FSFE frågar efter frågor att fråga politikerna (typ, vad dom ska göra åt
sakernas tillstånd). //Erik
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Subject: [EPFSUG] Your input needed: Questions for panel w/ Eben
Moglen, RMS, 4 MEPs
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:49:12 +0200
From: Karsten Gerloff <gerloff(a)fsfeurope.org>
Reply-To: Karsten Gerloff <gerloff(a)fsfeurope.org>
To: epfsug(a)epfsug.eu
Hi everyone,
as mentioned here before, on July 9 at the Libre Software Meeting
/ RMLL in Brussels, we're organising a big panel discussion on
"Technology, Power and Freedom":
http://fsfe.org/events/2013/rmll-2013.html
After the news about wide-ranging communications surveillance
we've heard in recent weeks, this topic is arguably even more
pressing than it was before. But we want to look at the long term:
What do we need to change in politics and technology today to
build a better world tomorrow?
For this discussion we're bringing some of the Free Software
movement's leading minds together with the people who represent us
in the European Parliament. We're extremely happy to have a list
of first-rate participants:
Eben Moglen (Columbia University / Software Freedom Law Center)
Richard M Stallman (FSF)
Judith Sargentini (MEP Greens/EFA)
Marc Tarabella (MEP S&D - tbc)
Nils Torvalds (MEP ALDE)
Ioannis A. Tsoukalas (MEP EPP)
I'd like your input: What should we ask these people? What are
your most urgent questions on technology and politics?
Please post your questions here, and we'll gather them and get
them to Brussels.
Thanks & best,
Karsten
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Karsten Gerloff [ ] <gerloff(a)fsfeurope.org>
Free Software Foundation Europe [ ][ ][ ] [http://fsfe.org]
President | | +49 176 9690 4298
Support software freedom! [http://fsfe.org/support]
Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. is a German Verein registered
at the Registergericht Hamburg (VR 17030).
FYI:
GNOME-projektet har för närvarande en fundraising där pengarna går till att
öka möjligheten till privacyinställningar och privacy-per-default i GNOME.
https://www.gnome.org/friends/
Lista på projekt GNOME-teamet jobbar med är:
- application containment
- enhanced disk encryption support
*- Tor integration*
- user control over diagnostic reporting features
- robust VPN routing
- application integration with system-wide privacy settings
- controls for how GNOME devices are identified on local networks
- anti-phishing features for Web, GNOME's web browser
Förutom sista punkten (vem tusan använder Epiphany?) så känns det ju värt
att donera några dollar till GNOME-teamet för att uppmuntra resterande
punkter.
Ha det bra!
--
Emil Tullstedt
Earth Connections and Small Networks, a Greens/EFA workshop in the European Parliament
Welcome to a low key dialogue between Eben, Eva, Julien, Sandrine, Jonas, Christian and Markus where they give their perspectives on how one can deal more responsibly with "The Cloud" and the problems it brings. Bienvenue dans un dialogue informel entre Eben, Eva, Julien, Sandrine, Jonas, Christian et Markus, qui discuteront de comment aborder le «Cloud» de manière plus responsable, et des problèmes qu'il engendre.
Event link: http://www.greens-efa.eu/earth-connections-and-small-networks-10200.html
Workshop participants will ask questions as they come up and the setting is informal, only to make sure the following questions are covered: Les participants à l'atelier poseront les questions comme elles viennent, dans un cadre informel. Néanmoins les questions suivantes seront traitées:
1. What would you say is the aim of "Earth Connections" and "Small Networks"? Quel est, pour vous, l'objet des «Connexions Terriennes» et des «Petits Réseaux»?
2. Why do you think it is important and urgent? Pourquo pensez-vous qu'il est important et urgent de les prendre en compte?
3. If all the right technologies exist already, why are we still using Google, Facebook, etc? Si toutes les technologies nécessaires existent déjà, pourquoi utilisons-nous toujours Google, Facebook, etc?
4. What exactly are you trying to create? Qu'essayez-vous de créer exactement?
5. Why would I wanna be an early adopter? Pourquoi voudrais-je devenir un des premiers utilisateurs de ces réseaux?
Further activities in the room A5E1 will be announced on http://www.earth-connections.eu/ as they occur with possible presentations of concrete examples of "Earth Connections". D'autres activités dans la salle A5E1 seront annoncées au fur et à mesure sur http://www.earth-connections.eu/, avec éventuellement des démonstrations concrètes de «Connexions Terriennes».
INVITEES:
* Markus Sabadello from Project Danube <http://projectdanube.org/> is working on developing and promoting the FreedomBox in Austria.
* Julien Rabier <http://www.libre-parcours.net/about-me/> is setting up a local non-profit ISP in France and helps the creation of such organizations through FDN Federation <http://www.ffdn.org/> .
* Jonas Smedegaard <http://dr.jones.dk/> from Debian <http://debian.org/> is an accomplished software developer interested in large scale software deployments like e.g SkoleLinux <http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu> and DebianParl <http://wiki.debian.org/DebianParl> .
