Freedom of expression is in real danger now in Spain. If the Electronic Commerce (Society of Information Services) Directive is approved, most websites that are not "properly" registered would be considered illegal and have to face enormous fees which will in fact paralyse their activity forever.
Written by David Casacuberta. [Read the entire warining article]
PLEASE, SUPPORT OUR CAMPAIGN, SUPPORT THE FREE SPEECH:
Support ours by these ways:
- Spread the web adress' campaign as much forums as possible. You can also difuse this alert to your friends. The web adress is: http://www.kriptopolis.com/lssi.
- Sign with your name to support against the LSSI. Click here. Or you can go to the original web.
- Get some banner to put it in your webpages. Click here.
- Write an attentively and respectful letter to the Mrs. Minister of Science and Technology of Spain. You have an model letter (in spanish) that you only have copy it and add your name (with city and country), then send it to info@myct.es. You can also modify it on your own way.
- Make a mirror of our web campaign. There's a mirror co-ordination mailing list.
- A group of internautas have formed the Movimiento por una Internet Libre (Free Internet Movement). Join with them!.
More info:
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This warning was also alerted by the Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC) Alert, volume 5, issue 4, June 26, 2001.
Spain unveils webpage curbs.
Also translated into spanish. And there is the original bulletin.
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From Wired: Fears of a Website Inquisition.
It's also in spanish:¿La Santa Inquisición resucita en la Red?.
- An article written by Marta Iglesias, from Europemedia: Spain proposes legislation on Information Society and e-commerce.
- TV news from Telecinco talking about the LSSI (spanish).
- Kriptopolis talks about the danger of free speech. At the Spanish Senate. In this intervention, Carlos Almeida makes an honour to 80's American BBS, and remember the falling of the "Sundevil Operation" (Spanish).
Also you can see it in streaming video.
- Kriptopolis' lawyer warns that the LSSI violates the Spanish constitution about the free speech. At the Spanish Senate. (Spanish).
Also you can see it in streaming video.
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Manifesto for a free Internet by the Movimiento por una Internet Libre (Free Internet Movement).
Also in Castillian(Spanish), Catalan, Galician (Portuguese), and Basque.
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