French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to disconnect European file sharers from the Internet. The idea is already in the process of being realized in France, and will according to Sarkozy be a step toward “a civilized Internet” where ISPs watch the information that their customers exchange.
A couple of weeks ago, the Swedish government rejected the French model, but if France gets its way Sweden could be forced to implement these laws against the will of the parliament. It’s therefore of great significance that my party colleague Christofer Fjellner has tabled a proposal to stop Sarkozy’s internet ban and preserve file sharers’ online integrity.
What Fjellner has done formally is proposing an amendment to the so called Bono Report. Representatives for all parties that are included in the Swedish parliamentary majority alliance have signed the amendment, worded like this:
“Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise that the Internet is a vast platform for cultural expression, access to knowledge, and democratic participation in European creativity, bringing generations together through the information society; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to avoid adopting measures conflicting with civil liberties and human rights and with the principles of proportionality, effectiveness and dissuasiveness, such as the interruption of Internet access.”
The European Parliament votes on the proposal on April 9, which is this Wednesday. The decision will not be legally binding, but is important for positioning purposes.
April 7, 2008 at 6:04 pm |
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April 8, 2008 at 5:30 am |
Unlike France, Sweden has more sense, more morals and does not sell out to big content… maybe its because Sweden has people in their govt that are not “buyable”.
Also lets not forget that history has shown us, the French govt always gave up really fast and the only resistance was from small groups within France.. the govt were only too willing to bend down and take it up the …
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April 8, 2008 at 2:56 pm |
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April 10, 2008 at 9:07 am |
It is very important to strike a balance between the rights of copyright holders and individuals. I think the proposal in France goes too far in the direction of copyright holders. I am very glad to see a better proposal put forward by Sweden hopefully ensuring the Internet remains a rich source of legal content and fair use.
Jeremiah
April 10, 2008 at 3:05 pm |
[...] gesteld om mensen die files delen over het Internet uit te sluiten van de toegang tot Internet. Een idee van Sarkozy en al bijna doorgevoerd in Frankrijk. Christofer Fjellner, een Zweeds parlementslid had bij het [...]
April 11, 2008 at 7:58 pm |
Very interesting article to read. Shall I say I’m from France? I thought that was obvious.
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December 14, 2008 at 4:56 pm |
Im glad Sweden isn’t giving in to these supposed world powers. It is important that peoples privacy is preserved and having the ISPs monitoring users’ internet activity is an invasion of privacy. It is also important that we don’t confuse stealing with copyright breach because they are 2 separate crimes.