* Eben Moglen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Moglen> is a professor of law and legal history at Columbia University and the founder of Software Freedom Law Center <http://softwarefreedom.org/> .
INVITERS:
* Sandrine Bélier <http://sandrinebelier.wordpress.com/> is a French MEP for Europe Écologie <http://eelv.fr/> and member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety <http://parltrack.euwiki.org/mep/Sandrine%20Belier#committees> .
* Eva Lichtenberger <http://eva-lichtenberger.eu/> is an Austrian MEP for Die Grünen <http://www.gruene.at/> and member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism <http://parltrack.euwiki.org/mep/Eva%20LICHTENBERGER#committees> .
* Christian Engström <http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/> is a Swedish MEP for Piratpartiet <http://www.piratpartiet.se/> and member of the Committee on Legal Affairs <http://parltrack.euwiki.org/mep/Christian%20ENGSTROM#committees> .
All MEPs are members of the Greens/EFA Internet Core Group <http://icg.greens-efa.eu/> .
--
Erik Josefsson
Advisor on Internet Policies
Greens/EFA Group <http://www.greens-efa.eu/36-details/josefsson-erik-138.html>
GSM: +32484082063
BXL: PHS 04C075 TEL: +3222832667
SBG: WIC M03005 TEL: +33388173776
Hej listan!
Mötet igår beslutade att DFRI skall ha en s.k. flashproxy-badge på
hemsidan.
Här är ett utkast till svensk text som förklarar vad det går ut
på. Förbättringsförslag?
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Flashproxy är ett program som låter en webläsare reläa trafik mellan
blockerade internetanvändare och Tor-nätverket.
Genom att klicka på flashproxy-symbolen förvandlar du din webläsare till
en slags proxy. Din webläsare kommer periodiskt att fråga en
s.k. facilitator om det finns några blockerade Tor-användare som har
bett om en proxy. När den får information om en blockerad användare
kopplar den upp sig till denna och börjar reläa trafik till och från
Tor-nätet.
När du stänger fliken som flash-proxy kör i så slutar din browser att
reläa trafik.
Läs mer om flashproxy på https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Om inte annat så har man lärt sig försöka :-) //Erik
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Link to **EDRi-gram 11.12**:*
http://edri.org/edrigram/number11.12/no-acccess-ACTA-documents
Still no access to ACTA documents
Today, 19 June 2013, the European Commission answered within the time
limit it had set for itself to answer to DFRI's requests for ACTA
documents. On 29 May 2013 the Commission extended the time limit with 15
working days arguing the "new time limit" was statutory under Article
7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. The Commission explained it had to
extend the period by 15 working days because its reply to DFRI was
"circulating for signature by the hierarchy" and that "circulating for
signature by the hierarchy" is an "exceptional case" under the same
article.
The answer EDRi member DFRI received today was not signed by anyone but
the sender of the email. Neither did it contain any ACTA documents.
The Commission argues that: "The question of the Court to the
Commission, being a procedural document, does not fall within the scope
of Regulation 1049/2001 as Article 15(3) of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union (TFUE) specifies that the Court is
only subject to obligations on Transparency when exercising their
administrative tasks. This has as consequence that the document itself
can't be disclosed by the Commission."
Email from European Commission refusing disclosure of ACTA documents
(19.06.2013)
https://www.dfri.se/wiki/ep-acta-docs/EC-response-2013-06-19.txt
Email from European Commission extending deadline (29.05.2013)
https://www.dfri.se/wiki/ep-acta-docs/EC-extending-deadline-2013-05-29.txt
All ACTA documents @ DFRI website
https://www.dfri.se/wiki/ep-acta-docs/
(Contribution by EDRi member DFRI - Sweden)
Någon som har tips på bra VPS med schysst privacy policy? Min dog nyss och
letar alternativ ifall den inte kommer upp på några timmar :P
--
Emil Tullstedt
Hej!
Liten puff för Data Dealer. Var med och finansiera ett grymt spel!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cuteacute/data-dealer
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Since the release of the english demo we got quite wide international
media response, from the Guardian over Le Monde to Fast Company: "Play
the part of a nefarious data dealer and see our privacy-free future up
close! You would probably be shocked to find out how much marketers
and companies know about you from the information you put on the
Internet. In this new award-winning game, you can see what it’s like
to try to grab and monetize people’s private data" (Fast Company)
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682119/play-the-part-of-a-nefarious-data-dealer…
This month we won the e-virtuoses Award (category: "Serious Game:
Communication/Awareness") in Valenciennes, France and the Games for
Change Award ("Most significant impact") in New York City.
But besides all the fame we still need some money to be able to finish
the full featured version of the game.
Last week we have launched our Kickstarter at http://kck.st/10hzUvJ
and although we have been quite successfull with in the first phase,
there is still a way to go to reach our goal.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Joe har skrivit till His Excellency William E. Kennard, Embassy of the
United States of America, Rue Zinner 13, 1000 Brussels.
