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Subject: EFF Europe URGENT Action: Tell Your MEP to Fix IPRED2
Date: Wednesday 18 April 2007 09:29
From: EFF Europe <copycrime@xxxxxxx>
To: tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

                   TELL YOUR MEP TO SUPPORT THE
             LIBRARIANS', CONSUMERS' AND INNOVATORS'
                            COALITION

Today, a coalition of groups representing consumers, librarians
and innovators came together in support of a series of amendments
that would fix the worst parts of the proposed Directive on
Criminal Measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRED2).

We are writing to urge you to contact your MEPs and ask them to
support these amendments at the plenary vote in European
Parliament on April 24-26, 2007.

The coalition's amendments would:

   * LIMIT the scope of IPRED2 to true criminal enterprises,
involving copyright piracy and trademark violations done on a
commercial scale, with malice and the intention of earning a
profit from the enterprise, rather than criminalizing all
intellectual property infringement as the current directive does;

   * AVOID creating an unprecedented scope of secondary liability
for Internet intermediaries, ICTs, software vendors and a range of
legitimate business activity, by removing the words "aiding or
abetting and inciting" from Article 3.

   * PROVIDE LEGAL CERTAINTY by adopting precise and appropriate
definitions of "on a commercial scale" and "intentional
infringement" in Article 2 as commercial activity done with the
intent to earn a profit directly attributable to the infringing
activity.

Finally, remember to encourage the MEPs to REJECT the directive in
its entirety if its current flaws remain unfixed.

You can read the full set of the coalition amendments here:
<http://www.copycrime.eu/amendments/>

Timing is very important. MEPS are travelling to vote on
amendments to IPRED2 in Strasbourg next week.

WE NEED YOU TELL YOUR MEP TO SUPPORT THESE AMENDMENTS BEFORE APRIL 24TH.

Here's how you can help:

1. PICK AN MEP

Some countries have one MEP per district; in others, you can
contact any or all of your MEPs.

To get started, pick one of your local MEPs from this list, and
note his or her contact details.

<http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members.do>

2. FAX, CALL OR EMAIL YOUR MEP'S OFFICE

BEFORE MONDAY 23RD APRIL
Call, fax or email your chosen MEP at their Brussels Office.

AFTER MONDAY 23RD APRIL
Call, fax, or email your chosen MEP at their Strasbourg Office.

3. TELL MEPs WHY THEY SHOULD CARE

Explain who you are (a coder? a consumer? a business person? a Net
user?), and why you care.

For instance, tell MEPs if you believe that the EU should not be
in the business of formulating European level criminal sanctions
and that this should instead be left to Member States' discretion.

You could also explain how IPRED2 would:

- criminalise innovators that the entertainment industry claims
"incite" infringement, including, potentially, open source coders,
media-sharing sites like YouTube, and ISPs that refuse to block P2P
services; and

- fail to give consumers clear guidance about how they can make lawful
uses of works without fear of criminal prosecution.

4. TELL THEM WHAT TO DO

Whatever else you say in your fax, call or email, remember to ask
your MEPs to:

"SUPPORT THE LIBRARIANS', CONSUMERS' AND INNOVATORS' COALITION
AMENDMENTS TO IPRED2"

5. SPREAD THE WORD

Do you know anyone who will be affected by the proposed Directive? If so,
encourage them to go to <http://www.copycrime.eu/> and learn how to get
involved.

Thank you!

: . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :

       EFF is a member-supported nonprofit
   Make a donation and become a member today!
          <http://secure.eff.org/join>

: . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :

* Administrivia

You're receiving this mail because you signed up to receive IPRED2
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This Action Alert is published by:

The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
BP 1344, 1000 BRUXELLES 1, BELGIUM
email: information@xxxxxxx
fax: +32 24 166 018
 http://www.eff.org/

Editor:
Danny O'Brien, International Outreach Coordinator
 danny@xxxxxxx

Membership & donation queries:
 membership@xxxxxxx

General EFF, legal, policy, or online resources queries:
information@xxxxxxx


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-------------------------------------------------------

TELL YOUR MEP TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARIANS', CONSUMERS' AND INNOVATORS' COALITION

Today, a coalition of groups representing librarians, consumers and innovators came together to support of a series of amendments that would fix the worst parts of the proposed Directive on Criminal Measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRED2).

