Marco Cappato (ex-MEP) and Information Infrastructure Policy Issues
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- member of Partito Radicale / Lista Bonino in EP 1999-2004, coordinator of that group
radical liberal, for citizens rights as well as free markets, even drug liberalisation
- regular bulletins for digital rights
- participated in FFII activities on software patents, well informed and source of good political advice
strong positions against IPR Enforcement Directive at a time where Greens seemed ambiguous, thereby particularly helpful for EDRI campaign
- his party lost 3/4 of its seats in 2004
- Marco Cappato has chances of coming back if one of the 2 remaining !MEPs gives up his seat
- Marco Cappato c/o Transnational Radical Party via di Torre Argentina 76 00186 Roma tel +39 06 689791 fax +39 06 68805396
- 11.09.04 active participation in the WSIS-PCT Group
