[Netreach-L] FW: WikiLeaks inspired "New media haven" proposal passes Parliament

[Sabine K McNeill]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Assange [mailto:julian at wikileaks.org] 
Sent: 16 June 2010 22:05
To: sabine at 3d-metrics.com
Subject: WikiLeaks inspired "New media haven" proposal passes Parliament

 

FYI:

 

Reykjavik, Iceland; 4:00 UTC, June 16th 2010.

 

The WikiLeaks advised proposal to build an international

"new media haven" in Iceland, with the world's strongest

press and whistleblower protection laws, and a "Nobel" prize for 

for Freedom of Expression, has unaminously passed the

Icelandic Parliament.

 

50 votes were cast in favor, zero against, one abstained. Twelve

members of parliament were not present. Vote results are available

at http://www.althingi.is/dba-bin/atkvgr.pl?nnafnak=43014

 

One of the inspirations for the proposal was the dramatic August 2009
gagging of

of Iceland's national broadcaster, RUV by Iceland's then largest bank,
Kaupthing:

 

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Financial_collapse:_Confidential_exposure_analysis
_of_205_companies_each_owing_above_EUR45M_to_Icelandic_bank_Kaupthing,_26_Se
p_2008

 

Two changes were made to the proposal from its original form as per

the opinion of the parliament's general affairs committee

[http://www.althingi.is/altext/138/s/1329.html]. The first of these

altered slightly the wording of the first paragraph so as to widen

the arena for research. The second of these added two new items to

the list of tasks for the government:

 

   - That the government should perform a detailed analysis,

     especially with respect to operational security,

     for the prospect of operating data centers in Iceland.

 

   - That the government should organize an international conference

     in Iceland regarding the changes to the legal environment being caused

     by expansion of cloud computing, data havens, and the judicial state

     of the Internet.

 

Video footage from the proposal's vote will be available at:

 

http://www.althingi.is/altext/hlusta.php?raeda=rad20100616T033127&horfa=1

 

http://www.althingi.is/altext/hlusta.php?raeda=rad20100616T033306&horfa=1

 

For details of the proposal and press contacts, please see

http://www.immi.is

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