Miguel Hernández Bernardo and defense of fundamental rights on the Internet It seems very odd situation that is the legacy of the poet Miguel Hernández. Situation he never imagined when he toured the front during the Civil War, loudly proclaiming his poems. Today even mention his work is risky, as Centennial
Miguel Hernández, SL (strange name as well) amounts requested abusive for the right to reproduce their poems. The Ministry of Culture
advised the company that favors disclosure. At this rate, it is easy Miguel Hernández disappear, and die
again.
Moreover, today published the manifesto, which I agree:
- The copyright rights can not be placed above fundamental rights of citizens, including the right to privacy, to security, the presumption of innocence, to effective judicial protection and freedom of expression.
- suspension fundamental rights is and should remain the exclusive the judiciary. Not a close without trial. This blueprint, contrary to the provisions of Article 20.5 of the Constitution, put in the hands of a non-judicial body - a body under the Ministry of Culture - the power to prevent English citizens access to any website.
- The new legislation will create legal uncertainty around the English technology sector, damaging one of the few areas of development and future of our economy, hindering the creation of enterprises by introducing barriers to competition and slowing its international expansion.
- The new proposed legislation threatens the creativity and hinder cultural creation. With The Internet and new technologies have democratized the creation and release of contents of any kind, no longer come predominantly from the traditional cultural industries, but from many different sources.
- Authors, like all workers are entitled to live out of their creative ideas, business models and activities associated with their creations. Trying to hold legislative changes to an outdated industry that can adapt to this new environment is neither fair nor realistic. If your business model is based on the control of the copies of the works and the Internet is not possible without violating fundamental rights should look for another model.
- believe that cultural industries need to survive modern alternatives, effective, credible and affordable to suit new social practices, rather than limitations so disproportionate as to be ineffective in that they are pursuing.
- Internet should function freely and without interference from groups that seek to perpetuate outdated business models and make it impossible for human knowledge remains free.
- We demand that the law guarantees the neutrality of the network in Spain, to any pressure that may occur as a framework for developing a sustainable economy for the future.
- We propose a real reform of intellectual property rights aimed at an end: return to the society of knowledge, promote the public domain and limit abuses of management entities.
- In a democracy, laws and amendments should be adopted after due debate and consultation with all parties involved. It is unacceptable that legislative changes are made that affect fundamental rights in a non-organic law and deals with other matters.
