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'''Xnet''' (former '''eXgae)''' is a non-profit activist platform that develops and promotes alternative models for cultural dissemination and [[Royalties|royalty]] management and work in different fields related to digital rights, networked democracy and freedom of expression. Its activities revolve around five core themes: [[free culture movement|free culture]], [[net neutrality|Internet neutrality]], [[technopolitics]], network democracy, new models of sustainability for the digital era and the defence of [[citizen journalism]] and the legal fight against corruption. Xnet also engages in political lobbying at the national and international levels, by preparing and submitting legislative proposals and viral campaigns. |
'''Xnet''' (former '''eXgae)''' is a non-profit activist platform that develops and promotes alternative models for cultural dissemination and [[Royalties|royalty]] management and work in different fields related to digital rights, networked democracy and freedom of expression. Its activities revolve around five core themes: [[free culture movement|free culture]], [[net neutrality|Internet neutrality]], [[technopolitics]], network democracy, new models of sustainability for the digital era and the defence of [[citizen journalism]] and the legal fight against corruption. Xnet also engages in political lobbying at the national and international levels, by preparing and submitting legislative proposals and viral campaigns. |
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Until 2023, Xnet was a member of [[European Digital Rights]] (EDRi), a not-for-profit association to promote, protect and uphold civil rights in the field of information and communication technology.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edri.org/member-leaving/ |title=(En) Member leaving |date=28 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428083321/https://edri.org/member-leaving/ |archive-date=28 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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== Initiatives == |
== Initiatives == |
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=== Digital rights === |
=== Digital rights === |
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Xnet is responsible for a significant amount of activity in the defence, dissemination and expansion of digital rights in Spain and Europe digital rights in Spain and Europe |
Xnet is responsible for a significant amount of activity in the defence, dissemination and expansion of digital rights in Spain and Europe digital rights in Spain and Europe<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://xnet-x.net/xnet-work-defending-digital-rights-2017/ |title=(En) Summary of Xnet's work defending Digital Rights in 2017 |date=18 December 2017 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630161606/https://xnet-x.net/xnet-work-defending-digital-rights-2017/ |archive-date=30 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and is a member of EDRI ([[European Digital Rights]]), an international group of organisations defending civil rights in the digital domain. On 9 December 2021 EDRi's board temporarily suspend Xnet from the EDRi network.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edri.org/our-work/xnet-suspension/ |title=EDRi Board suspends Xnet from membership |date=9 December 2021 | access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209201322/https://edri.org/our-work/xnet-suspension/ |archive-date=9 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In addition to organising the [[Free Culture Forum|FCForum]], Xnet frequently publishes legislative recommendations<ref>https://xnet-x.net/en/deficit-barcelona-public-policies-internet/ |
In addition to organising the [[Free Culture Forum|FCForum]], Xnet frequently publishes legislative recommendations<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://xnet-x.net/en/deficit-barcelona-public-policies-internet/ |title=(Es) Sobre Incompetencia y/o Irregularidades en el Diseño, Gestión e Implementación de las Políticas Públicas de los Comunes en Internet, Tecnología e Innovación Digital relacionadas con los Derechos Digitales |date=21 March 2018 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714163951/https://xnet-x.net/en/deficit-barcelona-public-policies-internet/ |archive-date=14 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://xnet-x.net/recomendaciones-segundo-protocolo-convencion-cibercrimen/ |title=Recomendaciones redacción segundo protocolo Convencion Cibercrimen |date=18 September 2017 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227145525/https://xnet-x.net/recomendaciones-segundo-protocolo-convencion-cibercrimen/ |archive-date=27 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://xnet-x.net/xnet-abre-peticion-en-comision-peticiones-parlamento-europeo-sobre-violacion-pautas-neutralidad-red-en-espana/ |title=Xnet en el Parlamento Europeo sobre la violación de neutralidad de la red |date=3 May 2018 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815120916/https://xnet-x.net/xnet-abre-peticion-en-comision-peticiones-parlamento-europeo-sobre-violacion-pautas-neutralidad-red-en-espana/ |archive-date=15 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> to ensure that local, regional, Spanish and European regulations are respectful of civil rights and freedom in the digital domain, and actively promotes and participates in advocacy campaigns<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://xnet-x.net/cierre-webs-sin-orden-judicial-ley-consumidores-ue/ |title=La UE aprueba cierre de webs sin orden judicial en ley de protección de consumidores |date=21 November 2017 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630161605/https://xnet-x.net/cierre-webs-sin-orden-judicial-ley-consumidores-ue/ |archive-date=30 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://xnet-x.net/espana-lidera-consejo-ue-amenaza-libertades-internet-censorshipmachine/ |title=España lidera una gravísima amenaza para las libertades, el emprendimiento y el acceso a la información y al conocimiento en Internet |date=6 November 2017 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821113553/https://xnet-x.net/espana-lidera-consejo-ue-amenaza-libertades-internet-censorshipmachine/ |archive-date=21 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://xnet-x.net/en/draft-whistleblower-protection-law-stasi-is-back/ |title=STASI is Back: Xnet condemns serious dangers for Civil Rights in the Draft Law against Corruption and for Whistle-blower Protection now presented in the Spanish Parliament |date=17 March 2017 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027232259/https://xnet-x.net/en/draft-whistleblower-protection-law-stasi-is-back/ |archive-date=27 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://xnet-x.net/en/informe-new-privacy-revela-falta-supervision-redes-secretas-vigilancia/ |title=(Es) Xnet participa en el informe de New Privacy International que revela una peligrosa falta de supervisión de las redes secretas de vigilancia mundial |date=24 April 2018 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630161610/https://xnet-x.net/en/informe-new-privacy-revela-falta-supervision-redes-secretas-vigilancia/ |archive-date=30 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://xnet-x.net/carta-abierta-xnet-reclama-obligar-instituciones-publicas-utilizar-software-codigo-abierto/ |title=Carta abierta de Xnet y FSFE para que las instituciones públicas utilicen software de código abierto |date=14 September 2017 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630161553/https://xnet-x.net/carta-abierta-xnet-reclama-obligar-instituciones-publicas-utilizar-software-codigo-abierto/ |archive-date=30 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> for or against laws, directives or public policies that have an impact in this field. |
