<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Yes, I think Salanieta, miss understood the information, the term in the statement is </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; "><b>illegal</b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"> and not the </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; "><b>legal</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small; ">.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;
"><br></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small; "><a href="http://www.out-law.com/page-12024">http://www.out-law.com/page-12024</a></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">The new law would make it </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; "><b>illegal</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"> to stop subscribers using technology such as internet phone call service Skype. The lower house of the Dutch parliament passed the law which bans networks from blocking or charging for rival communications services on Tuesday, according to the New York
Times.</font></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">However, <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#7f003f">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; ">ISPs, such as Vodafone, T-Mobile and the former Dutch state-owned telecoms company KPN had opposed the introduction of the new law in The Netherlands, a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 13px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13886440" style="text-decoration: underline; ">report</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 13px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;
font-size: 13px; ">by the BBC said. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; ">The new law was developed after KPN said it was to charge customers extra for using Skype and WhatsApp, a text messaging service, the BBC report said.</span>"</font></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Thanks</div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Imran Ahmed Shah</div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">----- Forwarded Message ----<br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">From:</span></b> "Hellmonds, Peter (NSN - DE/Munich)" <peter.hellmonds@nsn.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, 29 June, 2011 14:18:32<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [governance] Netherlands Law Blocking Skype (Request for Assistance)<br></font><br><style><!--
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Dear Salanieta,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">an article by the Guardian claims that: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">“The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/netherlands" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Netherlands">Netherlands</a> has become the first country in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/europe-news" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Europe">Europe</a> to enshrine the concept of network neutrality into national law by
banning its mobile telephone operators from blocking or charging consumers extra for using <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/internet" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Internet">internet</a>-based communications services.”<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/23/netherlands-enshrines-net-neutrality-law/print">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/23/netherlands-enshrines-net-neutrality-law/print</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">See also:</span></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://euobserver.com/9/32538">http://euobserver.com/9/32538</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2011/6/23/netherlands-passes-net-neutrality-law.aspx">http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2011/6/23/netherlands-passes-net-neutrality-law.aspx</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/23/netherlands_net_neutrality/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/23/netherlands_net_neutrality/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">The Register also provides a link to an article containing an unofficial translation:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.bof.nl/2011/06/15/net-neutrality-in-the-netherlands-state-of-play/">https://www.bof.nl/2011/06/15/net-neutrality-in-the-netherlands-state-of-play/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Original law (dutch):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/dossier/32549/kst-32549-17">https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/dossier/32549/kst-32549-17</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">So, it seems to be the opposite of what you thought it meant to say.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Peter </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><div
style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> governance@lists.cpsr.org [mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ext Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 29, 2011 1:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> governance@lists.cpsr.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [governance] Netherlands Law Blocking Skype (Request for Assistance)</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I went on WorldLII to try and extract the Netherlands Law that blocks skype and could not access English version. If anyone has a copy, I would be grateful to access it. I would also be grateful to see the transcripts if it is available on how this law was
debated.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Warm Regards<br clear="all"><br>-- </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sala</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">"Stillness in the midst of the noise".</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; position: fixed; "></div>
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