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Fwd: [A2k] [acta] Mr Wieland sacrifices the Parliament’s broader interests
by J.C. DE MARTIN March 28, 2012

March 28, 2012

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [A2k] [acta] Mr Wieland sacrifices the Parliament’s broader interests Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:03:41 +0200 From: Ante <ante(a)ffii.org> Reply-To: ante(a)ffii.org To: a2k discuss list <a2k(a)lists.keionline.org> Mr Wieland sacrifices the Parliament’s broader interests http://acta.ffii.org/?p=1216 with links March 27, 2012 By Ante Rainer Wieland, Vice President of the European Parliament, confirmed the decision taken earlier by the Secretary General not to release the legal service’s opinion on ACTA (pdf). According to the Vice President, the EU is now under certain obligations concerning due and successful ratification of ACTA. Furthermore, the letter, dated 14 March 2012, states that Legal Affairs Committee coordinators were not competent to release the opinion. A day earlier, on 13 March, Legal Affairs Chair Mr Lehne stated in a letter (pdf) to the Chair of the Conference of Chairs that the Legal Affairs Committee "was merely applying the general rule, which is that there is an obligation to disclose the opinions of the legal service relating to a legislative process". Mr Wieland: "Moreover, it has to be underlined that the signing of ACTA by the Union in Tokyo on 26 January 2012 entails certain legal obligations for the Union vis-á-vis its contracting partners. Indeed, it follows from international law that once an international agreement has been signed, the contracting parties are by law expected to refrain from any action which would defeat the object and purpose of the agreement (Article 18 of Vienna Convention on the Law of the Treaties). Moreover, the signatories undertake to start the ratification process. Therefore, the Union is now under certain obligations concerning due and successful ratification of ACTA." That seems a somewhat wild statement. Under art 18 VCLT "A State is obliged to refrain from acts which would defeat the object and purpose of a treaty when: (a) it has signed the treaty or has exchanged instruments constituting the treaty subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, until it shall have made its intention clear not to become a party to the treaty; (..)" Since the Council signed ACTA, the Council can not stimulate counterfeiting, fair enough. But the Council can still decide ACTA is a bad idea and inform the negotiating partners. And the Parliament is fully free to give consent or not. There is no certain obligation concerning "successful ratification". According to Mr Wieland, publication of legal opinions create a serious risk that the ratification procedure launched by the contracting partners of the EU will be jeopardised. Really? In Parliament, there are two forces that want to keep the legal opinion secret: the legal service, which consistently overlooked known issues, and proponents of ACTA, like International Trade Committee Chair Mr Moreira. Mr Wieland apparently agrees with these two limited interests, while the Parliament has a much bigger interest: ensure the biggest possible freedom to take decisions. But Mr Wieland rather invents a "certain obligation concerning due and successful ratification of ACTA". Mr Wieland sacrifices the Parliament’s broader interest for limited interests. He happily incapacitates the Parliament. Mr Wieland’s decision to use article 18 VCLT to keep the legal service’s opinions on ACTA secret is incomprehensible and detrimental for the Parliament. Mr Wieland: "As to- your allegation that the coordinators of the Legal Affairs committee had decided to disclose the legal opinion I have to inform you that contrary to your allegations, no decision exists to fully disclose document SJ-661/11 which has been formally adopted by any competent political body of the European Parliament. Moreover, according to Article 192 of Parliaments Rules of Procedure, the coordinators can only decide in the case of explicit delegation by the Committee. In the absence of such a delegation, they may only adopt recommendations requiring formal ex-post approval which had not taken place in the matter under consideration. Indeed, the adopted minutes of the Legal Affairs Committee meeting of 19-20 December 2011 do not record any decision by delegation on the recommendation to which you refer; neither has any approval ex-post for a coordinators’ recommendation been referred back to the Committee members." But the decision was recorded… in the separate coordinators’ minutes. The secretariat sent these minutes to the Legal Affairs Committee Members. As far as we can know, no Committee Member objected against the decision. And the next day the Legal Affairs Committee publicly discussed the opinion. Members welcomed the publication, no Member protested. The mood was cheerful, I was told. It is disheartening to see our 500 million people parliament defend secrecy. _______________________________________________ A2k mailing list A2k(a)lists.keionline.org http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k_lists.keionline.org

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VOGLIAMO TRASPARENZA - TWITTER e FACEBOOK
by Guido Scorza March 27, 2012

March 27, 2012

Carissime/i, se e quando trovate un attimo, iscrivetevi e fate girare i nostri profili social: Twitter: @VTrasparenza https://twitter.com/#!/VTrasparenzaFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vogliamotrasparenza/165385453582160 Un abbraccio e buonanotte G.

