[pp.int.general] Free Internet Act and the European Citizen's Initiative

[Maxime Rouquet]

On 03/05/2012 02:59 PM, eduardo at partidopirata.com.ar wrote:
> Hi, the european pirate party Support the proposal of Free Internet Act?

There is no such thing as a European PP yet ;).

The short description on the right starts well (no censorship, right to
free speech), but this sentence was doomed to make this list react :

	However, we believe that appropriate laws must also be put into
	place to protect copyrighted content and intellectual property
	holders from copyright infringement.

Without developing on the point that using the term "intellectual
property" is wrong, I would ask to have a better definition here.

I am not against protecting some aspects of the copyright (what free
software is based on for example). But, on the other hand, we all want
to change it ; and to put an end to the patent system (by finding an
alternative in some cases, but it is not the subject here).

Each country has different laws for each one of these topics abusively
grouped into things such as the French "Code of the Intellectual
Property". Without a proper international definition of such laws,
asking citizens to respect them is not a good idea.

	We need the internet's support and assistance in producing and
	passing this act globally. We stand together as people who
	value the free exchange of information and who wish to see our
	rights secured.

Citizen rights secured, OK. But not by signing a blank paper.

Where could we find a detailed version of the text of this FIA ?