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PPF-CH 11/04/2008

MEPs voted against the principle of the FNAC Olivennes law

We take good note of this rejection by MEPs about these repressive measures planned by the mission FDI/FNAC/Olivennes.

That mission who was to determine how to filter and unsubscribe users was led by the CEO of FNAC: its conclusions are tainted by a conflict of interest. The President of IDF (Rights Forum on the Internet), an association of “co-regulation” and then supposed to be independent, had also agreed to participate to this mission: while doing that, she has also accepted the idea of filtering and unsubscriptions.
We advise some citizen’s associations which are still present in this organization to leave as soon as possible, especially after dark conditions that led to the re-election for a third consecutive election of her president …..

The FDI/FNAC/Olivennes mission has led to the signing of agreements between ISPs, culture manufacturers, and government, with two consequences: the immediate start of collaboration between ISPs and the current government regarding the setting of a mass repression by experimenting filtering, and the announcement of a project to establish a graduated response (user’s unsubscribing, including telephone and television, while continuing to pay subscriptions) .

We ask Christine Albanel to withdraw his project, which has been clearly rejected by the European Parliament.
We also ask ISPs to immediately stop any filtering tests to serve the entertainment lobbies.

We remind to the SNEP, where a representative comes to criticize the decision of the European Parliament, he had only what he deserved: Several weeks ago, we were alerted about the pressure by his lobby at a European level.
A first, the consequence was the rejection by the Bono’s commission of the ultra-repressive Heaton-Harris amendments (filtering and unsubscribing).
A second consequence has been the filing of the Rocard amendment, who is voted now.
If this lobby continues in this current way, it should know that it could have a certain cost.

We would thank all the organizations that have been able to workagainst the lobbying entertainment industries, and we call urgently users to begin to prepare for a mobilization in the event that the government will not withdraw this text.