<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote">Hi,<br><p style="text-align:justify">There is an attack on
Internet Freedom from many quarters – the Ministry of IT, various state
governments and the police and now certain major Internet Service
Providers (ISP's) such as Reliance Communications, Airtel and MTNL.
Major sites such as Vimeo, pastebin and various Torrent sites commonly used for
exchange of large files are being blocked by these ISP's, even though no
instructions have been issued by the Government.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify">We have already seen
the effect of the IT Rules in which a huge number of requests are now
being directed to intermediaries such as Google, Facebook, etc for
taking down statements critical of the Government and political figures.
Cases are being instituted by the Police under the IT Act against
circulating of cartoons, calling it a cyber crime. All this shows that
our democratic freedoms guaranteed under the constitution are currently
under attack. <br></p><p style="text-align:justify">Equally worrying is the tendency of courts to issue
blanket orders<i> -- called John Doe orders -</i>- to protect the
Intellectual Property of certain media companies. Reliance
Communications, an ISP is acting in the interest of Reliance as a Media
company to block a large number of Torrent sites.</p><p style="text-align:justify">FSMK(<a href="http://www.fsmk.org" target="_blank">http://www.fsmk.org</a>) is protesting for the internet freedom especially to add more emphasis against the
John Doe orders, to bring attention to the Chennai court ruling in case of the petition by Copyright Labs and arbitrary block by Reliance and other ISPs.</p><p style="text-align:justify">So please join us in protesting against the various attacks on the freedom of internet.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b>Date & Venue</b>:</p><p style="text-align:justify">5:00 pm, June 9th, Saturday at Mysore Bank Circle, Bangalore</p><p style="text-align:justify"><b>More info</b>:<br></p><p style="text-align:justify">
>>To understand more <span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span>about "John Doe" orders, please go through the following link,</p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/a-ludicrous-ban" target="_blank">http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/a-ludicrous-ban</a></p><p style="text-align:justify">>>You can find the details to the previous protest by FSMK against internet censorship here, </p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.fsmk.org/node/100" target="_blank">http://www.fsmk.org/node/100</a></p><br>>>Protest at other cities associated with FSMK, <br>(1)<b> </b>In <b>Hyderabad, Swecha</b> will organize at<b> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=People%27s+Plaza,+Necklace+Road,+Hyderabad,+Andhra+Pradesh,+India&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.871902,79.013672&oq=peoples+plaza+&hq=People%27s+Plaza,&hnear=Necklace+Rd,+Hyderabad,+Andhra+Pradesh,+India&t=h&z=14" target="_blank">PEOPLES PLAZA, NACKLES ROAD</a></b> from 4-00p.m to 8-00p.m
<p style="text-align:justify">(2) In <b>Chennai, FSFTN</b> will organize at <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Besant+Nagar+Beach,+in+chennai&hl=en&ll=13.000209,80.259247&spn=0.085471,0.169086&sll=36.879621,-79.365234&sspn=37.917271,86.572266&hq=Besant+Nagar+Beach,&hnear=Chennai,+Tamil+Nadu,+India&t=h&z=13" target="_blank"><b>BESANT NAGAR BEACH, CHENNAI</b></a> from 4-00pm to 6-00 pm.</p>
>>About other protesting groups<br><p style="text-align:justify">June 9th a call has been given by various other groups as well. Many of them are asking are we supporting them? <br></p>We
are supporting the issues related to internet freedom. We are not
currently organizing a joint protest with any other group. We have been working on this issue in the past and were one
of the organizations to ensure a debate in Parliament on this issue. Lot
of young people are being drawn to these issues as they are valid. FSMK
would also like to underline the validity of these issues. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards, <br>Jayakumar<br>9620464215<br>Secretary, FSMK<br>
<a href="http://www.fsmk.org" target="_blank">http://www.fsmk.org</a><br>
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