I recommend listening to Malcom Harbour MEP and Lilian Edwards (ORG Advisory) on this podcast from the BBC. The result is he is willing to amend the directive make clear that it will not enforce three strikes, etc. It is meant to give users rights.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/fivelive/pods/pods_20080708-1954.mp3 --- On Wed, 7/9/08, Ciaran O'Riordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Ciaran O'Riordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: July 7th EP committee vote to create traffic snooping > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 12:27 PM > AFAICT, the telecoms package amendments were mostly adopted, > which is bad. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7495085.stm > > As usual, the coverage of this is blurred by word games > about this not being > about "enforcement" but being about "users > rights", etc. > > I haven't watched the post-vote press conference, but > if you log in, you > should be able to see the video here: > http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/download/audio_download_en.cfm?id=125266&src=6 > (I can only hope the video is in an open standard format) > > > -- > Ciarán O'Riordan, +32 477 36 44 19, > http://ciaran.compsoc.com/ > > Support free software, join FSFE's Fellowship: > http://fsfe.org > > Recent blog entries: > http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/using_and_writing_emacs_22_input_methods > http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/openstreetmap_is_doing_great > http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/launching_your_favourite_editor_in_firefox > http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/updating_debian_keys_for_the_uninterested > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
