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Digital Agenda : the EU Commission favors obscurantism over an innovative and open Information Society

Submitted by jtadeusz on 17 mai, 2010 - 15:11
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Paris, May 17th, 2010.

On Tuesday, May 18th, the European Commission should publish its digital agenda. In its latest draft published, « open standards », which are the only way to ensure real interoperability, were excluded from the digital and political landscape in Europe. April is calling for action on promoting an open and innovative information society.

Tangui Morlier elected new president of April

Submitted by mchauvet on 27 avril, 2010 - 22:58
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Paris, February 17th 2010 Press release.

April is happy to announce the election of its new board1 which shall be headed this year by Tangui Morlier.

  • 1. April's board was elected during April's general assembly on February 13th 2010

Support open standards in the Digital agenda

Submitted by fcouchet on 30 mars, 2010 - 17:07
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At the European level, open standards and interoperability are endangered and could disappear from European Union's digital policy agenda. Please act now.

Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner in charge of Digital Strategy (and former European Commissioner for Competition), is currently drafting the agenda for Europe's digital policy. Neelie Kroes suffers pressure through the Directorate General Company to remove open standards and interoperability concepts from the agenda.

Digital Agenda - letter to the European Commission

Submitted by fcouchet on 30 mars, 2010 - 12:21
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Paris, March, the 30th, 2010. Press release.

April publishes a letter to the European Commission supporting Commissioner Neelie Kroes' approach in favor of open standards and interoperability in the digital agenda.

European Commission on ACTA: The Great Escape

Submitted by fcouchet on 22 mars, 2010 - 16:58
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Act Up-Paris, April, Quadrature du Net. Brussels, March 22 2010. Press release.

Members of Act Up-Paris and La Quadrature du Net attended this morning a « stakeholders meeting » on ACTA hosted by the European Commission. Questions asked by the public faced a wall of condescendence and disdain. Luc Devigne’s answers did not reassure us. On the contrary, they strenghtened Act Up-Paris, April and La Quadrature’s concerns that ACTA could endanger access to medicine, Free Software and freedom of expression on the Net, while circumventing democratic processes.

ACTA lurking in the DADVSI shadows?

Submitted by fcouchet on 10 mars, 2010 - 15:05
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Paris, March the 8th 2009. Press release.

April invites the French government to suspend its participation to the ACTA negotiations as long as previous treaties have not been assessed. As it stands, the ACTA agreement could jeopardize Free Software through the aggravation of existing pro-DRM provisions.

EP Intergroup: In Europe Left and Right for Free Software!

Submitted by acazenave on 8 janvier, 2010 - 14:56
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Paris, France and Firenze, Italy, Friday, January 8th, 2010. Press Release.

The European Commission curtails Microsoft's abuse of dominance

Submitted by acazenave on 18 décembre, 2009 - 21:22
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Paris, December 16th, 2009. Press release.

RGI : François Fillon's gift to Microsoft

Submitted by fcouchet on 14 novembre, 2009 - 12:40
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Paris, November 12th, 2009. Press release.

HADOPI - towards endoctrination of children at school

Submitted by mchauvet on 19 juin, 2009 - 22:12
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In a recent press release entitled HADOPI - proprietary propaganda at school? April showed its concern regarding an article suggesting setbacks in the educational and commercial neutrality of school.

Such fears were relevant since the Parliament rejected on Thursday the 2nd of April 2009 an amendment of sheer common sense proposed by the GDR Member of Parliament Martine Billard who wanted to balance the article by presenting also the legal distribution of contents and works under open or free licenses.

