[Chapter-delegates] ISOC France and Hadopi

[Holly Raiche]

HI Everyone

It is also an issue in Australia - but through the courts.  An action  
is being brought against a medium sized IS iiNet, essentially arguing  
that they should have known - and therefore stopped - that copyright  
material was being downloaded.  iiNet is getting a lot of support  
from others in the industry, so time wil tell what the judgment is -  
and then if there is any response from the Government.  So another  
global issue to watch

Holly
On 30/04/2009, at 7:08 AM, charles.simon at isoc.fr wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks a lot to Franck for raising this issue.
>
> ISOC France is indeed opposing a French draft law currently discussed
> before Parliament.  This draft law is known as the "HADOPI" draft  
> law (for
> more details, see here:
> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090403/tc_pcworld/ 
> frenchthreestrikesantipiracylawpassessecondreading).
>
> It is similar to another piece of legislation now thanksfully defunct
> which was voted in New Zealand (Section 92A of the Copyright Act).  It
> intends to give an administrative body the power to cut off the  
> internet
> connection of users (both individuals and business) on the basis of
> allegations of copyright infrigements.
>
> ISOC-ECC, the Coordination of the European Chapters, and indivual  
> European
> Chapters have been of great assistance on this matter.  Copyright  
> issues
> have also polluted the voting of the updated version of the so-called
> Telecommunication Package at the EU level (a global legislative  
> framework
> for the telecom sector) and they made a significant contribution to  
> the
> debate.
>
> Alas it now seems more than likely that the Hadopy draft law will  
> pass in
> France.
>
> So ISOC France is now working on the next step, with other French
> organisations, including the main consumer group in France and La
> Quadrature du Net which some of you may have heard of.
>
> Considering other Chapters may be faced with similar regulations soon,
> Isoc HQ is also keen on investigating this matter.  It is great news!
>
> We hope that it will all come to fruition and that other Chapters will
> benefit from our (InternetNZ, ISOC France and others) experience.
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles
>
>> ISOC France has been working on this with InternetNZ (similar law was
>> suggested there too), with European Chapters and with a bit of  
>> help from
>> ISOC HQ. A good coordination it seems, starts to have some impact.
>>
>>
>> LE TEXTE HADOPI SUR LE TÉLÉCHARGEMENT ILLÉGAL
> REVIENT DEVANT L ...
>> Charente Libre - Angoulême,Charente,France
>> En outre, les organisations qui s'y opposent (UFC-Que Choisir,  
>> Quadrature
>> du Net, Isoc France, Samup et la plate-forme "Pour le Cinéma")  
>> sont plus
>> que ...
>>
>> Parlement - Hadopi, le retour
>> France Soir - Paris,France
>> L'UFC-Que choisir, l' Isoc France, la Quadrature du Net, le Samup  
>> et le
>> collectif « Pour le cinéma » ont décidé de s'associer, au  
>> sein d'une
>> plate-forme ...
>>
>> Hadopi : un front d'opposants droite-gauche se dessine à  
>> l'Assemblée
>> ZDNet - France
>> (*) Composé de UFC-Que Choisir, Isoc France, la Quadrature du  
>> Net, le
>> Samup (Union de syndicats des artistes interprètes créateurs et
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Kind regards

Holly Raiche
Executive Director,
Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU)
ed at isoc-au.org.au
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Ph: (02) 9436 2149

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