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Following Snowden's revelations about mass surveillance, Xnet began work on disseminating and advocating among the general public for communication privacy and the security of information tools aimed at Internet users in order to help them guarantee their fundamental rights on their own, whatever their legislative environments<ref>https://xnet-x.net/en/how-to-guide-for-preserving-fundamental-rights-internet/</ref> |
Following Snowden's revelations about mass surveillance, Xnet began work on disseminating and advocating among the general public for communication privacy and the security of information tools aimed at Internet users in order to help them guarantee their fundamental rights on their own, whatever their legislative environments.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://xnet-x.net/en/how-to-guide-for-preserving-fundamental-rights-internet/ |title=Basic how-to guide for preserving fundamental rights on the Internet |date=21 September 2017 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220135745/https://xnet-x.net/en/how-to-guide-for-preserving-fundamental-rights-internet/ |archive-date=20 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Since 2019, together with a group of families, Xnet has designed and leads Plan for Democratic Digitalization of Education. This project includes:<ref>[https://www.elperiodico.com/es/educacion/20190912/inquietud-proteccion-datos-menores-uso-google-escuela-catalan-7631386 El Periódico - Inquietud por la protección de datos de menores por el uso de Google en la escuela catalana]</ref><ref>[https://xnet-x.net/es/plan-digitalizacion-democratica-educacion-piloto-barcelona/ Xnet - Plan de Digitalització Democràtica de l'Educació (Piloto Barcelona)]</ref> |
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* The development of a comprehensive, auditable, agile and interoperable IT tool called DD (Digital Democratic) to replace the proprietary tools in all the activity of the schools. This tool has already been implemented in 11 schools in the city of Barcelona since 2021, in collaboration with the Directorate of Democratic Innovation of the City Council and the Consortium of Education of the city. |
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* A program of reform of the educational system for digital training that started with the I International Congress on Democratic Digital Education and Open Edtech (2022), directed by Simona Levi, one of Xnet's founders, and recognized as teacher training by the Department of Education of the government of Catalonia.<ref>[https://democratic-digitalisation.xnet-x.net/ Democràtica Digitalització - I Curs Internacional d'Educació Digital Democràtica i Open Edtech]</ref> |
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As a consequence of this project, in 2021 and at the request of the President of the European Parliament, Levi published for the Publications Office of the European Union the report "Proposal for a sovereign and democratic digitalisation of Europe".<ref>[https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/dae77969-7812-11ec-9136-01aa75ed71a1 Report - Proposal for a sovereign and democratic digitalisation of Europe]</ref> |
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Simona Levi and her Xnet team have been the subject of a documentary entitled "L'escletxa" directed by David Fernandez de Castro and produced by Bettina Walter in 2021. The documentary was produced by the Catalan public television as part of the documentary program "Sense Ficció".<ref>[https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/sense-ficcio/lescletxa/video/6131669/ TV3 - L'escletxa]</ref> |
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Since its inception, Xnet has been intensely active in the defence of [[Net Neutrality]] as a major issue affecting our Internet freedom, as well as other major issues such as the protection of whistleblowers, copyright abuses against the free circulation of information and the so-called ''gag laws'' and their impact on freedom of expression on the Internet in the Spanish state. |
Since its inception, Xnet has been intensely active in the defence of [[Net Neutrality]] as a major issue affecting our Internet freedom, as well as other major issues such as the protection of whistleblowers, copyright abuses against the free circulation of information and the so-called ''gag laws'' and their impact on freedom of expression on the Internet in the Spanish state. |
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=== Xnet Leaks === |
=== Xnet Leaks === |
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Because of the leaking of the 'Blesa's Emails' (received by the X Party in 2013) that lead to the investigation and court case against [[Miguel Blesa]] (former president of the national savings bank [[Caja Madrid]] now [[Bankia]]), |
Because of the leaking of the 'Blesa's Emails' (received by the X Party in 2013) that lead to the investigation and court case against [[Miguel Blesa]] (former president of the national savings bank [[Caja Madrid]] now [[Bankia]]), Xnet decided to improve create an anonymous mailbox at the disposal of those who hold relevant information about corruption. This mailbox allows citizens to send information secure and anonymously.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xnet's Mailbox: Leaks against corruption |url=http://xnet-x.net/en/xnetleaks |website=Xnet |date=3 July 2014 |access-date=9 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019070724/https://xnet-x.net/en/xnetleaks/ |archive-date=19 October 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The organisation reports that the information received by XnetLeaks is treated first by journalists and secondly by a legal team. XnetLeaks received the first reports on the case of Caja Madrid's 'opaque Cards' through the leaks of Blesa's emails, which also uncovered the corrupt management plot concerning the high speed train AVE or the irregular financing through ghost foundations of politicians and big trade unions on Caja Madrid's |
The organisation reports that the information received by XnetLeaks is treated first by journalists and secondly by a legal team. XnetLeaks received the first reports on the case of Caja Madrid's 'opaque Cards' through the leaks of Blesa's emails, which also uncovered the corrupt management plot concerning the high speed train AVE or the irregular financing through ghost foundations of politicians and big trade unions on Caja Madrid's |
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management board. XnetLeaks has a blog published on five different media through which it has facilitated open access to Caja Madrid's emails, known as Blesa's Emails. |
management board. XnetLeaks has a blog published on five different media through which it has facilitated open access to Caja Madrid's emails, known as Blesa's Emails. |
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=== 15MpaRato === |
=== 15MpaRato === |
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15MpaRato is a citizen platform launched by Xnet |
15MpaRato is a citizen platform launched by Xnet with the aim of collecting and spreading for naming those responsible for the crisis in Spain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dossier: Historia de lucha contra la corrupción de 15MpaRato, Xnet y la Comisión Anticorrupción del Partido X. |url=https://15mparato.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/dossier-anticorrupcion.pdf |language=es |access-date=6 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207020123/https://15mparato.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/dossier-anticorrupcion.pdf |archive-date=7 February 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was created on 16 May 2012 by launching a public campaign and citizen lawsuit against [[Rodrigo Rato]] and other management positions at [[Bankia]] (the Spanish bailed-out bank).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Amy |title=Spain's 99% occupy Madrid against Rato's banking and Rajoy's austerity |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/12/spain-99percent-occupy-madrid |work=The Guardian |date=12 July 2012 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233320/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/12/spain-99percent-occupy-madrid |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Their main objective wasfile a lawsuit against Rodrigo Rato and |
