La Quadrature du Net
Encyclopedia
La Quadrature du Net is a French
advocacy group that promotes the digital rights
and freedoms of citizens. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. To that aim, La Quadrature du Net engages in public-policy debates concerning, for instance, freedom of speech, copyright, regulation of telecommunications and online privacy.
Jérémie Zimmermann, spokeperson and cofounder of La Quadrature du Net, is frequently invited to television programs and interviews to expose the opposition of the collective to the HADOPI law
and the Telecoms Package
.
Philippe Aigrain, author of two books on information commons
, is the other co-founder of the collective.
According to the collective it is "impossible to effectively control the flow of information in the digital age by the law and the technology without harming public freedoms, and damaging economic and social development". The collective makes an analogy with the squaring of the circle as a problem that could take ages for people to realize is impossible to solve, as initially intended.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
advocacy group that promotes the digital rights
Digital rights
The term digital rights describes the permissions of individuals legitimately to perform actions involving the use of a computer, any electronic device, or a communications network...
and freedoms of citizens. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. To that aim, La Quadrature du Net engages in public-policy debates concerning, for instance, freedom of speech, copyright, regulation of telecommunications and online privacy.
Jérémie Zimmermann, spokeperson and cofounder of La Quadrature du Net, is frequently invited to television programs and interviews to expose the opposition of the collective to the HADOPI law
HADOPI law
The French HADOPI law or Creation and Internet law was introduced during 2009 as a means to control and regulate internet access and encourage compliance with copyright laws...
and the Telecoms Package
Telecoms Package
The Telecoms Reform Package is a law of the European Union, aimed at updating the EU Telecoms Rules of 2002 and unifying Europe's tele-communications market for all 27 EU member states...
.
Philippe Aigrain, author of two books on information commons
Information commons
An Information Commons is an information system, such as a physical library or online community, that exists to produce, conserve, and preserve information for current and future generations. Wikipedia could be considered to be an information commons to the extent that it produces and preserves...
, is the other co-founder of the collective.
Name origin
The name is based on the quadrature of the circle, an unsolvable mathematic problem.According to the collective it is "impossible to effectively control the flow of information in the digital age by the law and the technology without harming public freedoms, and damaging economic and social development". The collective makes an analogy with the squaring of the circle as a problem that could take ages for people to realize is impossible to solve, as initially intended.