No subject

is converted into a police state in order to protect the interests of record 
companies in copyright matters. Like famous copyright professor Hugenholtz 
of Amsterdam University said some years ago about IPRED: "Why not the death 
penalty?" (don't get confused! of course he did not advocate the death 
penalty!).

While the death penalty is unrealistic, I do believe that one day Maroccans 
who share files on the Internet may be sent back to Marocco. As you may 
know, Maroccans can't give up their Maroccan citizenship if they become 
Dutch, Swedish or whatever. This continues across generations, so there are 
lots of 2nd and 3rd generation Maroccan immigrants who have never been in 
Marocco, and perhaps even don't speak the anguage, but still have the 
citizenship. Now some right wing politicians propose to withdraw e.g. the 
Dutch citizenship of such people if they commit severe crimes. While 
international law does not allow a state to withdraw the *last* citizenship 
of someone, in this case the Maroccan citizenship is a fallback. Now we all 
know from IPRED2 that copyright infringement will be a severe crime. The end 
effect will be lots of people of (remote) Maroccan origin in Marocco who 
only speak Dutch.

reinier


>
> So if I had a vote, I would vote no on the Lissabon Treaty. Good luck to
> the irish.
>
> Mårten Fjällström
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