Ketika berselancar ke TPB, ternyata ada pengumuman penting. Hmm...
Bahaya juga kalo ini terjadi. Bisnis kecil dari seluruh dunia bisa
tewas jika eropa benar benar akan membuat internet menjadi "TV Kabel".
Sekilas yang saya baca, ini yang akan terjadi:
Parlemen UE akan mengadakan voting pada 5 Mei 2009 untuk mengesahkan
"amandemen 138"
Jika usulan ini DISETUJUI maka "Provider Broadband BERHAK membuat
"paket" sehingga hanya website website tertentu yang dapat diakses".
alasannya, untuk mengontrol peredaran "barang bajakan"
Implikasi bagi kita di Indonesia
- Jika anda punya website dan "paket" tersebut TIDAK MENYERTAKAN
WEBSITE dalam whitelist, maka WEBSITE ANDA TIDAK BISA DIAKSES.
- Jika web anda adalah web bisnis dan jualan, maka jualan anda akan mandeg.
- Jika web anda web portfolio, maka portfolio anda tidak bisa diakses.
Kan ada AMAZON, EBAY, GOOGLE?
- Amazon, Ebay, dan Google adalah perusahaan besar, disini kita
ngomong JUTAAN web kecil milik pengusaha kecil.
- Berapa ekspor indonesia yang mendapatkan pelanggannya dari blog,
wordpress (diluar host wordpress), dll?
Jika anda punya teman warga European Union (termasuk Inggris),
forwardlah URL ini: www.blackouteurope.eu
Dan minta mereka menghubungi nomor telepon yang tertera di website itu.
Deadline:
Tuesday, April 21st at 20:00 CET
Wednesday, April 22nd at 02:00 WIB
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URGENT - VOTING IN EU PARLIAMENT 5th of MAY 2009
Don't let the EU parliament lock up the Internet! It will be no way back!
Act now!
Internet access is not conditional
Everyone who owns a website has an interest in defending the free use
of Internet... so has everyone who uses Google or Skype... everyone
who expresses their opinions freely, does research of any kind,
whether for personal health problems or academic study ... everyone
who shops online...who dates online...socialises online... listens to
music...watches video...
The internet as we know it is at risk because of proposed new EU rules
going through end of April. Under the proposed new rules, broadband
providers will be legally able to limit the number of websites you can
look
at, and to tell you whether or not you are allowed to use particular
services. It will be dressed up as ‘new consumer options' which people
can choose from. People will be offered TV-like packages - with a
limited
number of options for you to access.
It means that the Internet will be packaged up and your ability to
access and to put up content could be severely restricted. It will
create boxes of Internet accessibility, which don't fit with the way
we use it today. This is because internet is now permitting exchanges
between persons which cannot be controlled or "facilitated" by any
middlemen (the state or a corporation) and this possibility improves
the citizen's life but force the industry to lose power and control.
that's why they are pushing governments to act those changes.
The excuse is to control the flow of music, films and entertainment
content against the alleged piracy by downloading for free, using P2P
file-sharing. However, the real victims of this plan will be all
Internet users and the democratic and independent access to
information, culture goods.
Think about how you use the Internet! What would it mean to you if
free access to the Internet was taken away?
These days, the Internet is about life and freedom. It's about
shopping, booking theatre tickets ... holidays, learning, job-seeking,
banking, and trade. It's also about the fun things - dating, chatting,
invitations, music, entertainment, joking and even a Second Life. It
is a tool to express ourselves, to collaborate, innovate, share,
stimulate new business ideas, reach new markets - thrive without
middlemen..
Just think - what's your web address? Unless people have that address
in their "package" of regular websites - they won't be able to find
you. That means they can't buy, or book, or register, or even view you
online. Your business won't be able to find niche suppliers of goods -
and compare prices. If you get any money at all from advertising on
your site, it will diminish. Yes, Amazon and a select few will be OK,
they will be the included in the package. But your advertising on
Google or any other website, will be increasingly worthless. Skype
could be blocked. (As it is in Germany in the use from iPhone,
already). Small businesses could literally disappear, especially
specialist, niche or artisan businesses.
If we don't do something now - we could lose free and open use of the
internet. Our freedom (of choice in information, market, culture,
pleasure) will be curtailed. The EU proposals hold an enormous risk
for our future. They are about to become Law - and will be virtually
impossible to reverse. People (even the members of the European
Parliament who are voting on it) don't really seem to understand the
full implications and the legal changes are wrapped up in something
called "Telecoms Package" which lulls people into thinking it is just
about industry.
However, in reality, hiding from public view, the amendments are about
the way the Internet will operate in future! Text that expresses your
rights to access and distribute content, services and applications, is
being crossed out. And the text that is being brought in, says that
broadband providers must inform you of any limitations, or
restrictions to your broadband service. Alternative versions use the
word ‘conditions' - and it is seriously being proposed that you will
be told the conditions of use of Internet services. This is made to
sound good - it is dressed up as ‘transparency' - except that of
course it means that the broadband providerwill have the legal right
restrict your access or impose conditions,otherwise why would they
need tell you? If the Telecoms Package amendmentsare voted in, the
changes will not be reversible.
We all have a stake in the Internet! You need to act now to save it!
What can you do about it?
Tell the European Parliament to vote against conditional access to the
Internet! Remind them that they need your vote in June and that
internet still give us the tools to be watching and judging what they
are doing! (link a la quadrature du net) You must know you are not
alone: hundreds of organizations are working on that and thousands of
people have already contact their parliamentarians about this issue.
So, act now:
1 - Email, write to or phone your MEP - follow this link to get
theirdetails - a suggested template letter is attached. You can also
use the following software that send the letter directly to all the
parliamentarians. Believe, they will really receive it and they will
really feel the pressure. You are welcome to personalize the letter
and include information that will make MEPs wake up, take note and
take appropriate action.
2 - Forward this email to everyone you know so that they can take action.
3 - Syndicate this page so that you keep been informed: disinformation
is what they count on, we must be aware. Text for people to cut and
paste to MEP: The coalition version needs to have instructions for
people from each country. coalition members need to get a translated
version online in their own languages and link to the LQ site for
their own MEPs.
Lebih lanjut, silahkan klik: www.blackouteurope.eu
--
Adi Jayanto
"I Love Gratis, Gratis is My Life"
-- via archive mail 2009
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