Governments Respond to UN Report On Three Strikes Violating International Law

June 13, 2011

More than 40 countries and delegations have responded at the Human Rights Council to the recent United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression report that criticizes three strikes/graduated response system. The response, which includes Canada as a co-signer, underscores the importance of privacy, the objective of universal Internet access, and notes the importance of net neutrality and openness. The countries acknowledged that “cutting off users from access to the Internet is generally not a proportionate sanction.”

3 Comments

end user says:
June 13, 2011 at 6:10 pm

Too bad the US won’t care as they go and seize domain namesoon bad faith and bad evidence give to them by the corporations. I guess the new game in town is protetc US IP at all costs which seesm to be against basic net neutrality and openness.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/13/218206/First-Challenge-To-US-Domain-Seizures-Filed
The Kiwis says:
June 13, 2011 at 6:54 pm

New Zealand is on the list. Huh!?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/04/guilty-until-proven-innocent-new-zealand-rushes-ahead-with-p2p-bill.ars
Jesse says:
June 13, 2011 at 10:21 pm

Suing people into bankruptcy for little to no damage is, however, perfectly proportional.