[A2k] European Parliament: proposed amendment to cut connection when users download

[Gaëlle Krikorian]

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From: http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-35592/we-cut-your-
internet-connection-if-you-download-says-mep-heaton-harri
"We cut your internet connection if you download" says MEP Heaton-Harris

on: 16 Jan 2008, 06:50 -0-500

summary:
A report on "Cultural Industries" will be adopted next Tuesday in the
European Parliament (CULT committee) which is requesting the
suspension of internet connections for those who download, together
with mandatory internet filtering measures for ISPs all over Europe.
The amendment is proposed by british MEP Christopher Heaton-Harris.
Some other amendments also covers "P2P website designers". It might
be a good idea to contact MEPs members of CULT and ask them to reject
this intrusive proposal.

A report on "Cultural Industries" will be adopted next Tuesday in the
European Parliament (CULT committee) which could request internet
filtering ("We cut your internet connexion if you download") all over
Europe. This is emulating the bad ideas coming from the French
government and Vivendi-Universal, as it has been proposed by the
movie and the music industry in the recent Olivennes report.

Here is the proposed amendment by a british MEP Christopher Hilton-
Hearris (in bold is the new text proposed):

     Amendment by Christopher Heaton-Harris
     Amendment 80
     Paragraph 9 a (new)

     9a. Urges the Commission to oblige all those active in the
sector to join forces and seek
     solutions equitable to all with the aim to develop the offer of
legitimate online
     content and to make sure that all the involved stakeholders act
responsibly. In the
     event that adequate solutions have not been found within a
reasonable period of
     time that should not exceed 1 year, calls on the Commission and
the Member States
     to adopt legislative measures obliging Internet service
providers to cooperate in the
     fight against online piracy. This cooperation of Internet
service providers should
     include the use of filtering technologies to prevent their
networks being used to
     infringe intellectual property, the removal from the networks or
the blocking of
     content that infringes intellectual property, and the
enforcement of their contractual
     terms and conditions, which permit them to suspend or terminate
their contracts
     with those subscribers who repeatedly or on a wide scale
infringe intellectual
     property; draws Member States' attention on this point to the
fact that legislative
     measures which oblige Internet services providers to cooperate
in the fight against
     online piracy would be more effective than the legal pursuit of
users who infringe
     intellectual property;

Another amendment is also covering "P2P website designers":

     Amendment by Erna Hennicot-Schoepges
     Amendment 89
     Paragraph 9 b (new)
     9b. Takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should
consider establishing close
     consultations between the industry, Internet access providers,
consumers, P2P
     website designers and all categories of rights holders and all
other parties in order
     to more openly examine the new forms of consumption and the
resulting uses, with
     the aim of putting in place permanent, legal models for the
distribution and use of
     new online products and services;

It might be a good idea to contact MEPs members of CULT and ask them
to reject this intrusive proposal.



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> Date: January 16, 2008 7:16:00 AM EST
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