About Association for Technology and Internet (APTI)
December 2005
APTI is an independent Romanian NGO that has the scope to promote the fair use of information society services in agreement with the legal norms in force.
We are looking to promote the human rights in the digital environment and support the digital civil rights in the Romanian society.
APTI is not a professional or business organization. Our members come from different environments with interests and implications in various activities on the Internet. We believe that our association is ensuring a legal framework where someone’s opinion regarding the development of good electronic services in Romania can become public and be supported by several people interested in the same ideas.
Our activities are ranging from policy and legal opinions on the current regulations involving the information society services and the Internet in Romania to concrete actions to stop the Romanian Spam or to provide advice regarding the safe use of Internet for children.
What we believe :
* spam is annoying (especially the one in Romania) but it is also up to us to diminish its effects. Now, as long as it is at its beginning.
* the copyright must be protected properly without neglecting the rights of the users. Methods must be created so that those who wish to publish something on the Internet may do it easily and having the possibility of having the rights they want.
* open-source solutions can be considered more seriously, especially by the public authorities.
* there should not be discriminations in the regulation of Internet as compared to other mass media. The principle of the technological neutrality should be observed in each normative act.
* the content on the Internet in Romanian should be supported by the Government, Industry and non-governmental organisations and the digital culture promoted by any other type of culture
* the drafting of the legislation related to the Internet must be done on the basis of consultation by an open and transparent legal process
* restrictions that exceed those applied to other means of supplying content should not be applied to the content on the Internet
* excessive regulation must be avoided in order not to prevent the development of the Internet; self-regulation and co-regulation should be supported
* law should protect the rights of people to search for, receive, send, produce and distribute information freely.
* software brevets are not the best solution fro the development of the domain. Additional solutions must be found and understood from all points of view.
* Law must protect the right of people to private life and to protect their personal data, including on the Internet.
* In order to ensure the protection against online surveillance and to increase the free expression of information and ideas, the state must observe the will of the Internet users not to make their identity known.
...and that is not all ! :-)
Do you believe the same things ?
You can help us by :
- Sponsoring APTI – see the Activities in progress
- Support the position we present
- Support APTI with 1% of your global income tax
- Give us ideas on the on the forum of what must be done and you think we can do si despre
- Put a link to www.apti.ro
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