[p2p-research] Fwd: [Announce] IMMI proposal passed unanimously

[Alex Rollin]

Yay!

Such interesting times we live in!

--
Alex

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collapse.

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and developing world. Our dream is no longer possible in the new world.” -
Jared Diamond March 2010



On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Smári McCarthy <smari at immi.is>
> Date: Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM
> Subject: [Announce] IMMI proposal passed unanimously
> To: announce at immi.is, core at immi.is
>
>
> Reykjavík, Iceland; 4:00 UTC, June 16th 2010.
>
>
> The Icelandic Modern Media Initiative's parliamentary resolution
> proposal has passed through a vote at Alþingi and was accepted with a
> unanimous vote.
>
> 50 votes were cast in favor, zero against, one abstained. Twelve members
> of parliament were not present. Vote results are available at
> http://www.althingi.is/dba-bin/atkvgr.pl?nnafnak=43014
>
> Two changes were made to the proposal from its original form as per the
> opinion of the parliament's general affairs committee
> [http://www.althingi.is/altext/138/s/1329.html]. The first of these
> altered slightly the wording of the first paragraph so as to widen the
> arena for research. The second of these added two new items to the list
> of tasks for the government:
>
>   - That the government should perform a detailed analysis, especially
> with respect to operational security, for the prospect of operating data
> centers in Iceland.
>
>   - That the government should organize an international conference in
> Iceland regarding the changes to the legal environment being caused by
> expansion of cloud computing, data havens, and the judicial state of the
> Internet.
>
>
> Video footage from the proposal's vote will be available at:
>
> http://www.althingi.is/altext/hlusta.php?raeda=rad20100616T033127&horfa=1
>
> http://www.althingi.is/altext/hlusta.php?raeda=rad20100616T033306&horfa=1
>
>
> A more detailed press release will follow.
>
> For details of the proposal and press contacts, please see
> http://www.immi.is
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>        Smári McCarthy
>        Icelandic Modern Media Initiative
>
>        smari at immi.is
>        +354 662 2701
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