[open-government] Fwd: [foianet] Cease and desist order issued against German FOI portal Frag den Staat

Wed Jan 22 17:24:59 UTC 2014

Hey all,

Sunlight have cross-posted and will circulate among our networks.
http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/01/22/cease-and-desist-by-the-german-government-for-publishing-a-document-received-under-foi-law/

Please keep us in the loop!

Best,
Julia

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Armand Brahaj <ab at ais.al> wrote:

> Hello guys,
> This is a very interesting case indeed. Looks like OKFN will fight this
> case in terms of FOI (as I realize from the email of Zara) while BMI has
> chosen the Copyright path (from the blog).
>
> Whatever the outcome, this case will influence FOI initiatives around
> Europe and needs a lot of attention and a good campaign awareness.
>
> Blogging and retwetting. *Please* keep us updated on developments...
>
> May Freedom Be With You :),
> Armand
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Very interesting case and  intruiging steps by the BMI (German Home
>> Office).
>>
>>
>> Good luck to Daniel and the others fighting this prima facie rather
>> ridiculous viewpoint by BMI.
>>
>> best,
>> Ton
>>
>>
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>>
>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:
>>
>>> FYI
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Zara Rahman <zara.rahman at okfn.org>
>>> Date: 22 January 2014 11:35
>>> Subject: [foianet] Cease and desist order issued against German FOI
>>> portal Frag den Staat
>>> To: foianet at lists.foiadvocates.info
>>> Cc: Stefan Wehrmeyer <stefan.wehrmeyer at okfn.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just wanted to let you know of an exciting FOI development here in
>>> Germany - the German Ministry of the Interior has issued Frag den Staat<https://fragdenstaat.de/>,
>>> (a German FOI portal run by the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany) with a
>>> cease and desist order, for publishing a document on EU party quotas which
>>> they obtained under the FOI law.
>>>
>>> More details about this here:
>>> http://blog.fragdenstaat.de/post/74158554995/cease-and-desist-by-the-german-government-for
>>> in English, and here:
>>> https://fragdenstaat.de/presse/2014-01-21-bmi-mahnt-fragdenstaat-ab/ in
>>> German.
>>>
>>> If you'd like more information or to help on the campaign (we'd love to
>>> raise awareness about this globally!) - please get in touch with project
>>> lead, Stefan Wehrmeyer on stefan.wehrmeyer at okfn.org
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Zara
>>>
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