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[Diane Peters <diane AT creativecommons.org>]

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Diane Peters <diane AT creativecommons.org> 
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Creative Commons is interested is signing onto this letter, but
> thought to check in with this list first and see if anyone has
> different thoughts.
>
> And for those of you not subscribed to this euopendata list, you may
> find the below of interest.
>
> Best,
> Diane
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pam Bartlett <pam AT access-info.org>
> Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:53 AM
> Subject: [euopendata] Campaign to prevent the retrogressive reforms of
> EU access to docs regulation 1049/2001
> To: euopendata AT lists.okfn.org
>
>
> Dear Open Data advocates,
>
> As you may know, the reform of EU access to documents regulation
> 1049/2001 has been ongoing for some time, mainly because the
> Commission is proposing some changes to the regulation which it claims
> will make it "clearer", but which will actually serve to reduce our
> right of access to EU documents.
>
> Particularly controversial is the Commission's proposal to reduce the
> definition of a document to content that is "drawn-up by an
> institution and formally transmitted to one or more recipients or
> otherwise registered, or received by an institution". In addition,
> "data contained in electronic storage, processing and retrieval
> systems are documents if they can be extracted in the form of a
> printout or electronic-format copy using the available tools for the
> exploitation of the system".
>
> This narrow wording, apart from creating a loophole through which
> opponents of greater transparency can slip simply by not registering a
> document, definitively excludes databases from our right of access.
>
> Given that the Commission and the Council have demonstrated themselves
> to be opponents of greater transparency, and that the Parliament is
> due to vote on this issue soon (date to be confirmed), we have
> prepared a letter urging MEPs not to accept the Commission's
> proposals. The letter (attached) was prepared by Access Info,
> ClientEarth and Greenpeace and has 234 signatures so far (of which 143
> are civil society organisations and 91 are journalists, academics and
> freedom of information advocates).
>
> To find out more about this whole situation, visit
> http://www.access-info.org/en/european-union or ask me.
> To add your support to this letter, email pam AT access-info.org, or fill
> in this form: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MKBVCKZ
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Pam Bartlett
> --
> Pamela Bartlett Quintanilla
> Research Coordinator
> Access Info Europe
> Madrid
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> Diane M. Peters, General Counsel
> Creative Commons
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-- 
Diane M. Peters, General Counsel
Creative Commons
171 Second St, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA  94105
office: +1 415-369-8480
fax: +1 415-278-9419
cell: +1 503-803-8338
skype:  peterspdx
email:diane AT creativecommons.org
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Please note: the contents of this email are not intended to be legal
advice nor should they be relied upon as, or represented to be legal
advice.  Creative Commons cannot and does not give legal advice. You
need to assess the suitability of Creative Commons tools for your
particular situation, which may include obtaining appropriate legal
advice from a licensed attorney.