<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>http://www.partidopirata.es/blog/nota-prensa-rrpp-24-9-08/<br><br>Translation of our press release:<br><br><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><br><p align="justify"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Were we <a href="http://www.partidopirata.es/blog/nota-prensa-rrpp-22-9-08/" target="_blank">alarmed</a> because of </span></font></font><a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Telecoms_Package_Plenary_Amendments#Amendment_138_.2B.2B.2B" target="_blank"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><em><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip:
-moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Bono Amendment</span></em></font></a><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">, as it allows restriction of freedom of speech and information without </span></font></font></font>a prior ruling by the judicial authorities<font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">, when we found that Ignasi Guardans (ALDE) opposes such amendment. ¿Good? Awful: he opposes <a href="http://www.odebi.org/new2/?p=489&langswitch_lang=en" target="_blank">because he
finds it too soft</a> -we have verified the authenticity of Guardans' mail-.</span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><br></span></font></font></font></p><p align="justify"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">According to Guardans, fufill the <a href="http://narros.congreso.es/constitucion/constitucion/indice/titulos/articulos.jsp?ini=20&tipo=2" target="_blank">Article 20 Section 5 of Spanish Constitution</a> means falling “</span></font></font></font><span style="font-style: italic;">under a</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
government by Judges</span><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><em><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"></span></em></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">” -Guardans only cares about laws not being fulfilled, thus, <a href="http://www.ignasiguardans.cat/articleViewPage.php?art_ID=678"
target="_blank">only when it disturbs him</a>-, and proposes a new law that allow governments -and </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><em><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">competent authorities</span></em></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
(only he knows which ones is talking about)- to restrict freedom of speech without a prior ruling by the judicial authorities, being according to Guardans just "</span></font></font></font><span style="font-style: italic;">in certain cases, to suspend acts</span><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><em><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"></span></em></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip:
-moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">” </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><em><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">a posteriori</span></em></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">. Mr. Guardans, what you suggest did already exist, it was <a href="http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/l14-1966.html" target="_blank"><strong>Francoist</strong> 1966's Press Law</a></span></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat
scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> and </span></font></font><a href="http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/l14-1966.html#balloon2" target="_blank"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><strong><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">was revoked because of being anticonstitutional</span></strong></font></a><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">. Guardans neither saves offences nor defamation against Tampoco escatima insultos ni difamaciones against opponents of <span style="font-style: italic;">Torpedo
Amendments</span>, comparing us with "<span style="font-style: italic;">fundamentalists</span>" and with "<span style="font-style: italic;">business lobbies</span>"</span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">.</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><br></span></font></font></font></font></p><p align="justify"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">But Guardans is not the only one. French MEP <a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/JacquesToubon/en" target="_blank">Toubon</a> -from PPE-DE, and perpetrator of <a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Telecoms_Package_Plenary_Amendments#Amendment_132_--" target="_blank">132th Amendment</a>
which explicitly allows intervention of RMOs and others, as well as formulas like Olivennes Agreement- would have said that requesting judges to authorize restrictions to freedom of speech -something that doesn't really does </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><em><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Bono Amendment</span></em></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> but Article 20 Section 5 of Spanish Constitution- </span></font></font><strong style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span><span
style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">“</span></span></font></font></strong></font></font><strong style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">prevent effective sanctions against pedopornography online in the name of the freedom of expression and information</strong><font size="2"><font size="2"><strong style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"></span></span></font></font></strong><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><em><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin:
-moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"></span></span></em></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">“. Can be understood that Toubon accuses Spanish Constitution of cooperating with pedopornography, by preventing effective sanctions against it?</span></span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><br></span></span></font></font></font></font></p><p align="justify"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">These people -Bono, Guardans, Toubon, Trautmann, Harbour </span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><em><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy:
-moz-initial;">et al</span></span></em></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">- reflect the majority of who represent us in Europarliament; it's needed to say it today, and will be needed to remind it in less than nine months. Regards.</span></span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><br></span></span></font></font></font></font></p><p align="justify"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">P.D.: <a href="http://www.internautas.org/html/5156.html" target="_blank">Voting is this morning</a></span></span></font></font></font></font></p><br><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><br><p align="justify">Very shocking reactions from MEPs when they feel their goals are threatened by public objections.
Regards,</p><br><p align="justify"><br></p> Carlos Ayala<br> ( Aiarakoa )<br><br>
Partido Pirata National Board's Chairman<br></div></div><br>
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