Their main objective wasfile a lawsuit against Rodrigo Rato and [[Bankia]]'s board. They presented a lawsuit that was accepted by the [[Audiencia Nacional (Spain)|National Court]] in Spain and Rodrigo Rato and Bankia were officially accused of fraud in what the media called "The Bankia Case".<ref>{{cite news |last1=González |first1=Andrés |last2=Rodríguez Piedra |first2=Blanca |title=Spain opens fraud case on ex-Bankia chief Rato |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bankia-idUSBRE8630RT20120704 |access-date=16 March 2015 |work=Reuters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402212257/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/04/us-bankia-idUSBRE8630RT20120704 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> The trial is currently ongoing, as of December 2015. |
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=== Catalonia's Working Group Against Corruption === |
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This working group was created in January 2015 to coordinate the efforts of groups and individuals in an active network against corruption. Xnet coordinates and represents the working group. Also in the group: David Fernandez, president of the Parliamentary Commission on the 'Pujol Case' and member of the CUP; the 15MpaRato platform; Hervé Falciani; the collective against corruption Cafè amb Llet; the [[X Party]]'s Anti-Corruption Commission and the Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of Barcelona, among others.<ref>{{Cite |
This working group was created in January 2015 to coordinate the efforts of groups and individuals in an active network against corruption. Xnet coordinates and represents the working group. Also in the group: David Fernandez, president of the Parliamentary Commission on the 'Pujol Case' and member of the CUP; the 15MpaRato platform; Hervé Falciani; the collective against corruption Cafè amb Llet; the [[X Party]]'s Anti-Corruption Commission and the Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of Barcelona, among others.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Entidades, activistas y partidos crean una plataforma contra la corrupción |url=http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2015/01/22/catalunya/1421932817_239052.html |website=EL PAÍS |date=22 January 2015 |access-date=6 December 2015 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603062719/http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2015/01/22/catalunya/1421932817_239052.html |archive-date=3 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Siete entidades y Falciani trabajarán juntos contra la corrupción en Cataluña |url=http://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2015/01/22/54c0e72de2704ecc718b457f.html |website=ELMUNDO |date=22 January 2015 |access-date=6 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061836/http://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2015/01/22/54c0e72de2704ecc718b457f.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The group has managed to procure the approval of the appearance of the Catalan government as private prosecutor against Iñaki Urdangarín and [[Infanta Cristina of Spain|Princess Cristina]] in the case of 'Palma Arena'.<ref>{{Cite |
The group has managed to procure the approval of the appearance of the Catalan government as private prosecutor against Iñaki Urdangarín and [[Infanta Cristina of Spain|Princess Cristina]] in the case of 'Palma Arena'.<ref>{{Cite news |title=El Parlament pide que la Generalitat se persone en el 'caso Palma Arena' |url=http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2015/03/05/catalunya/1425590234_599230.html |website=EL PAÍS |date=6 March 2015 |access-date=6 December 2015 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105534/http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2015/03/05/catalunya/1425590234_599230.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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On November |
On 26 November 2015, the City Council of Barcelona creates the 'Office for Transparency and Good Practices' of the [[City Council of Barcelona]], for whose management it receives advice from the Citizen Working Group against Corruption in Catalonia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barcelona crea una Oficina para la Transparencia |url=http://www.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-barcelona-crea-oficina-transparencia-20151126112855.html |website=europapress.es |access-date=6 December 2015 |language=es-ES |agency=Europa Press |date=26 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130074629/http://www.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-barcelona-crea-oficina-transparencia-20151126112855.html |archive-date=30 November 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Barcelona impulsa la oficina de Transparencia para que los ciudadanos denuncien prácticas corruptas |url=http://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/barcelona/Barcelona-Transparencia-ciudadanos-practicas-corruptas_0_456354753.html |website=eldiario.es |date=26 November 2015 |access-date=6 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130171316/http://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/barcelona/Barcelona-Transparencia-ciudadanos-practicas-corruptas_0_456354753.html |archive-date=30 November 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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This collaboration will consist on the City Council periodically making available the work developed by the Office to the Catalonia's Citizen Working Group against Corruption. Moreover, the Group agrees to monitor the proper functioning of the Office.<ref>{{Cite |
This collaboration will consist on the City Council periodically making available the work developed by the Office to the Catalonia's Citizen Working Group against Corruption. Moreover, the Group agrees to monitor the proper functioning of the Office.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Colau crea una oficina de asuntos internos y un buzón anticorrupción |url=http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2015/11/26/catalunya/1448535113_612745.html |website=EL PAÍS |date=26 November 2015 |access-date=6 December 2015 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212051655/http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2015/11/26/catalunya/1448535113_612745.html |archive-date=12 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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=== The Spanish state's Working Group against Corruption === |
=== The Spanish state's Working Group against Corruption === |
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This working group is officially presented in Barcelona on October |