Statement of April on the question of software patents

Submitted by fcouchet on 3 juin, 2009 - 10:06
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As mentioned in April's 2008 retrospective, the president of the European Patent Office (EPO), Alison Brimelow, submitted a questionnaire to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA), the office's highest jurisdiction, on the 24th of October 2008 aiming to fix the limit of what can be patentable in the domain of software. With help from FFII, April took this opportunity to submit an <em>amicus curiæ</em> brief to the EBoA, to express April's position on software patents, and thus contribute so that the decision of the senior civil servants in the EPO can take into account the opinion of those opposed to software patents

UK citizens and MEPs support Europe-wide Free Software Pact

Submitted by fcouchet on 22 mai, 2009 - 15:16
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London, UK - Friday May 22, 2009 - The Free Software Pact initiative calls upon UK citizens and MEP candidates to stand up for the principles of a free society by backing free software in the upcoming European Parliament elections on June 4, 2009.

April's participation to FDI toughts on "Language and Internet"

Submitted by npecqueux on 6 mai, 2009 - 20:36
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In March 2008, the Internet Rights Forum (Forum des Droits sur l'Internet - FDI) has made a board dedicated to sustainable development on Internet. Workshops have began to deal with digital accessibility problems of websites.

I was eager to become an active member of April and take part in its action

Submitted by npecqueux on 17 avril, 2009 - 22:15
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photo d'Eric Melki

I was eager to become an active member of April and take part in its action next to the public institutions and private stakeholders, already subject to the ever present lobying of software editors and PC makers.

— Eric MELKI
, CEO Infoclip

I know that April shall be alongside the members of the parliament and the citizens in the coming years

Submitted by mchauvet on 8 avril, 2009 - 11:45
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Testimony for April's 10th birthday in 2006.Richard Cazenave's photo

Beyond usual political divisions, debates on the DADVSI bill have been the opportunity of getting many members of the parliament together around a common idea: Free Software is an opportunity and a major asset for our country and it must be protected. On this issue, the groundwork April has made amongst MPs from all political sides contributed filling a gap in our representatives' knowledge of software law, and allowed for the fundamental issues of interoperability, open standards and Free Software to be discussed within the parliament.

— Richard Cazenave_
, Member of the French National Assembly (UMP, Isère district) (october 2006).

Let's help April carry on and amplify this movement here and within Europe

Submitted by tboyer on 7 avril, 2009 - 23:52
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photo de Bruno Cornec

Although knowing April since its beginning, only recently did I decide to join personally. The Free Software sector is increasingly concerned by the legislative and legal context. This imposes us as a community to structure in order to allow April's permanent employees to devote their time to promoting the unique and historical Free Software movement. Backed by a large number of members, April will be stronger to represent us, users, developers, supporters of the community, especially among political authorities.

— Bruno Cornec
, in charge of "EMOA Profession - Open Source and Linux" at HP.

European Parliament 2009 elections : a pact to support Free Software

Submitted by fcouchet on 31 mars, 2009 - 10:54
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Logo of Free Software Pact

April, promoting and protecting Free Software in France

Submitted by fcouchet on 12 mars, 2009 - 22:33
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by Thomas Petazzoni, April board member, 2008

Founded in 1996, April is a non-profit organization located in France. It is the main French advocacy association devoted to promoting and protecting Free/Libre Software.

Your fight is essential to our liberties

Submitted by ptrauquesegues on 16 September, 2008 - 16:59
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photo of Michel Rocard Testimony on the occasion of the 10 years of April en 2006.

Congratulations to April for its tenth anniversary. I believe your fight is essential to our liberties, maybe even to civilisation. (read on the PDF French version, read on the PDF English version)

— Michel Rocard___
, former Prime Minister of France and Member of the European Parliament.

Bundled selling of software with computers: a first step towards ending this problem for consumers

Submitted by april on 30 juillet, 2008 - 14:41
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Paris, June 25th 2008. Press Release.

April is pleased by the conviction of the Darty chain of electronics stores for not complying with French consumer protection regulations. This conviction is a major milestone for consumers, and also for competition in the market of software for the general public. The next step ought to be the display of the terms of use for the various software packages installed on new computers, and making installation optional.

Candidats.fr : Success for the French Presidential Election Initiative

Submitted by april on 19 avril, 2007 - 21:27
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Paris, April 19, 2007. Press release.

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