Freshly delivered today: http://edri.org/files/20130618_kennard_letter.pdf
Fantastiskt välskrivet.
//Erik
Vad säger regeringen? Har dom gått med på investor-to-state domstolar när dom förhandlade fram mandatet för TTIP?
//Erik
Erik Josefsson
BE GSM: +32484082063
SE GSM: +46707696567
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Rubrik: [A2k] FFII condemns investor-to-state arbitration in trade talks with US
Datum: fre, jun 14, 2013 10:21
TTIP / TAFTA / Internet / Innovation ]
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FFII condemns investor-to-state arbitration in trade talks with
US
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Brussels, 14 June 2013 -- The Foundation for a Free Information
Infrastructure (FFII) condemns the inclusion of
investor-to-state dispute settlement in the mandate for trade
talks with the United States. Investor-to-state dispute
settlement gives multinationals the possibility to sue states
for special tribunals if changes in law may lead to lower
profits than expected. This threatens democracy, the public
interest and copyright and patent law reform, according to the
FFII.
Today the EU Council is expected to grant the Commission a
mandate to open trade negotiations with the United States.
During the discussions on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
Agreement (ACTA), civil society groups warned that ACTA would
make it impossible to reform dysfunctional aspects of copyright
and patent law. A trade agreement with the US containing
investor-to-state dispute settlement would have the same effect.
One of ACTA's most harmful aspects may return in an EU - US
trade agreement.
Multinationals will be able to use billion euro claims to stop
law changes in order to protect old or even harmful business
models. After Germany decided to shut down older nuclear
reactors Swedish energy group Vattenfall claimed 3.7 billion
euro from Germany using investor-to-state dispute settlement.
U.S. based pharma corporation Eli Lilly uses investor-to-state
dispute settlement to challenge Canada's patent law.
Multinationals will not have to use the well-functioning
European court system to sue states. The special tribunals for
multinationals will be placed above the high courts of the EU
and the US. This is a fundamental design flaw, according to the
FFII.
FFII analyst Ante Wessels: "Special interest tribunals above the
European Court of Justice will distort the trias politica, the
very foundation of our democracy. Naive politicians created a
euro with design flaws, will equally naive European politicians
hand over our democracies to multinationals? This is the most
important question in the trade negotiations."
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Background information
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The latest leaked draft mandate includes investor-to-state
dispute settlement:
blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2013/06/france-films-foreign-trade-the-leaked-man…http://blogs.r.ftdata.co.uk/brusselsblog/files/2013/06/TTIP-Rev-2-Mandate.p…
See also Inside U.S. Trade - 06/07/2013: "In the June 5 meeting,
other member states expressed reservations about the May 29
draft mandate, but it does not appear that they will oppose the
entire mandate based on their positions, according to these
sources. For example, Germany at the meeting this week said it
is still not convinced that investment protection needs to be
part of the trade agreement and that an investor-state dispute
settlement mechanism is not needed in an agreement between two
developed trading partners. However, sources said Germany seems
willing to move past this reservation."
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Links
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Friends of the Earth Europe, the European Consumers'
Organisation (BEUC) and Eurogroup for Animals, 2013, Warning
sounded ahead of EU-US trade negotiations
http://www.foeeurope.org/warning-ahead-EU-US-trade-negotiations-110613
IP out of TAFTA - Civil Society Declaration signed by over 45
organisations
http://www.citizen.org/IP-out-of-TAFTA
Kelsey and Wallach, 2012, “Investor-State” Disputes in Trade
Pacts Threaten Fundamental Principles of National Judicial
Systems,
http://tpplegal.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/isds-domestic-legal-process-bac…
Democracy Center, 2013, Unfair, Unsustainable, and Under the
Radar – How Corporations use Global Investment Rules to
Undermine A Sustainable Future,
http://democracyctr.org/new-report-unfair-unsustainable-and-under-the-radar/
Henning Grosse Ruse - Khan, 2012, Investor–State Arbitration to
Challenge Host State Compliance with International IP Treaties?
http://worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/2012/12/investor-state-arbitratio…
Corporate Europe Observatory, 2012, Profiting from injustice -
How law firms, arbitrators and financiers are fuelling an
investment arbitration boom,
http://corporateeurope.org/publications/profiting-from-injustice
FFII blog:
http://acta.ffii.org/
Permanent link to this press release:
http://press.ffii.org/Press%20releases/FFII%20condemns%20investor-to-state%…
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Contact
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Ante Wessels
ante (at) ffii.org
+31 6 100 99 063
FFII Office Berlin
Malmöer Str. 6
D-10439 Berlin
Fon: +49-30-41722597
Fax Service: +49-721-509663769
Email: office (at) ffii.orghttp://www.ffii.org/
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About FFII
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The FFII is a not-for-profit association active in twenty
European countries, dedicated to the development of information
goods for the public benefit, based on copyright, free
competition, open standards. More than 1000 members, 3,500
companies and 100,000 supporters have entrusted the FFII to act
as their voice in public policy questions concerning exclusion
rights (intellectual property) in data processing.
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