On 6/13/2011 6:35 PM, Marco Pancini wrote:
> Ci sono stati alcuni endorsement ufficiali: OAS (Americhe), OSCE (EU)
> and ACHPR (Africa):
>
http://www.osce.org/fom/78311
>
> Speriamo che altre dichiarazioni di supporto seguano a breve. Magari,
> perchè no, anche dalla Commissione Europea :-)
>
> Penso che questo testo, al di là della critica all'approccio Hadopi,
> abbia un altissimo valore morale (in particolare dovuto alla figura di
> Frank La Rue) e politico (riportando il diritto all'accesso alla Rete
> come centrale nel dibattito).
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Paolo Brini <
paolo.brini@iridiumpg.com
> <mailto:
paolo.brini@iridiumpg.com>> wrote:
>
> __
> 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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