This working group is officially presented in Barcelona on 31 October 2015, as part of the seventh edition of [[Free Culture Forum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Xnet presenta el Grupo Ciudadano contra la Corrupción |url=http://www.infolibre.es/noticias/politica/2015/10/31/xnet_presenta_barcelona_grupo_ciudadano_contra_corrupcion_40149_1012.html |website=infoLibre.es |date=31 October 2015 |access-date=6 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212201024/http://www.infolibre.es/noticias/politica/2015/10/31/xnet_presenta_barcelona_grupo_ciudadano_contra_corrupcion_40149_1012.html |archive-date=12 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nace el Grupo Ciudadano contra la Corrupción en el Estado español |url=http://www.publico.es/politica/nace-grupo-ciudadano-corrupcion-espanol.html |website=Público |date=31 October 2015 |access-date=6 December 2015 |language=es-ES |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213043129/http://www.publico.es/politica/nace-grupo-ciudadano-corrupcion-espanol.html |archive-date=13 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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It is a state platform of citizen groups actively working against corruption, formed by [[Simona Levi]] and Sergio Salgado, from Xnet Leaks and 15MpaRato; Audita Sanidad, a collective working on a citizen debt audit of the health care sector; Ana Garrido, one of the first plaintiffs if the |
It is a state platform of citizen groups actively working against corruption, formed by [[Simona Levi]] and Sergio Salgado, from Xnet Leaks and 15MpaRato; Audita Sanidad, a collective working on a citizen debt audit of the health care sector; Ana Garrido, one of the first plaintiffs if the corruption case Gürtel; Kontuz, a citizen association of users, consumers and taxpayers that has uncovered major corruption cases in Navarra; Acción Cívica; Encarnacion Cortes, councilor who denounced corrupción in the town of Benalmádena; David Fernandez, former president of the Parliamentary Commission on the Pujol case as deputy of the CUP-Parliament; Fernando Urruticoechea, who has reported several cases of corruption from the public administration and Patricia Ramirez Suarez, activist in defense of banking abuses and founder and president of ASUFIN. |
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Other participants as advisors are the Citizen Debt Audit Platform |
Other participants as advisors are the Citizen Debt Audit Platform – PACD; Pau A. Monserrat, economist author of "La banca culpable" (The Guilty Banks) and Raul Burillo, tax inspector who led the team of inspectors which investigated cases such as 'Palma Arena', 'Son Oms' or 'Maquillaje'. |
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The Citizen Group against Corruption has presented a Decalogue for [[Whistleblowers]] as a proposal towards the elaboration of specific legislation for the protection of complainants or alert triggers of corruption.<ref>{{Cite web|title |
The Citizen Group against Corruption has presented a Decalogue for [[Whistleblowers]] as a proposal towards the elaboration of specific legislation for the protection of complainants or alert triggers of corruption.<ref>{{Cite web |title=#FCForum15: Herramientas para salvar el mundo |url=http://www.eldiario.es/cultura/tecnologia/FCForum15-Decalogo-proteccion-denunciantes_0_447255434.html |website=eldiario.es |date=2 November 2015 |access-date=6 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207154655/http://www.eldiario.es/cultura/tecnologia/FCForum15-Decalogo-proteccion-denunciantes_0_447255434.html |archive-date=7 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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=== oXcars === |
=== oXcars === |
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{{Main|Oxcars}} |
{{Main|Oxcars}} |
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The oXcars' are a non-competitive awards ceremony that is |
The oXcars' are a non-competitive awards ceremony that is held at Sala Apolo in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]], in October each year. They are a public showcase that puts the spotlight on cultural creation and distribution carried out under the paradigms of shared culture.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cataluna/gala/oXcars/exalta/circulacion/libre/cultura/elpepucul/20081023elpcat_20/Tes |title=La gala de los oXcars exalta la circulación libre de la cultura |access-date=7 March 2011 |date=23 October 2008 |work=El País|last1=Bosco |first1=Roberta }}</ref> Through presentations and symbolic mentions of works in a series of categories, the oXcars uses parody as a strategy for showing real legal solutions. The award categories include: Music, Animation, Theatre, Human Tools, Future Markets and Great Leftovers of Spanish Culture, among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://la-ex.net/proyectos/las-categorias-y-los-exponsors |title=Las categorías y los eXponsors |access-date=7 March 2011 |publisher=La-EX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727064302/http://la-ex.net/proyectos/las-categorias-y-los-exponsors |archive-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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=== FCForum === |
=== FCForum === |
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{{Main|Free Culture Forum}} |
{{Main|Free Culture Forum}} |
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The FCForum is an international conference organised by Xnet and a network of other groups and activists. It brings together organisations and experts in the field of free/[[libre culture]] and knowledge, with the aim of creating a strategic global framework for action and international coordination. It takes place annually in Barcelona. |
The FCForum is an international conference organised by Xnet and a network of other groups and activists. It brings together organisations and experts in the field of free/[[libre culture]] and knowledge, with the aim of creating a strategic global framework for action and international coordination. It takes place annually in Barcelona. |
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'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20151011041057/http://2009.fcforum.net/ The first FCForum]''' was held in Barcelona from October 30 to November 1, 2009, to coincide with the 2nd oXcars awards ceremony. The principal organisations and active voices in the world of [[Free Culture Movement|Free Culture and knowledge]] participated in the event.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europapress.es/cultura/noticia-catalunya-barcelona-organiza-foro-internacional-cultura-libre-sociedad-conocimiento-20091020113123.html |title=Barcelona organiza el I Foro internacional de Cultura Libre en la sociedad del conocimiento|accessdate=March 7, 2011|author= |date= October 20, 2009|publisher= Europa Press}}</ref> A series of working groups at the Forum produced a unique document known as the “Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge,”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fcforum.net/es/charter |title= Carta para la innovación, la creatividad y el acceso al conocimiento|accessdate=March 7, 2011|publisher= FCForum }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/01/29/navegante/1264780371.html |title=Propuestas para innovar en la reforma de Ley de Propiedad Intelectual |
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|accessdate=March 7, 2011|date=January 29, 2010 |publisher=El Mundo}}</ref> which proposes a series of reforms to the Spanish [[Intellectual Property]] legislation, [[Telecoms Package]] and other issues related to the circulation of information and [[net neutrality]]. The Charter was sent to a thousand governments and political and social institutions around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europapress.es/catalunya/barcelona-00376/noticia-mil-instituciones-mundo-recibiran-carta-aprobada-barcelona-cultura-libre-internet-20091104181834.html |title=Mil instituciones del mundo recibirán una Carta aprobada en Barcelona por la Cultura Libre en Internet|accessdate=March 7, 2011|date=April 14, 2009 |publisher=Europa Press}}</ref> International bodies such as the [[European Union]] [[Committee on Culture and Education]] and the Government of [[Brazil]] (through the Department of Digital Culture) sent official observers to the Forum. |
