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IP: drug treaty
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 15:18:11 -0500
As John Barlow keeps saying, the Bill of Rights is a local ordincance in cyberspace and this shows it very well. Next in the EC no nasty comments re politicians and the LEADER. I seem to have seen this type of thing start before when I was 4 years old Dave From: Dennis Derryberry <dennis () eff org> This just in from Europe. According to this translation, new treaty would make it illegal to discuss *any* positive aspects of illegal drugs, presumably including medical values. - D ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 20:04:02 +0100 From: mario lap <mlap () xs4all nl> To: ask () eff org Subject: drug treaty L.S, The European Union is about to sign a new treaty on drugs. Now particular notice should be paid to an article of this treaty introducing the prohibition of incitement, advocacy or stimulation of drug use and production. (I have added the original french text and a brief translation) In France where this particular article comes from it is therefore almost impossible to produce and disseminate unbiassed harm reduction prevention material. Now the article contains a specific sentence mentioning Internet as the major concern. I believe immediate action is to be taken before french and european government will make further steps down the road of taking away our freedom of expression mario lap lapnet drugtext foundation Article 8 Les Etats membres s'engagent, dans le respect de leurs principes constitutionnels et des principes fondamentaux de leur droit national, a interdire et sanctionner, lorsque l'acte a ete commis intentionnellement, le fait d'inciter ou d'amener publiquement aubrui, par quelque moyen que ce soit a l'usage ou a la production illicites de produits stupefiants. Ils font preuve d'une particuliere vigilance en ce qui concerne l'usage fait des serveurs informatiques et particulierement Internet (draft english translation) Respecting the constitutional and fundamental national legal principles, the member states will prohibit and sanction, the incitement or public stimulation of the use or illegal production of drugs regardless of the means by which this is taking place. Notably a particular vigilance is necessary concerning the use of information servers and especially Internet. If anyone's proficient at French legalese, the text of this proposed treaty is now online at: http://www.drugtext.nl/conseil.htm http://www.drugtext.org/conseil.htm
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