How many of you just starting singing MC Hammer?.. Good..
Anyhooo.. I think this hits on a few things generally on the PTP "radar"..

http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2009/06/you_touch_my_skype_you_touch_m.html

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<http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2009/06/you_touch_my_skype_you_touch_m.html>

In our drive to promote innovation and users' rights on the Internet, the
last few weeks have been simply amazing. An update is due.

Last month, we were all surprised that the European Parliament took a stand
and went against EU governments by adopting by a very large majority an
amendment to the proposed revised EU telecoms regulations, which ensures
that Internet users can only be disconnected upon receipt of a proper court
order<http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/219&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en>,
rather than an administrative order.

Then last week (9 June), the French Constitutional Court (the equivalent of
the Supreme Court in the US or the 'Law Lords' for the English Courts),
citing the founding principles of the French Republic the 1789 Declaration
of the Rights of Man, confirmed that a similar legal proposal in France to
disconnect users suspected of downloading illegal material was not
acceptable.


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Aaron Baer
[email protected]
http://www.slyness.org/

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