More than 40 countries and delegations have responded at the Human Rights Council to the recent United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression report that criticizes three strikes/graduated response system. The response, which includes Canada as a co-signer, underscores the importance of privacy, the objective of universal Internet access, and notes the importance of net neutrality and openness. The countries acknowledged that "cutting off users from access to the Internet is generally not a proportionate sanction."

<http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5852/196/>

Il 13/06/2011 12:48, Paolo Brini ha scritto:
Il 13/06/2011 12:08, Philippe Aigrain ha scritto: 
A report of the special rapporteur on freedom of expression and opinion
carries a weight, whether or not it will be adopted in the Human Rights
Council. He has an independent status and the ability to interact
directly with UN Member States governments.

As a matter of fact, it has already caused a review of the "3-strikes act" in New Zealand. Although the NZ review rejected the report, stating that Internet access is not a fundamental right and that cutting permanently Internet access to a citizen is legitimate for a country which wants to protect "intellectual property", it also made clear how arrogant and corrupt are 3-strikes supporters (very clear in some newspapers headlines like "The corrupt stays corrupt" in TechDirt, which is very true for New Zealand and the EU, as US cables released by WikiLeaks showed).

Unfortunately, I believe that the smallest bribe in american dollars or promises of future employments (remember the key Telecoms Package negotiators from the Council, Levaillant and Svab, now working for Vivendi Universal and AT&T) are more powerful than the greatest UN report.

Ciao,
Paolo

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