[p2p-research] Fwd: [opennetcoalition] French Parliament approves Net censorship

[Ryan Lanham]

If it is ineffective, why is it a threat?

R.


On 2/11/10, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Jérémie ZIMMERMANN - La Quadrature du Net <jz at laquadrature.net>
> Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:39 PM
> Subject: [opennetcoalition] French Parliament approves Net censorship
> To: opennetcoalition at laquadrature.net
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> La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release
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> http://www.laquadrature.net/en/french-parliament-approves-net-censorship
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> French Parliament approves Net censorship
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> *** Paris, February 11th, 2010 - During the debate over the French security
> bill (LOPPSI), the government opposed all the amendments seeking to minimize
> the risks attached to filtering Internet sites. The refusal to make this
> measure experimental and temporary shows that the executive could not care
> less about its effectivity to tackle online child pornography or about its
> disastrous consequences. This measure will allow the French government to
> take control of the Internet, as the door is now open to the extension of
> Net filtering. ***
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> The refusal to enact Net filtering as an experimental measure is a proof of
> the ill-intended objective of the government. Making Net filtering a
> temporary measure would have shown that it is uneffective to fight child
> pornography.
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> As the recent move1 of the German government shows, only measures tackling
> the problem at its roots (by deleting the incriminated content from the
> servers; by attacking financial flows) and the reinforcement of the means of
> police investigators can combat child pornography.
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> Moreover, whereas the effectivity of the Net filtering provision cannot be
> proven, the French government refuses to take into account the fact that
> over-blocking - i.e the "collateral censorship" of perfectly lawful websites
> - is inevitable2. Net filtering can now be extended to other areas, as
> President Sarkozy promised to the pro-HADOPI ("Three-Strikes" law)
> industries3.
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> "Protection of childhood is shamelessly exploited by Nicolas Sarkozy to
> implement a measure that will lead to collateral censorship and very
> dangerous drifts. After the HADOPI comes the LOPPSI: the securitarian
> machinery of the government is being deployed in an attempt to control the
> Internet at the expense of freedoms", concludes Jérémie Zimmermann,
> spokesperson for La Quadrature du Net.
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> * Références *
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> 1. See: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,676669,00.html
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> 2. Every study, including the government's own impact assessment comes to
> that conclusion.
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> 3. "The more we will be able to automatically depollute the networks and
> the servers from all sources of piracy, the less it will be necessary to
> take measures weighing on the end-users. [...] We must therefore experiment
> promptly filtering schemes." Speech to the world of culture:
> http://www.elysee.fr/download/?mode=press&filename=100107-discours-Voeux_culture.pdf
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> ** About la Quadrature du Net **
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> La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and
> freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for
> the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding
> principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge.
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> As such, La Quadrature du Net engages in public-policy debates concerning,
> for instance, freedom of speech, copyright, regulation of telecommunications
> and online privacy.
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> In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better
> understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and
> pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage
> citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the
> digital age.
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> La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international
> NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society
> Institute and Privacy International.
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> List of supporting organisations :
> http://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-squaring-net-la-quadrature-du-net
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> ** Press contact and press room **
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> Jérémie Zimmermann, jz at laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675
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> http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room
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