Fair enough, you're right. There is a long path yet ahead. The government is expecting to be able to sanction/sign it during NetMundial<http://netmundial.br/>meeting and has invested a lot on negotiations to make it real.
Let's wait and see how far it can go. For those interested in regulation related matters, I'm attaching a draft version in English made by Raquel Gatto from ISOC Brazil and shared by Carolina Rossini, whom some of you might know. Oona On 26 March 2014 03:30, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < [email protected]> wrote: > Humm.... let's wait until the bill become a *law*. > > This is an important step, but we still need a lot of work here. > > When our access to information law [1] were approved by the chamber of > deputies, its bill got stuck in the senate for a looong time. It was > really, really hard to have any civil society influence to have it > approved. I didn't believe when I saw it happening - as Spain, Brazil was > one of the last big democracies without an access to information law. > > Now we have to analyse the senate situation and *if* it will be approved > with the actual configuration. It is possible the bill will have to pass on > several commissions and, if any lobbyist find its amable senator, this bill > can easily get stuck. And we are in the presidential elections year, thus > if eveything goes as usual, the law will likely be approved only next year. > And if the presidential situation changes (workers party go out of the > power, which is be very constrained with the world cup results, as > incredible it can be for a gringo), things can change a lot regarding the > actual political scenario. > > [1] > *https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_de_acesso_%C3%A0_informa%C3%A7%C3%A3o*< > https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_de_acesso_%C3%A0_informa%C3%A7%C3%A3o> > > http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2011/lei/l12527.htm > > > 2014-03-26 2:23 GMT-03:00 Victor Grigas <[email protected]>: > > > Yahooooo! > > > > > On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:11 PM, Oona Castro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello all! > > > > > > Subject is not 100% related to Wikimedia, but definitely important for > > the > > > future of projects like ours. > > > > > > Marco civil da Internet (the Brazilian internet civil rights bill) has > > just > > > been approved by the Brazilian > > > Congress< > > > http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/camara-aprova-marco-civil-da-internet-projeto-segue-para-senado-11984559 > > >. > > > Now the Senate still needs to approve it. > > > > > > The bill has been recently supported > > > < > > > http://www.webfoundation.org/2014/03/marco-civil-statement-of-support-from-sir-tim-berners-lee/ > > >by > > > Sir Tim Berners-Lee.[1] > > > > > > Back in 2007, several Brazilian civil society organizations started to > > > fight against bills which were about to be approved creating a penal > law > > > over certain uses of internet. > > > > > > This fight led the Brazilian government to build, together with other > > > Brazilian organizations, a request for comment/collaborative > > > platform<http://culturadigital.br/marcocivil/sobre/>[2] for the > > > creation of a civil rights bill for the internet. Contributions > > > were gathered together and a first draft was proposed for another round > > of > > > public comments on 2010. > > > > > > A first draft was negotiated within the government in 2011. A lot of > > lobby > > > over the Congress was carried out especially against the articles about > > net > > > neutrality and internet service providers liability (both by > > > telecommunication companies and the intellectual property industries, > but > > > mainly the former - they wanted all internet service providers to be > > > obliged to remove content under a simple notification claiming the > > content > > > should be removed. Internet civil rights activists claimed for the need > > of > > > a justice decision about that). > > > > > > The case of NSA spying > > > Brazil< > > > http://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2013/09/nsa-documents-show-united-states-spied-brazilian-oil-giant.html > > >made > > > the government become fonder of the Marco Civil bill, fostering its > > > approval in the Congress. > > > > > > Since the first draft of the bill, some aspects were lost, but the bill > > > remains important and mostly beneficial to internet rights in my > opinion. > > > It's been a long process, with lots of threats to this initiative, but > in > > > the end the balance seems good. Good the the freedom of expression and > > good > > > for net neutrality. > > > > > > Best regards > > > Oona > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > http://www.webfoundation.org/2014/03/marco-civil-statement-of-support-from-sir-tim-berners-lee/ > > > [2] http://culturadigital.br/marcocivil/sobre/ > > > [3] > > > > > > http://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2013/09/nsa-documents-show-united-states-spied-brazilian-oil-giant.html > > > > > > Other links: > > > a. Research about media piracy - the Brazilian chapter brings the > history > > > of the Marco Civil da Internet by 2010. - > > > > > > http://piracy.americanassembly.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/MPEE-PDF-1.0.4.pdf > > > b. > > > > > > http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/01/brazil-legislate-online-civil-rights-snowden > > > c. > > > > > > http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/02/19/amendments-to-brazils-bill-of-rights-for-internet-users-jeopardizes-privacy/ > > > d. > > > > > > https://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/03/12/brazil-marcocivil-bill-of-rights/ > > > e. https://twitter.com/marcocivil > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) > OKF Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre > http://br.okfn.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >
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