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'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20151011041102/http://2010.fcforum.net/ The second FCForum]''' was held in Barcelona from October 28 to 31, 2010, and focused on the new models of sustainability in the digital era. Two documents were drafted as a result of this event: the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110816024014/http://fcforum.net/en/sustainable-models-for-creativity/declaration “Sustainable Models for Creativity''] and the [http://fcforum.net/en/sustainable-models-for-creativity/how-to-manual ''How-To Manual for Sustainable Creativity']. |
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The third edition of the FCForum was held in Barcelona on October 28, 29 and 30, 2011, under the title ‘Networks for a R-evolution’. Day one |
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revolved around sustainable models for creativity in the digital age. |
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Day two focused on challenges and tools for the defence of the |
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Internet, of sharing and of the communication, self-organisation and defence tools in the context of the global revolution. |
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'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032540/http://2011.fcforum.net/en/ The 2012 edition]''' was held at Ars Santa Mònica on October 26 and 27. |
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Day one explored the theme of sustainable models for the creative sector |
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and day two was dedicated to democracy in the digital age. |
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'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033344/http://2012.fcforum.net/en/ The 2013 FCForum]''' took place on October 25 and revolved around four core themes: |
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* Creativity, Culture and Knowledge: sustainable new models of access and production |
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* Data Science: The potential and limits of Big Data |
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* Networked Democracy |
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* Electronic Money and Distributed Currency: strengths and weaknesses |
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'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214725/http://2014.fcforum.net/en/ The 2014 edition]''' took place in different spaces and dates. |
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* November 4 at the Barcelona Growth Center on Network Democracy and Technopolitics. |
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* November 4, 5 and 6 at the BAU Design College of Barcelona, with different workshops and conferences about designing tools and their relation to open knowledge. |
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* November 27, 28 and 29 at the Barcelona's Center of Contemporary Culture , ''The Influencers'', a festival about non conventional art, communication guerrilla and radical entertainment. |
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'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20151011041140/http://2015.fcforum.net/en/ The 2015 edition]''' |
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Under the title Fighters & Makers, the seventh edition of the FCForum took place on October 30 and 31 and November 2, 2015, in different spaces in Barcelona. |
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On October 30, Sala Conservas held a series of working groups that came together round the following topics: |
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* Legislation on copyright and intellectual property. Net Neutrality. |
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* Freedom of expression, freedom of information |
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On October 31, the FCForum moved to the Farinera del Clot cultural center, with the following programme: |
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* Press conference for journalists and attendees to introduce the "Citizen Group against Corruption" |
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* Two blocks of conferences focusing on the "crisis" as a "scam" and on surveillance, repression, data protection and civil liberties. |
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* Another working group on "Freedom of expression, freedom of information, freedom of action: state of affairs and coordination of struggles in the Spanish State". |
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* A series of workshops on digital self-defense and the right to privacy of communications, such as the right to information and freedom of expression as well as a specific workshop for journalists conducted by the Centre for Investigative Journalism. |
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November 2 was the last day, dedicated to "Makers & business models" and held at the BAU Design College of Barcelona. |
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=== D'Evolution Summit === |
=== D'Evolution Summit === |
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The D'Evolution Summit was created as a civil society response to the European Forum for Cultural Industries, organised by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, which was held in Barcelona on 29 and 30 March 2010. Authorities, experts and lobby groups participated in the Forum, which focused on five core themes: financing and the cultural industries, intellectual property and royalties management, strategies for the internationalisation of culture, culture and territorial development, and the profiles and skills for culture industry professionals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mcu.es/MC/PresidenciaUE2010/Conferencias/ForoEuroIndCultu.html |title=Foro Europeo de Industrias Culturales |access-date=7 March 2011 |publisher=Ministerio de Cultura |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130034913/http://www.mcu.es/MC/PresidenciaUE2010/Conferencias/ForoEuroIndCultu.html |archive-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The Forum for Cultural Industries lent continuity to the International Conference on Economy and Culture held in May 2009, and took place just before the informal meeting of the 27 Ministers of Culture of the European Union on |
The Forum for Cultural Industries lent continuity to the International Conference on Economy and Culture held in May 2009, and took place just before the informal meeting of the 27 Ministers of Culture of the European Union on 31 March within the framework of the Spanish Presidency of the EU. |
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The D’Evolution Summit was a counter-summit organised at the same time, to demand amendments to |
The D’Evolution Summit was a counter-summit organised at the same time, to demand amendments to Spain's Law of Sustainable Economy (known as the anti-downloads law) and an end to the monopoly of copyright collecting societies. |
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During three days, the D’Evolution summit organised Internet broadcasts of the proceedings of the Forum for Cultural Industries and the Informal Meeting of Ministers, staged concerts with groups who use free licences, and carried out actions such as the handing out music with free licences to hairdressing salons and the action |
