[discuss] Brazil's Marco Civil approved by Chamber of Deputies!!

Wed Mar 26 10:04:12 UTC 2014

Great news! Congratulations to all of you who worked hard to make this happen.

On a related but not so cheerful note, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the process that led to Marco Civil started back in 2007 with an agreement between the then-minister of culture Gilberto Gill and the Italian vice-minister Vimercati, who committed to work together towards an internet bill of right [1]. The Italian promise was, however, soon forgotten. It would be interesting to assess why this happened (it goes well beyond the historical problems we have with keeping any government in place for a decent amount of time), but at a first sight it is safe to say that the engagement of a coordinated civil society sector made the difference.

So kudos to the Brasilian civil society! We all have a lot of learn! Pls share and advice :-)

Stefania 
[1] a few random sources from google: http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2007/11/the-italo-brazi/; http://www.theinformationdaily.com/2007/11/23/italy-brazil-agreement-for-an-internet-bill-of-rights

On 2014-03-26, at 1:58 AM, Joana Varon wrote:

> Dear all, 
> 
> The final version of the text is here: 
> http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=1238705&filename=Tramitacao-PL+2126/2011
> Sorry its not in English and in a pdf file 0.o But I'm sure people will be working in the translations around here. 
> 
> It's not perfect, but it is a great achievement and we will keep fighting as we still have to approve it in the Senate. 
> Not sure if NetMundial comes first or before... probably first. 
> 
> The level of coordination of representatives from civil society to reach this was really amazing! it's a happy day for the Brazilians concerned with internet rights indeed!  
> 
> all the best
> 
> joana
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Michel Gauthier <mg at telepresse.com> wrote:
> At 01:15 26/03/2014, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
> [sorry for eventual duplicates, you will understand why]
> Dear people, very good news from Brazil: after a nearly four-year battle, "Marco Civil da Internet" (Internet's Civil Rights Framework) was approved by the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies.
> 
> Our dear ex-minister of Culture and staunch militant for the cause, Gilberto Gil, just posted on twitter:
> 
> "Vencemos! O #MarcoCivil foi aprovado!! Por uma rede neutralizada,liberdade de expressão e proteção à privacidade!"
> "We won! #MarcoCivil has been approved!! For net neutrality, freedom of expression and protection of privacy!"
> 
> Bravo!
> B R I L L I A N T  as in BRAZIL !!!
> 
> Would you have an URL for the final text, if possible in English.
> I would suggest that this text be added to the press information on netmubdial.br to show the world what the IG is about when enacted by a people.
> 
> I have a question for the Brazilian winners! (who also host the Sao Paulo meeting): according to your new law, what is an Internet stakeholder? What the place of ICANN?
> 
> M G  
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