[Advocacy Advisors] [Internal-l] CPA : Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 - Philippines

[Pierre-Carl Langlais]

Hello,

I have given a quick look to the bill. It's difficult to draw definite  
conclusions : the signification of the text greatly depends on the  
present state of several fields of Philippine legislation (on libel  
for instance).

I have nevertheless some concerns about the c1 paragraph of the fourth  
section defining the crime of cybersex : « The willful engagement,  
maintenance, control, or operation, directly or indirectly, of any  
lascivious exhibition of sexual organs or sexual activity, with the  
aid of a computer system, for favor or consideration. » I may be  
wrong, but the enforcement of this paragraph could potentially prevent  
the diffusion of explicit encyclopedic photographies and illustrations  
on sexual topics.

Pierre-Carl Langlais aka Alexander Doria

> Hi Roman,
>
> I really appreciate your sharing this with us.  Is it possible you  
> could give a brief summary to give us a gist of your concerns about  
> the bill?   Fully understand if you may be to busy to do that.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Geoff
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Roman Bustria Jr.  
> <bustrias at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello again.
>
> Here is a  clearer version.
>
> http://www.gov.ph/2012/09/12/republic-act-no-10175/
>
>
> Butch
> WMPH
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Roman Bustria Jr.  
> <bustrias at gmail.com> wrote:
> My Fellow Wikimedians,
>
> We would like to ask your feedback on the new law signed by our  
> President about Cybercrime whether it had a chilling effect on our  
> local Wikipedia editors.
>
> Official text is available on this link:
>
> http://www.gov.ph/downloads/2012/09sep/20120912-RA-10175-BSA.pdf
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Roman "Butch" Bustria Jr.
> Vice President
> Wikimedia Philippines
>
>
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> Date: Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 12:23 AM
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> Le Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:10:00 +0200, Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni at mail.huji.ac.il 
> > a écrit:
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> Is there a reason to ask about this on the internal mailing list? You
> can get useful feedback from the open list, too.
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