<div dir="ltr"><p lang="en-US"><font>Video from yesterday debate in the EU
Parliament</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font><a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/plenary/video?debate=1396446284278">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/plenary/video?debate=1396446284278</a></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>The webcast from vote today starting at 11:30 + (likely
11.40) CET</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font><a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/video.do">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/video.do</a>
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<p lang="en-US"><font>Kroes’ open letter defending the ETNO
position with EDRi comments</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font><a href="http://edri.org/commissioner-kroes-letter-meps-net-neutrality-now-subtitles/">http://edri.org/commissioner-kroes-letter-meps-net-neutrality-now-subtitles/</a></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>'JotHal' jozef [dot] halbersztadt [at] gmail [dot] com<br>Internet Society Poland <a href="http://www.isoc.org.pl" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.org.pl</a>
</p><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 April 2014 13:54, Halbersztadt Jozef (jothal) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jozef.halbersztadt@gmail.com" target="_blank">jozef.halbersztadt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p lang="en-US"><font>Thanks,</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>DG Connect spokesman Ryan Heath is as
truthful as usual.</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>Diff between ITRE report and cross party
amendments are in letter of La Quadrature du Net to all MEPs: </font>
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<p lang="en-US"><font><a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Letter_to_MEPs_-_Plenary_vote_NN_%2803.04.2014%29" target="_blank">http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Letter_to_MEPs_-_Plenary_vote_NN_%2803.04.2014%29</a></font></p>
<div class="gmail_extra">Best<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>JH<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 April 2014 13:26, Borka Jerman Blazic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:borka@e5.ijs.si" target="_blank">borka@e5.ijs.si</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Here it is:<br>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><a href="http://europeanprivacyassociatin.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=957214c9b3f3f5477a8fcc16d&id=248a9603a7&e=0b241720c2" style="color:rgb(0,0,205);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Telecoms firms brace for
EU 'net neutrality' vote to limit service fees</a><br>
<i>Reuters, Foo Yun Chee, 31 March 2014 </i></span></span><br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
B.<br>
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Dne 1.4.2014 13:12, piše Carlos Vera Quintana:<br>
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<div>Do you have the URL?</div>
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<div>Thank you <br>
<br>
Carlos Vera Quintana
<div>0988141143</div>
<div>Sígueme @cveraq</div>
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El 01/04/2014, a las 6:21, Borka Jerman Blazic <<a href="mailto:borka@e5.ijs.si" target="_blank">borka@e5.ijs.si</a>>
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Hi,<br>
<br>
You are certainly right in general, however there was
published yesterday an opinion that slightly differ<br>
(the Commission spokesman claims that the proposal guarantee
no packet discrimination<br>
and net neutrality). I am enclosing it!<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Borka<br>
<br>
<br>
Dne 1.4.2014 11:51, piše Halbersztadt Jozef (jothal):<br>
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<div>Colleagues,
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</p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>In two days the European
Parliament will finally vote on the proposal for a
Telecoms Single Market. This proposal was initially
designed to deliver the promise of enshrining Net
Neutrality as law across Europe. Yet unless the
European Parliament rises to the challenge, it they
may actually end up undermining net neutrality net
through unclear and confusing legislation.</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>In fact the prime objective behind
the Telecoms proposal, is not to ensure Net
Neutrality, but promote so-called “specialised
services”. This definition of “specialised services”
put forward by the European Commission has been
criticized for undermining core principles of
nondiscrimination online. Its aims to create a
“special lane for high consuming services”, such as
video or social media services which are available
today free of charge.</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>Under this definition of
“specialised services,” telecommunications companies
will be positioned to become internet gatekeepers,
controlling innovation, strangling competition, and
ultimately restricting freedom of expression online.</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>Furthermore, the regulation was
presented by the Commission to the European
Parliament only in September 2013, forcing the
parliamentarians to adopt a ridiculously tight
timeline to debate and vote before the upcoming
elections in May 2014.</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>During this process, the European
Commission ignored internal criticism regarding the
harmful impacts the current Telecoms proposal will
have on entrepreneurs and the fundamental rights of
European citizens. The European Commission also
ignored serious concerns raised by the Body of
European Regulators for Electronic Communications
(BEREC). This European agency in charge of promoting
an efficient telecoms market that maximizes benefits
for consumers and businesses alike, clearly
identified the provisions included in the Telecoms
proposal as being “counterproductive” to that end.</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>Despite the tight timeline, almost
all parliamentary committees involved in the
Telecoms proposal managed to add necessary
improvements to the text and adopt provisions
safeguarding against network discrimination.
Regrettably, the Industry, Research and Energy
(ITRE) Committee, in charge of the Telecoms proposal
in the Parliament, rejected many of the improvements
suggested by other committees in the final version
of the proposal adopted prior to submission to the
European Parliament's. When push came to shove, the
ITRE Committee followed the Christian Democrat (EPP)
rapporteur Pilar del Castillo questionable defense
of the European Commission objectives at the expense
of Net Neutrality. </font> </p>
<p lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>Despite these setbacks, the
European Parliament has an opportunity to prevent
anti-competitive, anti-innovation policies by
enshrining net neutrality into law across Europe in
the Telecoms proposal’s final vote on April 3 by
adopting the positive compromise amendments tabled
by the Social-Democrats (S&D), the Greens
(Greens/EFA), the United Left (GUE/NGL) and the
Liberals (ALDE). The Parliament has a chance to stop
network discrimination in its tracks by enshrining
net neutrality into EU level law, as was already
done in two EU countries, the Netherlands and
Slovenia..</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>Citizens across the European Union
can contact their representatives and urge them to
vote for the alternative amendments and prevent the
Internet to look more like cable TV, where your
operator has total control over what you can access
online, even charging you extra for certain
services. A group of NGOs designed and launched a
platform making to everyone very easy to call, email
or fax members of the European Parliament.</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font><a href="http://savetheinternet.eu/en/" target="_blank">http://savetheinternet.eu/en/</a></font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>In this action the citizen are
informed that adopting of alternative provisions is
the way to effectively enact Net Neutrality and
ensure non-discrimination in the digital economy.
While telecom companies (in particular those
represented by the European Telecommunications
Network Operators' Association (ETNO)) have been
circulating misleading information about these
amendments, they will in fact safeguard the ability
of telecom operators to launch innovative
“specialised services”, guarantee that innovative
small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can benefit from
a level playing-field, but also protect citizens'
freedom of communication and consumers' freedom of
choice. </font> </p>
<p lang="en-US"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-US"><font>More here:</font></p>
<p lang="en-US"><font><a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-vote-in-eu-parliament-meps-must-protect-the-internet" target="_blank">http://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-vote-in-eu-parliament-meps-must-protect-the-internet</a></font></p>
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Regards<br clear="all">
<div>Jozef Halbersztadt<br>
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