Activities of Jean-Marie CAVADA related to 2008/2160(INI)
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Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the evolution of the Internet proves that it is becoming an indispensable tool for promoting democratic initiatives, a new arena for the political debate (e.g., e- campaigning, e-voting), a key instrument at world level for exercising freedom of expression (e.g., blogging) and for developing business activities,
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, in a democratic society, it is the citizens who are entitled to observe and to judge daily the actions and beliefs of their governments and of private companies that provide them with services, and not the governments or companies who are entitled to observe and to judge daily the actions and beliefs of their citizens; whereas technologically advanced surveillance techniques, csombined with lax lawetimes coupled with the absence of adequate legal guarantees prescribgarding the limits of their application, increasingly threaten this principle,
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas it should be recalled that, when dealing with rights such as freedom of expression or respect for private life, interferences withlimits to the exercise of such rights may only be imposed by public authorities if they are ‘in accordance with the law' and necessary and proportionate in a democratic society,
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas e-illiteracy will be the new illiteracy of the 21st century; whereas ensuring that all citizens have access to the Internet is therefore equivalentcontributes to ensuring that all citizens have access to schooling, and; whereas such access should not be punitively denied by governments or private companiesa fair balance between the fundamental rights guaranteed under Community law must be ensured; whereas it is important to deal with emerging issues such as network neutrality, interoperability, global reachability of all Internet nodes, and the use of open formats and standards,
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point c
Paragraph 1 - point c
(c) ensure together with other relevant actors that security, freedom of expression and the protection of privacy, as well as openness on the Internet, are approached not as competing goals, but instead are delivered simultaneously within a comprehensive vision that responds adequately to all these imperatives;
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point h
Paragraph 1 - point h
(h) proceed to the adoption of the directive on criminal measures aimed at the enforcement of intellectual property rights while simultaneously prohibiting, in pursuit of that purpose, the systematic monitoring and surveillance of all users’ activities on the Internet, and ensuring that the penalties are proportionate to the infringements committed; within this context, also respect the freedom of expression and association of individual users and combat the incentives for cyber- violations of intellectual property rights, including certain excessive access restrictions placed by intellectual property holders themselves;
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point i
Paragraph 1 - point i