<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi everyone,<br><br>as promised here is a first update from the net neutrality vote today (part of Telecoms Package/Connected Conitent):<br><br></div>Amendments proposed by the Greens/EFA, S&D, GUE/NGL as well as amendments tabled (non-US sense) by the ALDE Group passed as well. The definitions are waterproof enough now to make most civil society actors happy, only amendments aiming at imposing penalties for telecoms operators didn't find a majority due to the liberals (ALDE Group) not supporting them. There is a documents with all accepted amendments. [1]<br>
<br><br></div>To us the most important should be the definitions of both "network neutrality" and "specialised services". These are amendments 234 and 235 that where supported even by the conservatives (EPP Group). Whether Wikipedia Zero is concerned will depend on whether it is deemed a "substitute for internet access service". <br>
<br>234: "(12a) "net neutrality" means the principle according to which all<br>
internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction<br>
or interference, independently of its sender, recipient, type, content,<br>
device, service or application"<br>
<br>
235: "(15) “specialised service” means an electronic communications<br>
service optimised for specific content, applications or services, or a<br>
combination thereof, provided over logically distinct capacity, relying<br>
on strict admission control, offering functionality requiring enhanced<br>
quality from end to end, and that is not marketed or usable as a<br>
substitute for internet access service"<br><br><br></div>Next, the Council may either accept the Paliament version or propose its own changes. I will let you know about the preliminary schedule one I figured it out myself.<br>
<br></div>Dimi<br><div><div><div><div><br><br>[1]<a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+AMD+A7-2014-0190+234-236+DOC+PDF+V0//EN" target="_blank">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+AMD+A7-2014-0190+234-236+DOC+PDF+V0//EN</a> <br>
<br><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-04-03 18:11 GMT+02:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com" target="_blank">dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>I am travelling now, so I can't post the relevant AMs here now, but it looks like they closed most loopholes and likely zero services.</p>
<p>Will write again later.</p>
<p>Dimi</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">Le 3 avr. 2014 17:55, "Yana Welinder" <<a href="mailto:ywelinder@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">ywelinder@wikimedia.org</a>> a écrit :<div><div class="h5"><br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">The EP adopted the proposal today[1], but I haven't had a chance to review the final language yet. <div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div>Yana</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-a-great-step-forward-for-the-free-internet" target="_blank">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><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>
<br><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"></span><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">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>
<br><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"></span><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">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>
<br><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"></span><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">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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