hello,<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/6 Jens-Wolfhard Schicke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drahflow@gmx.de" target="_blank">drahflow@gmx.de</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA1<br><br>erik ernst wrote:<br>
<div>> Amelia Andersdotter wrote:<br>>> I've argued recently that Swedish conservatives believe competition is a<br></div>>> [...]<br>
<div>>> level.<br>>><br>>> Catch what I' getting at?<br></div>
<div>> Not sure I understand you correctly, are you saying, that in order for<br>> the internet to remain neutral, we should ask our politicians to<br>> regulate it?<br>><br>> In my opinion, any regulatory filtering, blocking and control of traffic<br>
</div>> [much stuff, all assuming that regulation implies that the contents of communication will be listened to]<br>
<div>> the dark ages of communication from whence we came.<br>><br>> Anyway, that was a private opinion:)<br></div>I share your opinion about the type of "regulation" you have in mind.<br><br>However, Amelia most certainly meant regulation as in<br>
"Providers must adhere strictly to net neutrality, in particular they must not automatically or otherwise decide anything based upon<br> the contents of communication between their users. They shall also not look more deeply into packets then the IP header, and even<br>
then they may only take the technically absolutely necessary decisions like routing."<br><br></blockquote>
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<div>Yes! </div>
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<div>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."</div>
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<div>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!!)</div>
<div><br>-- <br>Amelia Andersdotter<br>Kommunikationansvarig UPF<br>Lissabon-MEP<br>+46 738436779<br></div></div>