[pp.int.general] Regulation (Amelia Andersdotter)

[Amelia Andersdotter]

hello,

2009/10/6 Jens-Wolfhard Schicke <drahflow at gmx.de>

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> erik ernst wrote:
> > Amelia Andersdotter wrote:
> >>     I've argued recently that Swedish conservatives believe competition
> is a
> >>     [...]
> >>     level.
> >>
> >>     Catch what I' getting at?
> > Not sure I understand you correctly, are you saying, that in order for
> > the internet to remain neutral, we should ask our politicians to
> > regulate it?
> >
> > In my opinion, any regulatory filtering, blocking and control of traffic
> > [much stuff, all assuming that regulation implies that the contents of
> communication will be listened to]
> > the dark ages of communication from whence we came.
> >
> > Anyway, that was a private opinion:)
> I share your opinion about the type of "regulation" you have in mind.
>
> However, Amelia most certainly meant regulation as in
> "Providers must adhere strictly to net neutrality, in particular they must
> not automatically or otherwise decide anything based upon
>  the contents of communication between their users. They shall also not
> look more deeply into packets then the IP header, and even
>  then they may only take the technically absolutely necessary decisions
> like routing."
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>

Yes!

Just like that! When companies and/or wish to restrict user freedoms and
rights (which they basically seem to be wanting) it's important for the
legislator to say "hey, we, the democratically elected representatives of
European citizens, must step in and make sure users actually benefit from
the technological development."

Aiming for parliamentary seats means aiming to be a regulator: what
regulation benefits us, consumers and the public at large? It's a debate
that's been present in the telecoms package (we WANT the regulation
contained in am 138) and a debate that will surely been transferred to other
directives (how do we WANT the e-commerce directive to be? this is probably
something we should already start discussing!!)

-- 
Amelia Andersdotter
Kommunikationansvarig UPF
Lissabon-MEP
+46 738436779
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