I got to the conference almost 2 hours too late due to international trains from NL to Brussels got canceled so I had to figure out howto get there with the local slow trains so my report is somewhat limited. There were however a lot of interesting presentations and debates with representatives on both sides. Most of it can be watched as a stream, but the first hour was lost due to a crash of the video server..<div>
<div><br><div><a href="http://greens-efa-service.eu/live/telecom/">http://greens-efa-service.eu/live/telecom/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to bambuser you can watch the first hour here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://bambuser.com/channel/telecomix">http://bambuser.com/channel/telecomix</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The debate was strongly defending the due process before taking action against a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); ">suspected copyright infringes</span> as defined in article 138 and 166. The BSA argument about free cooperation in regard to a voluntarily database of suspected infringes where the ISP's can take action without due process as per the US model did not fly. The discussions were generally along the lines and concerns mentioned in Monica Horten's paper:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.iptegrity.com/pdf/Telecoms%20package%20a%20licence%20to%20chill.m.horten.03.09.2009.pdf">http://www.iptegrity.com/pdf/Telecoms%20package%20a%20licence%20to%20chill.m.horten.03.09.2009.pdf</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Nicolas</div><div><br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Nicolas Sahlqvist <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicco77@gmail.com">nicco77@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I wish you good luck with the election Valentin!<br><br>I will let you know the outcome.<br><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>- Nicolas</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Valentin Villenave <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:v.villenave@gmail.com" target="_blank">v.villenave@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Nicolas Sahlqvist<<a href="mailto:nicco77@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicco77@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I am going to Brussels on Monday to listen on the preparation for the 3rd<br>
> reading of the telecom package, anyone else joining?<br>
<br>
</div>Hi Nicolas,<br>
<br>
that would be with great pleasure on our side, but we're veery busy<br>
with our election coming in two weeks...<br>
<br>
Please do tell us what will come out of it, though :-)<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Valentin<br>
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