[[--Translated text (es -> en)--]] Subject: URGENT - Letter to the Congress of Colombia From: ageiadensicolombia@gmail.com Dear, Envo the following letter we have written to establish our voice protest the approval from the Law 201 of 2012. The law has just been votacin approved by Congress, the details are in the letter. I hope you read it and if they're in line suggest that put the name of your ALS at the end to be sent to Congress Colombia and disseminated by means of comunicacina name not only of the users of Colombia, which were not heard but of the whole region. If anyone wants to read the text in addition to the Law, found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/629628/LeyTLC/gaceta103InformeDebate.pdf I look forward to their signatures or support for it, thereof promptly. Honorable President of the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia: We write on behalf of Internet users in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean to have a voice in the corporation of the Internet to Pin Assignments of the names and numbers - given that ICANN existiun trouble immense to implement the obligations of NAFTA. The process Total of 20 tardms not give its final since the presentation aprobacin by the President, all in order to have results qumostrar during the Summit from the Americas to jointly develop Cartagena since last April 10 and where the whole estcentrada attention of the means of communication. As I write these lines, the project has just finished his votaciny has been approved by what awaits presidential sancin, ie a fact that it is a Law We greatly concerned about the whole process was carried out as hidden ms yrpida possible and were not into account civil society groups in this trmite and without even debate. Remember that the same users you Colombians joined to discuss with you the merits of that Act in matters as important as the following: 1. By implementing the measures PROTECTION 'technology (MPT) as a PROTECTION independent copyright may violate rules internal. The implementacin must be such that the PROTECTION of MPT is not independent but linked to the right PROTECTION author that occurs in Colombia. The topic has been discussed in forums such as the Australia, http://www.ivir.nl/publications/guibault/Infosoc_report_2007.pdf and Chile https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/FTAA/20040830_uschile_fta.pdf http://ictsd.org/i/publications/120934/. The central problem is that if this is not possible generation asse civil and criminal liability users for use in the exercise of exceptions and limitations stbNL> <tbSP 2> allows our law, that is, I can order the jail by circumvent a TPM to make a private copy which I have the right. 2.May also violate the rights of users if, as in this version, it establishes the administrative procedure itself TLC includes every 4 years to adjust these exceptions. The project is not developed the procedure but only a general facutlad government to propose changes. We wonder then, to quel afn? Nor being met with all the obligations of NAFTA, lack this. 3. The bill defines very broadly profit to include any advantage. There are exceptions and limitations such as private copying, which dependent on this definition. However when using it own FTA talks commercial advantage or financial gain. That is no obligation definacin NAFTA not match your text and may violate users' interests. 4.If not properly drafted prohbe item that the signal retransmission of Internet TV can also compromise interests of users, because as that across the board estevita exceptions and limitations apply to the retransmission of television signals Internet. That is not the scope of the obligation of the FTA, it is against of our line with national standards and perhaps it forbids censorship to date? 5. There is a great preocupacin by delegating judicial functions, as is the delivery of personal information to an administrative authority. As we said in the debate on the Law Lleras in the Rule of Law judges are the only ones that have powers to restrict rights and fundamental freedoms and thus the only ones that can deliver personal information (Excerpt taken from the comments of jurdicos RedPaTodos) Unfortunately they were not the only ones users not heard in this non-debate, a group of professors from the American University in United States also joined the worry of the community concluded that ms will effectively alldel TLC, which provides more powerful that American internal standards and that the result can generate competitive disadvantages between the parties to the trade agreement. The peticin academics support the Colombian civil society to discuss openly put the text to see, if possible, the various interest and comply with internal rules. The teachers are surprised that in terms of these items are penalize speeding isolated individuals even when playing the parts without know, indicate no application of the principle of proportionality that exists in the U.S. so that only penalizes activities with a some commercial dimension whose measure gives mnima law (for example 10 minimum value copies U.S. 2500). In addition, sealan and project that should include as a minimum for medical evaluation of the three-step test as a to determine whether an action is criminal or not. As if this were not enough, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, is also pronuncicon a statement April 9 that Lamla attention on the TLC tendrel implementacin inadequate in our country, highlighting prescribed a law how copyright is necessary for balanced proper balance of rights. Civil society has sent requests and comments to Congress to call for reflection and ask them to indicate their Voting will ultimately is a form of control that has the citizen veedura is the process and their ability to choose their representatives. The strategy is not new, the movements have used civil over the last month and appears to be endlessly giving life to a form of direct participation to politics Governments find it difficult to articulate but seen as a form of freedom of expresiny of civil rights is something that takes a value democrtico impressive system. The public pressure is not will put a stop. 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