[p2p-research] Fwd: Iceland as a free speech haven

[Ryan Lanham]

Personally, I think it looks great and agree with every line of it.  Many of
the reference component laws I have favored in the past...of course I have
no idea of the local legislation, but the international laws are all very
good ones...and ideal models.

Ryan

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Smári McCarthy <smari at fabfolk.com>
> Date: 2010/2/7
> Subject: Iceland as a free speech haven
> To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>, Samuel Rose <
> samuel.rose at gmail.com>, "Paul B. Hartzog" <paulbhartzog at gmail.com>, Franz
> Nahrada <f.nahrada at reflex.at>, Mamading Ceesay <mamading at gmail.com>,
> dougald hine <writetodougald at gmail.com>, Eben Moglen <
> moglen at softwarefreedom.org>, Philippe Vandenbroeck <pv at shiftn.com>, Phoebe
> Moore <pvm.doc at gmail.com>, Elisabeth Ottilia Carlsson <
> elisabeth.carlsson at gmail.com>, Edmund Harriss <
> edmund.harriss at mathematicians.org.uk>, james burke <lifesized at gmail.com>,
> Arto Bendiken <arto at bendiken.net>, Dave Warner <davew at mindtel.com>, Dante
> Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>, Caroline Zeller <
> caroline.zeller at gmail.com>, Bernard Lietaer <blietaer at earthlink.net>,
> David Levinger <david at auracp.com>, Dmytri Kleiner <dk at trick.ca>, Gudjon
> Mar Gudjonsson <gudjon at hugmyndaraduneytid.is>, Siert Wijnia <
> siert at protospace.nl>, Jeremie Zimmermann <jz at laquadrature.net>, Sofia
> Bustamante <sofia at turnupthecourage.com>, Vinay Gupta <hexayurt at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>  In recent months a group of local and international people has been
> working on an initiative here in Iceland to propose reforms in media-
> and freedom of expression law, with the goal of creating the best
> environment for publication in the world. The method has been to adopt
> the strongest protective laws that exist in the world, such as the
> Swedish press freedom law, the Belgian source- and communications
> protection law, the New York Libel Terrorism Protection law, and so on,
> and bundle them into a broad proposal.
>
>  As the freedom of expression is constantly eroded, with recent
> examples of a source secrecy ban in Ethiopia, a draconian data retention
> policy being enacted in Belarus, and even in supposed liberal
> democracies, laws such as the FRA law in Sweden, censorship lists in
> various countries including Australia, Sweden and Norway, and more than
> 300 secret gag orders in the United Kingdom, the need for a place where
> the right to know is guarded and the right to share knowledge is upheld
> becomes ever greater.
>
>  We have set up a website for this initiative, which is, while we
> finish the final cleanups and such, closed, but it will be open soon.
> Until then I invite you to preview it. I hope that you will share the
> URL and credentials with trusted friends and contacts.
>
>  Our goal is to get public endorsements from a number of international
> organizations who believe this is generally a step in the right
> direction. We have already received a few endorsements, including from
> Wikileaks and Eva Joly. If your organization is willing to endorse the
> proposal, I request that you let me know via e-mail. If you have a
> comment of some sort, please let me know.
>
>
>  http://www.immi.is/?l=en
>
>        user:   immi
>        pass:   notforpublication
>
>  Kind regards,
>
>        Smári McCarthy
>
>        Icelandic Digital Freedoms Society
>
>        tel:    +354 662 2701
>        e-mail: smari at fabfolk.com
>
>
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