, ITU's telecommunication standardization bureau director, in a written statement. Despite those reassurances, key experts remain concerned. The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is one of just five groups that assign numbers to Internet names, a key part of making the web tick. Cathy Handley, executive director of government affairs at ARIN and a conference attendee, said the meeting is meant to exert some sort of controls. “Some of the proposals that could clearly have consequences address the high cost of mobile roaming, taxation of calls, issues associated with the routing of calls, cybersecurity and combating spam,” Handley told FoxNews.com. “A major concern is with any attempt to make the International Telecommunication Regulations prescriptive and force regulation.” Indeed, the same statement in which Johnson urges calm mentions a possible vote for more regulation. Josh King, an attorney with legal advice site Avvo.com, said the ITU will make stronger proposals at a 2015 conference in Dubai. For now, the goal is to restructure so the telecommunication companies in each country have more control over what is on the Internet. “The open, multi-stakeholder approach that has led to the massive growth of the Internet over the last 15 years [would] be replaced with a system of top-down, international regulation,” he told FoxNews.com. Michael Embrich, a spokesperson for Internet advocacy group TestPAC, defines that goal as a way to level the playing field on the Internet and give developing countries a fair shot. Smaller countries want more regulations to help them compete with the U.S, he said. At the conference, the ITC will even propose regulations that go offline, further than the Web. Emrich said one proposal, to be funded by $53B in U.S. dollars, is to connect North and South America using a massive telecom pipeline. Another rule would cover cell phone batteries. “They would like to implement a law that would require all makers of rechargeable batteries to make them 30 percent smaller and more efficient. They claim to have a study that says they can do this though proper regulations and requirements,” Embrich said. Handley told FoxNews.com that it is likely some of the proposals at WCIT will be enacted over the next five years. What were formerly considered rough guidelines will become more precise governances, she said. “The impact will be determined by the proposals that are adopted,” Handley said. “[Previous regulations have been viewed as] high-level principles, which means that countries have been able to implement them as they have seen needed.” “While the worst-case scenario isn’t likely, there’s a decent chance that some of these regulations will go into effect,” King agreed. Even if the ITU adds new rules, it won’t be able to enforce Internet governance on a global stage, Emrich said. Iran now has a closed Internet, and the only recourse the ITU has is to impose sanctions, for example. “India has also recently imposed harsh censorship on their Internet users that go against the recommendation of practices of the WCIT,” he told FoxNews.com. “The WCIT has shown no evidence that they will try to stop it.” Vivek Mohan, a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and a former Microsoft attorney, says the talks should be taken seriously, even if there might not be any short-term impact. “This is a fight for life for the ITU. If they don't assert authority and jurisdiction, they will become irrelevant,” he told FoxNews.com.

Με αφορμή το πρόσφατο σκάνδαλο με τον αρχηγό της CIA ( Online Privacy Issue Is Also in Play in Petraeus Scandal - “If the C.I.A. director can get caught, it’s pretty much open season on everyone else.” ) η νομοθεσία στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση:

European Commission - Data protection

Whenever you open a bank account, join a social networking website or book a flight online, you hand over vital personal information such as your name, address, and credit card number.

What happens to this data? Could it fall into the wrong hands? What rights do you have regarding your personal information?

70% of EU citizens are worried about the misuse of their personal data. That's why the EU is developing rules to strengthen your right to access, change or delete your data. And it's adding a 'Right to be Forgotten' online, letting you remove all your data from a website as soon as you want it gone. Because your personal data, it's you.

- The reform at a glance: what’s in it for me?

- European area of Justice (Twitter / Youtube)

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Βρήκα το εξής, προς το παρόν, από την επιση σελίδα: http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2012/90.aspx - "(World Conference on International Telecommunications affirms right to freedom of information online)"