<div dir="ltr">The EP adopted the proposal today[1], but I haven't had a chance to review the final language yet. <div style><br></div><div style>Best, </div><div style>Yana</div><div style><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-a-great-step-forward-for-the-free-internet">https://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-a-great-step-forward-for-the-free-internet</a></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Bence Damokos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bdamokos@gmail.com" target="_blank">bdamokos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Dimi,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks for the report, very informative as always.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
Have you had a chance to look at the vote on net neutrality in Parliament today and see what the Parliament's version looks like in the end?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best regards,</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">Bence</div><div class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com" target="_blank">dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.14;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">#netneutrality</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">3. Crucial network neutrality vote to be held on 3 April</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Why is this relevant?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.14;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">It is a fundamental internet issue. Briefly, the legislation will determine what agreements between content providers and telecoms will be legal in the EU. The current draft of the regulation permits “specialised services” in contrast to the best effort principle. If these are allowed and defined too broadly, it would effectively result in an internet where content providers with more money can secure preferential access to end users. Start-up projects without financial backing (like Wikipedia was some years ago) would hence be disadvantaged. If, on the other hand, “specialised services” are defined too narrowly or even prohibited, it would mean the end to zero-charge projects (like Wikipedia Zero). </span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">What happened?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.14;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The Commission proposal on net neutrality [8] officially promotes the concept, but contains many loopholes. The European Parliament report from the ITRE (Industry) Committee failed to close most of them. [9] Now, four parliamentary groups have tabled amendments [10][11] ahead of the final vote that would seriously limit the possible exceptions. The split lines run along Socialists & Democrats, Greens, the Left Group and Liberals proposing the changes and the conservatives (EPP, ECR) endorsing the ITRE version. However, most groups might end up with a split vote, making the outcome hard to predict</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">What comes next?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.14;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The vote will take place on Thursday, 3 April 2014 during the plenary session in Strasbourg. It is most likely to come up in the afternoon. [12]</span></p>
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