Dear all, ISOC - Bulgaria managed to do slightly more than that (with the help of many others, of course): all Bulgarian MEP have issued a declaration against ACTA. The government has temporary stopped the ratification process officially. The Party of the European Socialists issued a very strong statement, and it was largely due to the president of PES, and ISOC member - former Bulgarian PM Sergei Stanishev, who joined ISOC in 2000 (sic!). Of course, in the light of the current decision of the EC to send the issue to the ECJ, we have shifted our focus, and have gone public on the Bulgarian National public radio to say that we understand the EC admits its incompetence (if they thought ACTA is OK, why send it to the ECJ?), but also that we would like the EC to submit ACTA for impact assessment, and analysis of how it will influence the basic rights of the EU citizens. We also urge the EC to ask the right question about the balance between the interest of the copyright holders and the users. We'll see if the EU politicians will pick some of our proposals this time again. best, veni On 2/22/2012 15:54, Yrjö Länsipuro wrote:
Dear Wolf, all Using the ISOC draft as a basis, ISOC Finland (the Finnish ALS) sent letters to all Finnish MEP's already on February 10. So far, replies have been received from the Greens group, who say they are against ACTA, and from the Finnish vice chair of the ALDE group, along with video showing her question about the effects of ACTA at the session of the Parliament. Best, Yrjö
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:26:55 +0100 From: wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net To: euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] ACTA Letter to the members of the European Parliament
Thanks Rudi and Patrick for your additional infos on the matter! May I invite others to post ACTA or other user rights related infos from initiatives in their countries on this list? What I get to know via my various channels is MUCH more than what is exchanged on this list ;-) Please be more pro-active in sharing infos!
Thanks and kind regards, Wolf
Rudi Vansnick wrote Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:57
Dear Wolf,
On February 2 ISOC Belgium addressed a message to a group of Belgian MEPs as well as to the Belgain minister of Economy and Telecommunications on the ongoing debates around ACTA. We got very quickly some response from the EU MEPs indicating us that at that moment nothing was yet decided even if BE MEPs had voted positively. They also mentioned us that our remarks and input would certainly influence their position. Furthermore, this was also the lever for the Belgian minister to request a study about the impact and consequences for Belgian government and citizens. So, we may say that our action at national level has been very positive.
Details about the decision taken by the minister : http://datanews.knack.be/ict/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/2012/02/16/vande-lanotte...
We will of course continue to spread the message and the ISOC statement has now also been send to the Belgian MEPs.
Kind regards,
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Op 22-feb-2012, om 16:12 heeft Wolf Ludwig het volgende geschreven:
Dear all,
this is just to share with you that one of our members, Internet Society Luxembourg, has written to the members of the European Parliament regarding further debates and the ratification process of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) foreseen in June 2012. The full text of the ISOC letter you can find here: http://internetsociety.org/internet-societys-letter-dated-honourable-members...
Let me express my deep appreciation for this initiative in the interest of an open and accessible Internet and due multi-stakeholder based procedures.
Kind regards, Wolf
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