During three days, the D’Evolution summit organised Internet broadcasts of the proceedings of the Forum for Cultural Industries and the Informal Meeting of Ministers, staged concerts with groups who use free licences, and carried out actions such as the handing out music with free licences to hairdressing salons and the action "We won't carry the bucket for an industry that refuses to adapt to reality" in which the comedian Leo Bassi dressed up as a clown and tried to give a giant inflatable duck to the European ministers of culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europapress.es/portaltic/internet/noticia-leo-bassi-intenta-entregar-patito-goma-ministros-europeos-cultura-20100330150516.html |title=Leo Bassi intenta entregar un pato de goma gigante a los ministros europeos de Cultura |date=30 March 2010 |access-date=7 March 2011 |publisher=Europa Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012043603/http://www.europapress.es/portaltic/internet/noticia-leo-bassi-intenta-entregar-patito-goma-ministros-europeos-cultura-20100330150516.html |archive-date=12 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> D’Evolution also organised viral campaigns and provided information on the topics being discussed at the Forum through social networks.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/tecnologia/Internautas/espanoles/preparan/cumbre/alternativa/ministros/Cultura/elpeputec/20100322elpeputec_4/Tes |title=Internautas españoles preparan una cumbre alternativa a la de ministros de Cultura |newspaper=El País |access-date=7 March 2011 |date=22 March 2010 |publisher=Europa Press}}</ref> |
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=== ''Parents are the Pirates''=== |
=== ''Parents are the Pirates'' === |
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[https://www.scribd.com/doc/7590229/Los-Piratas-Son-Los-Padres ''Parents are the Pirates''] is a self-published collective book consisting of contributions by fifty authors who were invited to write or illustrate, in 400 words or less, one of the following topics: |
[https://www.scribd.com/doc/7590229/Los-Piratas-Son-Los-Padres ''Parents are the Pirates''] is a self-published collective book consisting of contributions by fifty authors who were invited to write or illustrate, in 400 words or less, one of the following topics: |
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* Culture in the digital era: new |
* Culture in the digital era: new "profitabilities" |
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* The creative ecosystem of the digital age: now or never |
* The creative ecosystem of the digital age: now or never |
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* Digital information is what today’s memory is made of |
* Digital information is what today’s memory is made of |
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=== Legal advice === |
=== Legal advice === |
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Xnet provides legal advice on [[copyright]], licences, the Spanish [[Private copying levy|levy on private copying]], private copies, [[Peer-to-peer|P2P]], [[copyright collective|copyright collecting societies]], broadcasting rights and other issues related to the digital society. They provide artists with information about the licences they can use to cover their work without becoming dependent on a collecting society. They also advise businesses that are being sued by the Spanish collecting society [[SGAE]] and want to know their rights and obligations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publico.es/ciencias/217350/internet-se-organiza-para-defender-el-derecho-a-compartir |title=Internet se organiza para defender el derecho a compartir | |
Xnet provides legal advice on [[copyright]], licences, the Spanish [[Private copying levy|levy on private copying]], private copies, [[Peer-to-peer|P2P]], [[copyright collective|copyright collecting societies]], broadcasting rights and other issues related to the digital society. They provide artists with information about the licences they can use to cover their work without becoming dependent on a collecting society. They also advise businesses that are being sued by the Spanish collecting society [[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|SGAE]] and want to know their rights and obligations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publico.es/ciencias/217350/internet-se-organiza-para-defender-el-derecho-a-compartir |title=Internet se organiza para defender el derecho a compartir |access-date=7 March 2011 |author=Blanca Salvatierra |date=13 April 2009 |work=Público |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818221546/http://www.publico.es/ciencias/217350/internet-se-organiza-para-defender-el-derecho-a-compartir |archive-date=18 August 2011}}</ref> |
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== Change of name == |
== Change of name == |
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On 2 August 2010, lawyers from Spain's largest copyright collecting society, the [[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|SGAE]], sent a certified fax to eXgae demanding they shut down the domain name exgae.net and suspend their activities, alleging infringement of the SGAE brand and unfair competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/09/09/navegante/1284024014.html |first1=Pablo |last1=Romero |date=September 9, 2010 |title=SGAE contra Exgae: exigen el cierre del sitio web activista por un 'conflicto de marcas' |access-date=7 March 2011 |work=El Mundo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728174614/http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/09/09/navegante/1284024014.html |archive-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the interests of avoiding a long and expensive legal battle, the collective changed its name to Xnet, although it continues working on the same issues and activities. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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* [[Copyright]] |
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* [[Free software]] |
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* [[Private copying levy]] |
* [[Private copying levy]] |
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* [[Net neutrality]] |
* [[Net neutrality]] |
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* [https://archive.today/20141126125318/http://xnet-x.net/english/the-oxcars oXcars website] |
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| Formation | 2008 |
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| Type | Non-profit |
| Purpose | Activism, free/libre culture, net democracy, fight against corruption |
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| Website | https://xnet-x.net/en/ |
Formerly called | EXGAE |
Xnet (former eXgae) is a non-profit activist platform that develops and promotes alternative models for cultural dissemination and royalty management and work in different fields related to digital rights, networked democracy and freedom of expression. Its activities revolve around five core themes: free culture, Internet neutrality, technopolitics, network democracy, new models of sustainability for the digital era and the defence of citizen journalism and the legal fight against corruption. Xnet also engages in political lobbying at the national and international levels, by preparing and submitting legislative proposals and viral campaigns. Until 2023, Xnet was a member of European Digital Rights (EDRi), a not-for-profit association to promote, protect and uphold civil rights in the field of information and communication technology.[1]
Initiatives
[edit]Digital rights
[edit]Xnet is responsible for a significant amount of activity in the defence, dissemination and expansion of digital rights in Spain and Europe digital rights in Spain and Europe[2] and is a member of EDRI (European Digital Rights), an international group of organisations defending civil rights in the digital domain. On 9 December 2021 EDRi's board temporarily suspend Xnet from the EDRi network.[3]
In addition to organising the FCForum, Xnet frequently publishes legislative recommendations[4][5][6] to ensure that local, regional, Spanish and European regulations are respectful of civil rights and freedom in the digital domain, and actively promotes and participates in advocacy campaigns[7][8][9][10][11] for or against laws, directives or public policies that have an impact in this field.
