Olivennes Bill

Say No to Sarkozy's European Takeover!

Submitted by neurone2 on 20 November, 2008 - 14:59.

Paris, November 20th 2008 − Essential rights and freedoms for Internet users are at stake. On November 27th, The Council of EU may open the door to an pan-european "graduated response" by removing Amendment 138, voted by 88% of the European Parliament from the “Telecoms Package”. Academic studies confirm that the fundamental principles of proportionality and privacy may also be threatened by the ministers of the Member States, along with this blatant denial of everyone's right to a due trial.

How French Presidency Hides a Political Laundering Inside EU Telecoms Package

Submitted by neurone2 on 20 November, 2008 - 14:58.

Everybody agrees that European Union suffers from a democratic deficit which deepens the gap between European institutions and their citizens. What is more unknown is that one of main reasons for this is that Member States often use European Union to achieve what can be spelled as “political laundering”. The “Telecoms Package” gives a perfect example of such a deceptive maneuver, aimed at legalizing an european-wide "graduated response" against citizens, and stretching it even deeper as usual. How does it work?

European citizens: mobilize to block Sarkozy's "graduated response" at the Council!

Submitted by pi on 17 November, 2008 - 01:32.

A few weeks ago, the French law installing “graduated response” against Internet users was accepted by the French SenateTranslation of the french law.

Commission accepts amendment 138 against graduated response

Submitted by pi on 7 November, 2008 - 23:41.

The European Commission accepts amendment 138 (Bono/Cohn-Bendit/Roithova) against the french "graduated response", one week after the French law is unanimously voted in first reading by the French Senate.

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Graduated Response : The Lesson

Submitted by pi on 7 October, 2008 - 15:33.

The European Commission opposed on Monday a flat refusal to French president Nicolas Sarkozy's request for deleting amendment 138 of the Telecoms Package. It is yet another slap in the face for the proponents of the graduated response.

Graduated response: Europe must resist Sarkozy's authoritarianism

Submitted by neurone2 on 6 October, 2008 - 09:49.

A letter from Nicolas Sarkozy to the president of European Commission, Jose-Manuel Barroso, has been published today on the website ecrans.fr.[1] Sarkozy begs Barroso to reject Bono/Cohn-Bendit/Roithova amendment (amendment 138) adopted by 88% of the Members of European Parliament (MEPs) during the first reading of the Telecoms package.[2]

Telecoms Package : European democracy's victory already threatened

Submitted by neurone6 on 26 September, 2008 - 14:46.

La Quadrature du Net (Squaring the Net) welcomes the adoption, in the first reading, of several amendments correcting major problems in the Telecoms Package, as well as the rejection of the most dangerous amendments.

Members of the European Parliament have shown today their commitment to privacy, the protection of personal data, and principles of proportionality and separation of powers.

The European chapters of the Internet Society oppose the Olivennes law and its European extensions

Submitted by neurone1 on 7 September, 2008 - 10:52.

The European chapters of the Internet Society have issued a press release that develops an strong argumented stand against the three-strikes approach proposed by the French Olivennes law. Various amendments to the telecom package in the European Parliament try to pave the way for the introduction of this law and similar European regulation.

Read the text of ISOC's press release

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Exclusive : The latest "flexible response" french law draft

Submitted by pi on 6 May, 2008 - 15:56.

Paris, May 6, 2008. La Quadrature du Net (Squaring the Net) has obtained the latest version of the French Olivennes bill about "flexible response" against internet users, which is currently being studied by the State Council. [1] Its content is further evidence for the extremism of its drafters.

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Will France Introduce the Digital Guillotine in Europe?

Submitted by pi on 23 April, 2008 - 21:13.

Ever since DADVSI, the French implementation of the European Copyright Directive, Internet users in France have faced increasingly disproportionate threats of punishment for claims of copyright infringement. The latest scheme promoted by the content industry against unauthorized sharing of music and films on Internet is called "flexible response" or "three strikes, you're dead".

Squaring the Net in Washington Internet Daily

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

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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.

Squaring the Net : the debate is open.

Submitted by pi on 27 March, 2008 - 19:52.

Permanent link: http://www.laquadrature.net/the-debate-is-open

Paris, March 26, 2008. While the Olivennes bill [0] aimed at building the "graduated response" must be voted before the summer in France, a group of citizens launched "Squaring the Net" to alert on this and other equally disturbing governmental projects, and to make alternative proposals.

Since the beginning of the year, the french government has announced various projects relating to Internet:

Squaring the Net, op-ed by Christophe Espern

Submitted by pi on 24 March, 2008 - 18:46.

The French parliament will soon debate a draft law "about the High Authority for the dissemination of works and protection of the rights on the internet". The project incorporates the recommendations made by the then CEO of FNAC (biggest CD and DVD retail stores in France), Denis Olivennes. One of the key measures is to sanction a violation of copyright by cutting access to the Internet.