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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