If you live in the EU, contact your MEPs and ask them to support these amendments at the plenary vote in European Parliament on April 24-26, 2007.

The coalition's amendments would:

  • LIMIT the scope of IPRED2 to true criminal enterprises, involving copyright piracy and trademark violations done on a commercial scale, with malice and the intention of earning a profit from the enterprise, rather than criminalizing all intellectual property infringement as the current directive does;

  • AVOID creating an unprecedented scope of secondary liability for Internet intermediaries, ICTs, software vendors and a range of legitimate business activity, by removing the words "aiding or abetting and inciting" from Article 3.

  • PROVIDE LEGAL CERTAINTY by adopting precise and appropriate definitions of "on a commercial scale" and "intentional infringement" in Article 2 as commercial activity done with the intent to earn a profit directly attributable to the infringing activity.

Finally, remember to encourage the MEPs to REJECT the directive in its entirety if its current flaws remain unfixed.

You can read the full set of the coalition amendments here: http://www.copycrime.eu/amendments/

Timing is very important. MEPS are travelling to vote on amendments to IPRED2 in Strasbourg on April 24th.

WE NEED YOU TELL YOUR MEP TO SUPPORT THESE AMENDMENTS BEFORE APRIL 24TH.

Here's how you can help:

Pick an MEP

Some countries have one MEP per district; in others, you can contact any or all of your MEPs.

To get started, pick one of your local MEPs from this list, and note his or her contact details:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members.do

FAX, CALL OR EMAIL YOUR MEP'S OFFICE

BEFORE MONDAY 23RD APRIL Call, fax or email your chosen MEP at their Brussels Office.

AFTER MONDAY 23RD APRIL Call, fax, or email your chosen MEP at their Strasbourg Office.

TELL MEPs WHY THEY SHOULD CARE

Explain who you are (a coder? a consumer? a business person? a Net user?), and why you care.

For instance, tell MEPs if you believe that the EU should not be in the business of formulating European level criminal sanctions and that this should instead be left to Member States' discretion.

You could also explain how IPRED2 would:

  • criminalise innovators that the entertainment industry claims "incite" infringement, including, potentially, open source coders, media-sharing sites like YouTube, and ISPs that refuse to block P2P services; and

  • fail to give consumers clear guidance about how they can make lawful uses of works without fear of criminal prosecution.

TELL THEM WHAT TO DO

Whatever else you say in your fax, call or email, remember to ask your MEPs to:

"SUPPORT THE LIBRARIANS', CONSUMERS' AND INNOVATORS' COALITION AMENDMENTS TO IPRED2"

SPREAD THE WORD

Do you know anyone who will be affected by the proposed Directive? If so, encourage them to go to http://www.copycrime.eu/action and learn how to get involved.

Thank you!

: . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :

           EFF is a member-supported nonprofit
       Make a donation and become a member today!
              

: . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :

* Administrivia

You're receiving this mail because you signed up to receive IPRED2
updates when you signed the  petition.
Click here to unsubscribe or manage your subscription preferences:

http://action.eff.org/site/CO

Click here to change your email address:
http://action.eff.org/addresschange

This Action Alert is published by:

The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
BP 1344, 1000 BRUXELLES 1, BELGIUM
email: information@xxxxxxx
fax: +32 24 166 018
 http://www.eff.org/

Editor:
Danny O'Brien, International Outreach Coordinator
 danny@xxxxxxx

Membership & donation queries:
 membership@xxxxxxx

General EFF, legal, policy, or online resources queries:
information@xxxxxxx


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