<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">Yeasterday there was a manifestation in Italy called “Notte della rete”(Night of the Network). This manifestation protested against the ‘internet-killing act’that was discussed today by <a title="wiki" href="http://www.google.se/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCEQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fit.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAutorit%25C3%25A0_per_le_Garanzie_nelle_Comunicazioni&ei=iYMTTviuJcfKsgaYvozPDg&usg=AFQjCNHzlYprbRTRHpZvEUw26r1rLvPrKg" style="color: rgb(54, 93, 160); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">AGCOM</a>(the regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in Italy). This proposed regulation would provide automatic deletion of content protected by copyright that is shared on the web.</span>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Got a mail from an Italian guy today saying:</span></font></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Today the Authority have released the bad regulation untouched,<br>so the next months we will arise our protest<br>
against censorship in Italy. Stay tuned ;-)</span></blockquote><div><br></div><div> 220.000 signatures against the bill so far which is very positive to see so many support a free internet. </div><div><br></div><div>Transcribed the speech by Stallman since that was the only part in English at the manifestation. A highlight:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1">and they want to stop you from sharing<br>that’s why they use propaganda terms like ‘pirates’<br>
what does it mean when they call the people who share pirates?<br>it means they are trying to equate helping other people with attacking ships<br>this is absurd and morally it’s as wrong as anything could be<br>because sharing is good<br>
but attacking ships is very bad<br>so we shouldn’t call them by the same word</font></span></blockquote><div><br>A bit more about what happened and the full transcription can be read in my blog <a href="http://collentine.com/night-of-the-network-notterete-transcription-of-stallman">http://collentine.com/night-of-the-network-notterete-transcription-of-stallman</a></div>
<div>And Stallman, the second solution you proposed is called Flattr.com ;)</div><div><br></div><div>Are any pirate parties involved in these protests or supporting them more actively? </div><div><br></div><div>kindly, </div>
<div>josef (@collentine)</div>