VIDEO + Links :: FEB 11 Is the International Action Day Contra ACTA :: Millions of People Are Joining!
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People are awakening in the thousands and millions regarding the draconian ACTA treaty. You can join the upcoming protests in your local area or set up one if there isn’t one near.
Check out Accessnow’s website for detailed coverage and to throw your vote in the still ongoing petition. The European parliament still have another week or so until a final decision will be made.
Videos The ACTA protest is widespread and apparently surprising for many of the politicians who’ve been pushing the treaty.
Anonymous are on the case…
Short informative vid already has over 1 million views…
WEB – Local events and more Petition sites and action websites. If you love Internet please participate 
ACCESSNOW Action Page – Very comprehensive!
https://www.accessnow.org/policy-activism/press-blog/acta-protest-feb-11
Get the PDF – WHAT MAKES ACTA SO CONTROVERSIAL
(AND WHY MEPs SHOULD CARE)
https://www.accessnow.org/policy-activism/press-blog/access-acta-overview
La Quadrature.net / ACTA is one more offensive
against the sharing of culture on the Internet
http://www.laquadrature.net/ACTA
6 points to why ACTA is so important and what makes it so controversial?
- ACTA lacks democratic credibility because it was negotiated in secret, undermining democratic principles of transparency and multistakeholderism;
- ACTA poses a threat to free speech and access to culture by, among other issues, encouraging private companies to police users of the internet;
- ACTA threatens privacy, as ISPs will be obliged to carry out surveillance on all users;
- ACTA could have a chilling effect on innovation by disincentivizing startups and encouraging anti-competitive behaviour;
- ACTA would harm trade by giving the U.S. a structural competitive advantage over other countries in addition to creating barriers for international trade;
- ACTA lacks legal clarity with vaguely drafted language, and is clearly not aligned with current international and European legal standards.
 International IP and the Public Interest | ACTA rapporteur says ISPs have no legal obligation to police the internet Inquirer Speaking at the ACTA London event at Europe House today, Martin voiced his main issues with the "uncomfortable" treaty. He said his main concern is the fact that European ISPs will be made to act as counterfeit cops if the controversial trade agreement ... ACTA: The Public Revolt Law Professors Ask Senate to Take Up ACTA, Challenging ACTA Constitutionality ... Online piracy debate shifts to new battleground |
 V3.co.uk | Kroes Throws in Towel on ACTA Wall Street Journal (blog) The agreement requires ratification by all parties as well as the European Parliament. That now looks highly unlikely. Three of the four main parliamentary groups have already come out against ACTA. “Acta does not provide a good balance between the ... ACTA likely to fail, European Commission admits EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Admits ACTA Is Probably Dead EU Commissioner: Anti-Digital Piracy Law is All But Dead |
Poland Betrays Its Past, Moves Closer To Allowing Software Patents Techdirt Unfortunately, that's not the end of the story as far as software patents in Europe are concerned. Despite its name, the European Patent Office is not the patent office for the European Union: it is part of the European Patent Organisation, ... |
 PublicServiceEurope.com | EU Liberals To Vote Against ACTA; Conservatives Want To 'Fix' It Techdirt Although that means in theory that a majority of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) would vote against ACTA's ratification, things aren't that simple, as Rick Falkvinge explains: this majority against ACTA is not like other majorities, ... Discredited ACTA is dead in the water - Lib Dems |
News to know: Facebook data, UK porn filter, Pirate Bay block, ACTA, Data roaming ZDNet (blog) The Parliament must vote and can go against the advice of the rapporteur. Europe's digital chief Neelie Kroes said that ACTA was dead in the water and it would likely not be ratified, meaning the treaty will not come into force in any European member ... |
Germany's BMZ, Australia's Greens Wage a War of Words Against ACTA Game Politics The Greens have demanded that the Australian government cancel its participation in the ACTA treaty, citing the recent news that the European Parliament will likely reject it and the worldwide protests against it. Australia signed the treaty last year ... |
 The Guardian | 'ACTA is dead,' says Europe's digital doyenne Register Meanwhile, concern over ACTA also grew among some of the main national and business blocks around the world. China and India both signaled their opposition. Google came out against it and ISPs weren't keen either, since ACTA meant considerable expense ... The Acta debate - will innovation be stifled? ACTA internet freedom concerns in Australia misplaced |
The Guardian | Acta unlikely to be ratified in Europe, says Kroes The Guardian The Acta treaty that has been the subject of street protests around Europe is unlikely to be ratified by the European Union, according to Neelie Kroes, the powerful European commissioner for telecoms and technology. Speaking on Friday, Kroes said that ... ACTA unlikely to come into operation, Kroes says |
European Data Protection Official Criticizes ACTA Treaty PCWorld By Jennifer Baker, IDG News Europe's top data privacy watchdog has strongly criticized the international anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA), warning that it could lead to widespread monitoring of the Internet and breaches of individuals' right ... |
 Cinema Blend | ACTA Runs Out of Gas in Europe E-Commerce Times By David Vranicar Today in international tech news: ACTA is essentially declared dead in Europe. Meanwhile, a journalist from The Guardian live-tweets his arrest in Moscow while covering -- or at least trying to cover -- the inauguration of Vladimir ... ACTA Update XV ACTA Gets Killed, Score A Partial Win For The Internet EU Commissioner Kroes casts doubt on ACTA |
ACTA sees official referral to ECJ over rights ZDNet UK (blog) By David Meyer , 14 May, 2012 09:09 Follow @superglaze The European Commission has officially referred the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, to the European Court of Justice. The Commission said in February that it intended to make the ... The Unpopularity of Things |
Switzerland latest country to back away from ACTA Out-Law.com In February thousands of people took to the streets of cities across Europe to protest against the impact they believe ACTA would have on internet freedoms. This action followed the decision by the UK, and 21 other EU member countries, ... ACTA gets another quiet blow from the Swiss |
Survey reveals most software pirates are young and male EUobserver.com Meanwhile, the European Parliament is set to reject the international anti-piracy treaty Acta this summer following a well-publicised public campaign against the agreement reached by the European Commission and other countries including the US and ... |
'The Godfather,' Anti-Piracy: Intellectual Property BusinessWeek The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm, asked the European Court of Justice to check if the agreement, known as ACTA, is compatible with EU treaties and the region's Charter of Fundamental Rights, John Clancy, an EU spokesman, ... |
 Sofia Echo | ACTA could threaten online privacy, EU watchdog says Sofia Echo A right balance between the fight against intellectual property infringements and the rights to privacy and data protection must be respected. It appears that ACTA has not been fully successful in this respect," assistant European data protection ... ACTA does not ensure individuals' data protection and privacy rights, EU ... ACTA threatens fundamental human rights |
'The Godfather,' Anti-Piracy: Intellectual Property Bloomberg The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm, asked the European Court of Justice to check if the agreement, known as ACTA, is compatible with EU treaties and the region's Charter of Fundamental Rights, John Clancy, an EU spokesman, ... |
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