Following Snowden's revelations about mass surveillance, Xnet began work on disseminating and advocating among the general public for communication privacy and the security of information tools aimed at Internet users in order to help them guarantee their fundamental rights on their own, whatever their legislative environments.[12]
Since 2019, together with a group of families, Xnet has designed and leads Plan for Democratic Digitalization of Education. This project includes:[13][14]
- The development of a comprehensive, auditable, agile and interoperable IT tool called DD (Digital Democratic) to replace the proprietary tools in all the activity of the schools. This tool has already been implemented in 11 schools in the city of Barcelona since 2021, in collaboration with the Directorate of Democratic Innovation of the City Council and the Consortium of Education of the city.
- A program of reform of the educational system for digital training that started with the I International Congress on Democratic Digital Education and Open Edtech (2022), directed by Simona Levi, one of Xnet's founders, and recognized as teacher training by the Department of Education of the government of Catalonia.[15]
As a consequence of this project, in 2021 and at the request of the President of the European Parliament, Levi published for the Publications Office of the European Union the report "Proposal for a sovereign and democratic digitalisation of Europe".[16]
Simona Levi and her Xnet team have been the subject of a documentary entitled "L'escletxa" directed by David Fernandez de Castro and produced by Bettina Walter in 2021. The documentary was produced by the Catalan public television as part of the documentary program "Sense Ficció".[17]
Since its inception, Xnet has been intensely active in the defence of Net Neutrality as a major issue affecting our Internet freedom, as well as other major issues such as the protection of whistleblowers, copyright abuses against the free circulation of information and the so-called gag laws and their impact on freedom of expression on the Internet in the Spanish state.
Xnet Leaks
[edit]Because of the leaking of the 'Blesa's Emails' (received by the X Party in 2013) that lead to the investigation and court case against Miguel Blesa (former president of the national savings bank Caja Madrid now Bankia), Xnet decided to improve create an anonymous mailbox at the disposal of those who hold relevant information about corruption. This mailbox allows citizens to send information secure and anonymously.[18]
The organisation reports that the information received by XnetLeaks is treated first by journalists and secondly by a legal team. XnetLeaks received the first reports on the case of Caja Madrid's 'opaque Cards' through the leaks of Blesa's emails, which also uncovered the corrupt management plot concerning the high speed train AVE or the irregular financing through ghost foundations of politicians and big trade unions on Caja Madrid's management board. XnetLeaks has a blog published on five different media through which it has facilitated open access to Caja Madrid's emails, known as Blesa's Emails.
15MpaRato
[edit]15MpaRato is a citizen platform launched by Xnet with the aim of collecting and spreading for naming those responsible for the crisis in Spain.[19] It was created on 16 May 2012 by launching a public campaign and citizen lawsuit against Rodrigo Rato and other management positions at Bankia (the Spanish bailed-out bank).[20]
Their main objective wasfile a lawsuit against Rodrigo Rato and Bankia's board. They presented a lawsuit that was accepted by the National Court in Spain and Rodrigo Rato and Bankia were officially accused of fraud in what the media called "The Bankia Case".[21] The trial is currently ongoing, as of December 2015.
Catalonia's Working Group Against Corruption
[edit]This working group was created in January 2015 to coordinate the efforts of groups and individuals in an active network against corruption. Xnet coordinates and represents the working group. Also in the group: David Fernandez, president of the Parliamentary Commission on the 'Pujol Case' and member of the CUP; the 15MpaRato platform; Hervé Falciani; the collective against corruption Cafè amb Llet; the X Party's Anti-Corruption Commission and the Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of Barcelona, among others.[22][23]
The group has managed to procure the approval of the appearance of the Catalan government as private prosecutor against Iñaki Urdangarín and Princess Cristina in the case of 'Palma Arena'.[24]
On 26 November 2015, the City Council of Barcelona creates the 'Office for Transparency and Good Practices' of the City Council of Barcelona, for whose management it receives advice from the Citizen Working Group against Corruption in Catalonia.[25][26]
This collaboration will consist on the City Council periodically making available the work developed by the Office to the Catalonia's Citizen Working Group against Corruption. Moreover, the Group agrees to monitor the proper functioning of the Office.[27]
The Spanish state's Working Group against Corruption
[edit]This working group is officially presented in Barcelona on 31 October 2015, as part of the seventh edition of Free Culture Forum.[28][29]
It is a state platform of citizen groups actively working against corruption, formed by Simona Levi and Sergio Salgado, from Xnet Leaks and 15MpaRato; Audita Sanidad, a collective working on a citizen debt audit of the health care sector; Ana Garrido, one of the first plaintiffs if the corruption case Gürtel; Kontuz, a citizen association of users, consumers and taxpayers that has uncovered major corruption cases in Navarra; Acción Cívica; Encarnacion Cortes, councilor who denounced corrupción in the town of Benalmádena; David Fernandez, former president of the Parliamentary Commission on the Pujol case as deputy of the CUP-Parliament; Fernando Urruticoechea, who has reported several cases of corruption from the public administration and Patricia Ramirez Suarez, activist in defense of banking abuses and founder and president of ASUFIN.
Other participants as advisors are the Citizen Debt Audit Platform – PACD; Pau A. Monserrat, economist author of "La banca culpable" (The Guilty Banks) and Raul Burillo, tax inspector who led the team of inspectors which investigated cases such as 'Palma Arena', 'Son Oms' or 'Maquillaje'.
The Citizen Group against Corruption has presented a Decalogue for Whistleblowers as a proposal towards the elaboration of specific legislation for the protection of complainants or alert triggers of corruption.[30]
oXcars
[edit]The oXcars' are a non-competitive awards ceremony that is held at Sala Apolo in Barcelona, Spain, in October each year. They are a public showcase that puts the spotlight on cultural creation and distribution carried out under the paradigms of shared culture.[31] Through presentations and symbolic mentions of works in a series of categories, the oXcars uses parody as a strategy for showing real legal solutions. The award categories include: Music, Animation, Theatre, Human Tools, Future Markets and Great Leftovers of Spanish Culture, among others.[32]
FCForum
[edit]The FCForum is an international conference organised by Xnet and a network of other groups and activists. It brings together organisations and experts in the field of free/libre culture and knowledge, with the aim of creating a strategic global framework for action and international coordination. It takes place annually in Barcelona.
