<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Hello all, <br><br>Below is the weekly parliamentary and policy brief for the week ending 30/11/2012. The brief is still in beta mode, so as ever, if there is anything that you would/wouldn't like to see in here please let me know!</font></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Regards<br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="EN-US">Official Meetings</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
<div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt"><font face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US">1.
</span><span lang="EN-US">Jim was on the panel of the Conservative
Tech Forum on 03/12/12. The panel discussed Surveillance and Identity.</span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt"><font face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US">2.
</span><span lang="EN-US">Jim was part of a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/public-leaders-network/2012/dec/03/live-discussion-jeremy-heywood-open-data" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">Guardian</span></a> expert panel on Open Data on
04/12/12. The live online discussion with cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy
Heywood aimed to establish how the Open Data Institute will benefit users
and policy making in practice. </span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt"><font face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US">3.
</span><span lang="EN-US">Peter attended an Article 19 meeting to
discuss copyright and free expression with global experts</span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt"><font face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US">4.
</span><span lang="EN-US">ORG ran Communications Data Bill meetings
in Manchester, Brighton, Birmingham and Sheffield</span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial"><br>
</font></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="EN-US">Committees</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">
<i><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Joint Committee on the Draft
Communications Data Bill</font></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">The Committee will publish its report on
Tuesday; embargoed press copies of the report are available on Monday. As
reported last week, it is expected to be highly critical of the draft bill.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Links:
<a href="http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Communications_Data_Bill" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">ORG Wiki </span></a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/draft-communications-bill/role/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)"><font face="Arial">Joint Committee</font></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><i><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Joint Committee on Human Rights:
Defamation Bill</font></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">The <a href="http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_Human_Rights" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">Joint Commiittee on Human Rights</span></a> will publish
its Seventh Report, Legislative Scrutiny: Defamation Bill on 12/12/12. A
version will be available under embargo from 11am on 11/12/12 if you email the
JCHR.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Links: <a href="http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Defamation_Bill" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">ORG Wiki - Defamation Bill</span></a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><i><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Commons CMS Committee</font></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">The third evidence session into the
support for the creative industries took place on 04/12/2012. The Culture,
Media and Sport Committee will assess the impact that illegal downloading has
on artists, as well as exploring the support and finance available to
individual artists. The witnesses included Geoff Taylor of the BPI, Jo Dipple and
Andy Heath of UK Music, and Alison Wenham of the Association of Independent
Music among others. Copyright exceptions and opposition to format shifting was
discussed, with some interesting objections being raised in relation to
licensing cloud services.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Links: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/news/121129-creative-economy-ev3/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">Parliament UK - CMS Committee</span></a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">
<a href="http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/CMS_Select_Committee#ORG_Response" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">ORG Wiki - CMS Committee</span></a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">
<font face="Arial"><b><span lang="EN-US">Legislation</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US">Government Bills</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><i><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill</font></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
was subject to further scrutiny by the Grand Committee this week. The Transcript
can be found <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldhansrd/text/121205-gc0001.htm#12120574000184" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">here</span></a>.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">
<span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">A further list of amendments to the
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill has been released. These amendments can
be found <a href="http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/UKPARLIAMENT-6097db" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">here</span></a>. The Bill now proceeds to the House of
Lords Committee Stage on 10/12/12.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Links: <a href="http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Enterprise_and_Regulatory_Reform_Bill" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">ORG Wiki - Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill</span></a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">
<a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/enterpriseandregulatoryreform.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">Parliament UK - bill tracker</span></a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">
<font face="Arial"><b><span lang="EN-US">International developments</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><i><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">WCIT Dubai</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">The UN ITU conference in Dubai is
underway. The conference is discussing the possibility of future regulatory
controls for the internet.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Links - <a href="http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ITU" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">ORG
Wiki - ITU</span></a> and <a href="http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/World_Conference_on_International_Telecommunications_2012" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">WCIT12</span></a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">
<span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">
<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">UN ITU</span></a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="EN-US">Legal cases</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial"><i>GoldenEye hearing </i><br>
</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">On Monday, ORG will be at the Court of
Appeal asking for the judge to uphold the decision not to release data relating
to around 6,000 IP addresses of O2 and Be Broadband customers. ORG successfully
raised £5,000 to fight the case.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Links - <a href="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/goldeneye-appeal-on-monday-org-reaches-5k-funding-goal" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">ORG press release</span></a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">
<a href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/court-lists/list-appeal-civil" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">Court of Appeal</span></a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><i><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Pirate Bay and PromoBay blockings</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Injunctions against Pirate Bay led to a
legitimate site <a href="http://promobay.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">PromoBay.org</span></a>
being blocked, leading to calls from ORG for greater transparency over the
injunctions and blocking lists.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Links:
<a href="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/bpis-promobay.org-ban-lifted/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">ORG blog</span></a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">
<span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">
<a href="http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Pirate_Bay_blocking" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">ORG Wiki</span></a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial"><br>
</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="EN-US">Media</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Details of ORG in the news can be found
on the <a href="http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ORG_Press_Coverage" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">ORG Press Coverage</span></a> page.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">
<span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">This week ORG has been quoted in
TechRadar, Silicon Angle, Digital Spy, IMDB News and TorrentFreak regarding the
BPI’s decision to lift the ban on the Pirate Bay.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">BizTechReport and InfoSecurity covered
the proposed EU Data Protection framework and Regulation.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="Arial"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">ORG Contact Details</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Executive Director - Jim Killock <a href="mailto:jim@openrightsgroup.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">jim@openrightsgroup.org</span></a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Communications Data Bill campaign -
Javier Ruiz <a href="mailto:Javier@openrightsgroup.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">Javier@openrightsgroup.org</span></a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Copyright & Government Consultations
- Peter Bradwell <a href="mailto:peter@openrightsgroup.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">peter@openrightsgroup.org</span></a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Arial">Parliamentary monitoring - Ricky Shah - <a href="mailto:parliamentary.monitoring@openrightsgroup.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">parliamentary.monitoring@openrightsgroup.org</span></a></font></span></p>