hmm... fredy has shut down this link?
> [10] http://vaud.init7.ch/
not working for me...
-steven
> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im
> Auftrag von Felix Rauch
> Gesendet: Samstag, 8. Februar 2003 13:24
> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Betreff: [swinog] Draft contribution to EDRi-gram about i'net censorhip
> in CH
>
>
> Dear Swinog crew,
>
> I was asked by EDRi (European Digital Rights) to write a contribution
> for the EDRi-gram. The contribution is about the recent happenings on
> internet censorship in Switzerland. My draft is below, if you have any
> comments, please send them to me or the list by sonday afternoon (I'll
> have to submit it on sonday since I'm in vacation next week).
>
> Regards,
> Felix
>
>
> INTERNET CENSORSHIP MARCHING FORWARD IN SWITZERLAND
> (contribution by Felix Rauch, SIUG)
>
> In Switzerland, beeing one of the oldest democracies, internet
> censorship is gaining ground. Two recent events support this trend.
>
> In last december examining magistrate of the canton Vaud, Françoise
> Dessaux, sent a disposal [1] to many Swiss internet service providers
> (ISPs), asking to block access to the websites [2, 3, 4] and to modify
> DNS servers so that "the name of the domain swiss-corruption.com
> points to an empty page". A press release [5] published by the Swiss
> Internet User Group (SIUG [6]) and Swiss Network operators Group
> (Swinog [7]) doubt that the blocking of foreign internet content is a
> legally valid procedure. The two groups also point out that internet
> blocking measures are easily bypassed and that article 16 of the Swiss
> constitution guarantees to every person "the right to receive
> information freely, to gather it from generally accessible sources,
> and to disseminate it."
>
> Most Swiss providers did at first not obey to the disposal and
> appealed against it. The examining magistrate then ordered many
> responsible persons of the ISPs to the court. Guido Honegger of Swiss
> ISP green [8] still refuses to block the websites and is now facing an
> ascertainment against his person because of disobedience. He wants to
> increase predicatbility of legal decisions and plans to fight the
> order in court. Other ISPs like e.g. Init7 [9] are redirecting traffic
> to the incriminated sites to protest pages [10]. Despite all the legal
> fights, the site are only with new addresses [11, 12].
>
> Internet censorship to creep in with new law
>
> The Swiss federal office of justice [13] published a proposal for a
> revision of the federal law on lotteries and betting. In article 50 of
> the proposal, providers could be fined up to one year in prison or a
> penalty of up to 1 Million Swiss francs (approx. EUR 660'000) for
> "providing access to not allowed games according to this law". SIUG is
> concerned that this proposal is only a first trial for much wider
> censorship laws and will therefore submit a detailed answer against
> this censorship article.
>
>
> Links, references and further reading:
>
> [1] Disposal by the canton Vaud (unofficial copy, french)
> http://www.nrg4u.com:80/abuse/canton-de-vaud.pdf
>
> [2] http://www.appel-au-peuple.org/
>
> [3] http://de.geocities.com/justicecontrol/
>
> [4] http://www.swiss-corruption.com/
>
> [5] Press release by SIUG and Swinog (in german):
> http://www.siug.ch/presse/Presse.20021213.txt
>
> [6] Swiss Internet User Group (SIUG) homepage:
> http://www.siug.ch/
>
> [7] Swiss Network Operators Group (Swinog) homepage:
> http://www.swinog.ch/
>
> [8] http://www.green.ch/
>
> [9] http://www.init7.ch/
>
> [10] http://vaud.init7.ch/
>
> [11] http://www.c9c.net/swiss-corruption/info
>
> [12] http://www.freejustice.de/
>
> [13] http://www.ofj.admin.ch/
>
> [x] Heise News: Schweizer Richter verlangt Website-Sperrung von Providern
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hob-12.12.02-000/
>
>
> --
> Felix Rauch, research assistant at laboratory for
> computersystems, ETH Zuerich
> http://www.nice.ch/~felix/Member of Swiss Internet User
> Group: www.siug.ch
> This article contains my personal view only! Use of my addresses
> for marketing
> purposes is hereby strictly prohibited according to swiss privacy laws.
>
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