D'Evolution Summit
[edit]The D'Evolution Summit was created as a civil society response to the European Forum for Cultural Industries, organised by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, which was held in Barcelona on 29 and 30 March 2010. Authorities, experts and lobby groups participated in the Forum, which focused on five core themes: financing and the cultural industries, intellectual property and royalties management, strategies for the internationalisation of culture, culture and territorial development, and the profiles and skills for culture industry professionals.[33]
The Forum for Cultural Industries lent continuity to the International Conference on Economy and Culture held in May 2009, and took place just before the informal meeting of the 27 Ministers of Culture of the European Union on 31 March within the framework of the Spanish Presidency of the EU.
The D’Evolution Summit was a counter-summit organised at the same time, to demand amendments to Spain's Law of Sustainable Economy (known as the anti-downloads law) and an end to the monopoly of copyright collecting societies.
During three days, the D’Evolution summit organised Internet broadcasts of the proceedings of the Forum for Cultural Industries and the Informal Meeting of Ministers, staged concerts with groups who use free licences, and carried out actions such as the handing out music with free licences to hairdressing salons and the action "We won't carry the bucket for an industry that refuses to adapt to reality" in which the comedian Leo Bassi dressed up as a clown and tried to give a giant inflatable duck to the European ministers of culture.[34] D’Evolution also organised viral campaigns and provided information on the topics being discussed at the Forum through social networks.[35]
Parents are the Pirates
[edit]Parents are the Pirates is a self-published collective book consisting of contributions by fifty authors who were invited to write or illustrate, in 400 words or less, one of the following topics:
- Culture in the digital era: new "profitabilities"
- The creative ecosystem of the digital age: now or never
- Digital information is what today’s memory is made of
- Copying and its benefits
- Lies, bits, the inquisition and P2P
- 13,000,000 pirate homes: piracy does not exist, parents are the pirates
- Banning communication in the communication age
- P2P: Do we really want to follow in the footsteps of Pakistan, China, France and Sudan?
- Lets talk about the middlemen: restructuring in times of crisis. Culture existed before the cultural industry
- Lost profits is counting your chickens before they hatch (and the chickens are culture)
- Public Domain vs benefits for parasites
- The right to quote: the key to the link economy
The book was launched at the first oXcars, in October 2008. It was published under a 2008 season Poetic Licence and is distributed by independent publishing house Traficantes de Sueños.
Legal advice
[edit]Xnet provides legal advice on copyright, licences, the Spanish levy on private copying, private copies, P2P, copyright collecting societies, broadcasting rights and other issues related to the digital society. They provide artists with information about the licences they can use to cover their work without becoming dependent on a collecting society. They also advise businesses that are being sued by the Spanish collecting society SGAE and want to know their rights and obligations.[36]
Change of name
[edit]On 2 August 2010, lawyers from Spain's largest copyright collecting society, the SGAE, sent a certified fax to eXgae demanding they shut down the domain name exgae.net and suspend their activities, alleging infringement of the SGAE brand and unfair competition.[37] In the interests of avoiding a long and expensive legal battle, the collective changed its name to Xnet, although it continues working on the same issues and activities.
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "(Es) Sobre Incompetencia y/o Irregularidades en el Diseño, Gestión e Implementación de las Políticas Públicas de los Comunes en Internet, Tecnología e Innovación Digital relacionadas con los Derechos Digitales". 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Recomendaciones redacción segundo protocolo Convencion Cibercrimen". 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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- ^ "(Es) Xnet participa en el informe de New Privacy International que revela una peligrosa falta de supervisión de las redes secretas de vigilancia mundial". 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Carta abierta de Xnet y FSFE para que las instituciones públicas utilicen software de código abierto". 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Basic how-to guide for preserving fundamental rights on the Internet". 21 September 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ El Periódico - Inquietud por la protección de datos de menores por el uso de Google en la escuela catalana
- ^ Xnet - Plan de Digitalització Democràtica de l'Educació (Piloto Barcelona)
- ^ Democràtica Digitalització - I Curs Internacional d'Educació Digital Democràtica i Open Edtech
- ^ Report - Proposal for a sovereign and democratic digitalisation of Europe
- ^ TV3 - L'escletxa
- ^ "Xnet's Mailbox: Leaks against corruption". Xnet. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Dossier: Historia de lucha contra la corrupción de 15MpaRato, Xnet y la Comisión Anticorrupción del Partido X." (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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- ^ González, Andrés; Rodríguez Piedra, Blanca. "Spain opens fraud case on ex-Bankia chief Rato". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Entidades, activistas y partidos crean una plataforma contra la corrupción". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Siete entidades y Falciani trabajarán juntos contra la corrupción en Cataluña". ELMUNDO. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "El Parlament pide que la Generalitat se persone en el 'caso Palma Arena'". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Barcelona crea una Oficina para la Transparencia". europapress.es (in European Spanish). Europa Press. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Barcelona impulsa la oficina de Transparencia para que los ciudadanos denuncien prácticas corruptas". eldiario.es. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Colau crea una oficina de asuntos internos y un buzón anticorrupción". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Xnet presenta el Grupo Ciudadano contra la Corrupción". infoLibre.es. 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Nace el Grupo Ciudadano contra la Corrupción en el Estado español". Público (in European Spanish). 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "#FCForum15: Herramientas para salvar el mundo". eldiario.es. 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ Bosco, Roberta (23 October 2008). "La gala de los oXcars exalta la circulación libre de la cultura". El País. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "Las categorías y los eXponsors". La-EX. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "Foro Europeo de Industrias Culturales". Ministerio de Cultura. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
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- ^ Blanca Salvatierra (13 April 2009). "Internet se organiza para defender el derecho a compartir". Público. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ Romero, Pablo (9 September 2010). "SGAE contra Exgae: exigen el cierre del sitio web activista por un 'conflicto de marcas'". El Mundo. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
External links
[edit]- Xnet website (in Spanish)
- oXcars website
- FCForum website