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http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/0233251/Polands-Prime-Minister-Goes-For-Open-Government

A bit more background fro Internet Society Poland:

http://www.isoc.org.pl/201105/internet-dialogue-poland

POLAND TO CONTINUE OPEN MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE ON INTERNET
ISSUES

WARSAW -- 18 MAY 2011. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk hosted
a meeting of Internet community, industry representatives and government
officials to discuss progress on the ongoing consultation process
regarding Internet governance in Poland. This was already a third
meeting held as a result of the overturn of an initial government
decision of February 2010 to introduce countrywide blocking of
websites containing illicit content.

This time the Prime Minister announced a government decision to
assume unconstrained availability of  the public information for
re-use by the private sector as the general rule of the upcoming
implementation of the European directive. "Whatever is created with
public money should be owned by the public, including those who
want to utilize it  at their own discretion. By the same token,
whenever public information is created the outcome should also be
owned by all those interested", Mr Tusk said.

The issues discussed today included also Internet blocking schemes,
mandatory data retention, regulation of the convergent on-demand
services as well as liability of Internet service providers and
notice and takedown procedures. The Internet community representatives
have welcomed progress on some of the issues as well as indicating
items still to be resolved during working meetings starting early
next week.

"We have developed a good working relationship now with all those
involved in the process. We hope that Poland develops a successful
model of open, multi-stakeholder consultation that could be followed
all across Europe," said Marcin Cieslak of Internet Society Poland.

The next meeting with the PM is expected to be held in June, shortly
before Poland assumes presidency of the Council of the European
Union. Most of the legislation discussed is due to be implemented
before a general election scheduled for October this year.

ABOUT INTERNET SOCIETY POLAND

Established in 2000, Internet Society Poland is a national chapter
of the Internet Society (ISOC), a nonprofit organisation founded
in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education
and policy. ISOC's key initiatives target the critical issues that
affect all aspects of Internet development and growth. They embody
ISOC's philosophy that the Internet is for everyone and they provide
the organization with a solid foundation from which to positively
influence standards development, access, business practices, and
government policies.

For more information, please contact:

Marcin Cieslak

+48 784 322 999
saper at saper.info