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Google should be forced to censor search results, say MPs
by Alberto March 27, 2012

March 27, 2012

Interessante (e preoccupante) articolo del Guardian<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/27/google-under-fire-from-mps>sui doveri di filtraggio dei caching providers secondo Commons e Lords. Mi sembra che non abbiano letto Sabam, diciamo. Alberto -- Alberto Bellan Milan, ITALY twitter: @albertobellan <http://twitter.com/#!/albertobellan> blog: parolecomplicate.it skype: albertobellan

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vogliamotrasparenza - OT ma non troppo
by Guido Scorza March 27, 2012

March 27, 2012

Carissimi, con una neonata coalizione (open media coalition) della quale è parte anche Nexa, abbiamo appena lanciato una campagna per chiedere trasparenza nelle nomine dei membri del garante privacy, dell'autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni e del CDA della RAI. Se volete dare un'occhiata al manifesto e vedere le azioni che stiamo per intraprendere le trovate qui: www.vogliamotrasparenza.it Il sito - tirato su in un pugno di ore - è ancora un work in progress e, quindi, vi prego di perdonare errori ed approssimazioni. Ogni idea/suggerimento, critica ulteriore è, ovviamente, la ben venuta! La coalizione è aperta all'adesione di tutte le associazioni espressione della società civile e federazioni che ne condividono gli obiettivi e finalità, quindi, manifestatemi pure in privato la volontà di aderire con soggetti che rappresentate o conoscete. Per i singoli sarà possibile aderire a singole iniziative, firmando lettere e petizioni che lanceremo nei prossimi giorni. Ovviamente, più ne parlate sui vostri canali social più abbiamo chance di riuscire ad imporre la trasparenza. Non vogliamo che vinca questo o quel candidato né sovvertire le regole ma...semplicemente...esser sicuri che tutto avvenga in modo trasparente. Aspetto di leggervi/sentirvi in privato per evitare di creare confusione in lista. Sono, davvero, a vostra disposizione e con me lo sono Eduardo ed Irene che ci leggono in cc e che fanno parte del nostro mini-staff. Un abbraccio e grazie sin d'ora, G. __ Avv. Prof. Guido Scorza SR&Partners Via dei Barbieri, 6 - 00186 Roma Tel. +39-06.87750524 Fax +39-0692931778 www.guidoscorza.it www.sr-partners.it

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Fwd: Rif: vogliamotrasparenza - OT ma non troppo
by athos gualazzi March 27, 2012

March 27, 2012

---------- Messaggio inoltrato ---------- Da: athos gualazzi <athosgualazzi(a)gmail.com> Date: 27 marzo 2012 13:29 Oggetto: Re: [nexa] Rif: vogliamotrasparenza - OT ma non troppo A: a.dicorinto(a)uniroma1.it Il 27 marzo 2012 12:48, <a.dicorinto(a)uniroma1.it> ha scritto: > Iniziativa quanto mai utile e necessaria. > Io ci sto e invito tutti a aderire. > a presto questo vale anche per me a livello personale mentre per il Partito Pirata è in votazione su liquidfeedback ...........penso con esito positivo ma non prima di domani ....... la "nostra" democrazia ha bisogno di tempi di reazione :-) -- Athos Gualazzi Partito Pirata Italiano http://www.partito-pirata.it http://www.piratpartiet.it http://www.anonet.it -- Athos Gualazzi Partito Pirata Italiano http://www.partito-pirata.it http://www.piratpartiet.it http://www.anonet.it

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IP and Competition Seminar (Università Bocconi): Aliprandi-Rossetti
by aura.bertoni＠unibocconi.it March 27, 2012

March 27, 2012

Ho il piacere segnalare alla lista Nexa il quarto appuntamento della IP and Competition Seminar Series organizzata dal Dipartimento di Studi Giuridici "Angelo Sraffa" insieme al centro ASK (Arts, Science and Knowledge). Lunedì 2 aprile 2012, ore 18 Sala seminari 1.C4SR-01, 1° piano, Via Roentgen 1 La percezione del diritto d'autore nell'era digitale: Un'analisi socio-giuridica Introduce: Maria Lillà Montagnani, Università Bocconi Intervengono: Simone Aliprandi, Copyleft-Italia Andrea Rossetti, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Per la registrazione e maggiori dettagli, vi allego l'invito. Aura Aura Bertoni Bocconi University Department of Legal Studies Via Roentgen 1 20136 Milan Italy +39 02 5836 5581

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La Repubblica: Smartphone, tv, auto, fabbriche, l'open source nelle nostre vite
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it March 26, 2012

March 26, 2012

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Recognizing the Fight We're
by avv. Monica A. Senor March 26, 2012

March 26, 2012

http://vimeo.com/39188615 Interessante (come sempre!) keynote di Lessig Monica

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FYI: LIBERTA’ OBBLIGATORIA: software libero e formati aperti a Roma per il Document Freedom Day
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it March 26, 2012

March 26, 2012

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Web e App - la Rete nel 2020
by fabio chiusi March 26, 2012

March 26, 2012

Interessanti considerazioni sul rapporto tra web e app in futuro dal Pew Internet Center e dalla Elon University. Le ho riassunte qui: http://www.linkiesta.it/web-internet All'interno del pezzo il link al pdf completo della ricerca. Buona settimana a tutti f.

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