ACTA

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What do you think about ACTA?
Personally i am 100% against violating people's privacy and data.

WE need to stop it. Help us now! Post These video and link on facebook.

http://www.stopacta.info/

 

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I'm with you - and against ACTA.

* European Parliament: Reject Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA): on article19.org:-http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/2901/en/european-parliament:-reject-anti-counterfeiting-trade-agreement-(acta)-

QUOTE:
'The ACTA enforcement regime imposes a nineteenth century view of intellectual property (IP) that fails to acknowledge the changed relationship between individuals and information in the modern electronic age. Consequently, the IP interests of corporations are disproportionately protected at the expense of individuals’ rights to freedom of expression and information. ARTICLE 19 finds the ACTA regime in violation of these fundamental rights by encouraging governments and private parties to engage in large-scale surveillance of the internet and by imposing draconian criminal and civil liability on those associated with even the most innocuous infringement of IP. If enacted by the EU, ACTA will undermine online freedom and stifle creativity and innovation.'


* ACTA rapporteur denounces ACTA masquerade: on laquadrature.net: https://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/ACTA_rapporteur_denounces_ACTA_mascarade

QUOTE:
'Kader Arif, rapporteur for ACTA in the European Parliament quit his role as rapporteur saying:

”I want to denounce in the strongest possible manner the entire process that led to the signature of this agreement: no inclusion of civil society organisations, a lack of transparency from the start of the negotiations, repeated postponing of the signature of the text without an explanation being ever given, exclusion of the EU Parliament's demands that were expressed on several occasions in our assembly.” ..

“Everyone knows the ACTA agreement is problematic, whether it is its impact on civil liberties, the way it makes Internet access providers liable, its consequences on generic drugs manufacturing, or how little protection it gives to our geographical indications.”

“This agreement might have major consequences on citizens' lives, and still, everything is being done to prevent the European Parliament from having its say in this matter. That is why today, as I release this report for which I was in charge, I want to send a strong signal and alert the public opinion about this unacceptable situation. I will not take part in this masquerade.” '


You read right: '..nineteenth century view of intellectual property ..'

I live in 21th century now .. And you?..
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[Jack]

And

Negotiations over a controversial anti-piracy agreement have been described as a "masquerade" by a key Euro MP.

Kader Arif, the European Parliament's rapporteur for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), resigned over the issue on Friday.

He said he had witnessed "never-before-seen manoeuvres" by officials preparing the treaty.

On Thursday, 22 EU member states including the UK signed the agreement.

The treaty still needs to be ratified by the European Parliament before it can be enacted. A debate is scheduled to take place in June.

Mr Arif criticised the efforts to push forward with the measures ahead of those discussions taking place.

"I condemn the whole process which led to the signature of this agreement: no consultation of the civil society, lack of transparency since the beginning of negotiations, repeated delays of the signature of the text without any explanation given, reject of Parliament's recommendations as given in several resolutions of our assembly."

Mr Arif's decision to stand down follows protests by campaigners in Poland. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets after the agreement was signed.

Crowds of mostly young people held banners with slogans such as "no to censorship" and "a free internet".

Earlier in the week, hackers attacked several Polish government websites, including that of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

The country's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski defended the plans, telling local television: "We believe that theft on a massive scale of intellectual property is not a good thing."

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Wouldn't make sense to ask if anyone agrees with ACTA right? Why is this happening , very simple, the Internet is generating these days a lot of money ...

 

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I think that with ACTA - we go through the process of creation of the Ministry of Truth (Orwell describes this already ..).

But I am not interested to do the piracy ..

 

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MOTTO:
'World War III will be a global information war with no division between civilian & military participation' - Marshall McLuhan


Thank you Jack for your RT video.

I had the small gathering information on the RT .. Then it's a Russian TV channel! Called Russia Today!

This is announced by RT following site: 'RT is the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news.'

Yeah .. Do you want to read: 'The beast is America ..' Do you like it?..

Wikipedia about RT (TV network): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)

QUOTE:
'RT, previously known as Russia Today, is a global multilingual television news network based in the Russian Federation run by the state-owned state-run RIA Novosti.'
'The network was launched by the autonomous non-profit organization D ) ANO TV-Novosti in 2005, but much of the funding to this organization is injected from the Russian Federal Budget (2.4 billion rubles in 2007). This is equivalent to 82.56 million August 8, 2011 U.S. dollars.'

About 'Allegations of pro-Kremlin bias':

'According to a variety of sources such as Der Spiegel and Reporters Without Borders, the channel presents pro-Kremlin propaganda. A 2005 report conducted by the U.S. government operated VOA, interviewed Anton Nosik chief editor of a major English-language computer internet site in Russia, in which he described the creation of Russia Today as an idea smacking of Soviet-style propaganda campaigns, and also noted that the channel was not created as a response to any existing demand.'
.. I read also '"weirdly constructed propaganda" .. "raw propaganda channel." '


I see clearly how it works, the RT Russian propaganda machine - a bit of truth in the less important things (for her) to attract the public, and many lies in the more important things.
And this video of RT Seems To Be very close to the truth this time. Then he would tell us with this video: 'get you to support Russia', nothing more.

Well, then we understand.


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Some enlightening links I find on Internet:

* More protests against ACTA: on zspwawa.blogspot.com: http://zspwawa.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-protests-against-acta.html

QUOTE:
'For the last few das, angry anti-ACTA protests have taken place around Poland. Each day, thousands of people come out to protest, despite -10 and -20 degree temperatures. In Warsaw we have been active in the protests, moving them throughout the street and lending some radical slogans. Tonight thousands marched with us through Warsaw in another spontaneous demo. People shouted mostly anti-government slogans, throwing firecrackers and lighting some flares. At this demo, when some politicians showed up, they were chased away by the crowd. The police did not intervene.
These are some of the most widespread protests we have seen in years in Poland. We suppose that a lot of people are just angry and this was an issue that somehow sparked people to mobilize.'


* Poland: Mass protests against ACTA: on libcom.org: http://libcom.org/news/poland-mass-protests-against-acta-27012012

QUOTE:
'For the past week, protests have taken place across Poland against anti-counterfeiting law ACTA in dozens of cities.
Many thousands have hit the streets despite the bitter cold to show their opposition to more policing on the internet and some demonstrations have taken on a clear anti-governmental character.
Internet users across the country have been self-organizing the protests and flooding the net with outrage. Many sites, including some of the most popular in Poland, went offline in protest. A number of government internet sites were hacked and some politician's emails.
People have had enough and blasted the government for making decisions without informing the public or any debate. The state censorship around the issue was quite strong and, even after mass protests broke out, the government tried in many ways to repress information about them. One thing that the government also did was to delete thousands of comments from Facebook pages it maintains.

More protests are planned throughout the weekend. '
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[Jack]

A lot of EU countries already signed this paper including my country... And for what is matter ,there is no a huge internal debate on this trade agreement..... I do think that Romania will give up on this trade eventually as almost all citizens are against this law..

 

[Jack]

European revolt over ACTA treaty gains ground

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty, signed by most European countries last week, may not be a done deal after all, as governments across the continent face a storm of protest.

One of the signatories, the Slovenian ambassador to Japan Helena Drnovsek Zorko, has issued an unprecedented public apology (it's worth reading the whole statement) for signing the treaty, saying she was only obeying orders and calling for public protests on Saturday to fight the ratification of the intellectual property agreement.

“I signed ACTA out of civic carelessness, because I did not pay enough attention,” she said, in a most undiplomatic display of honesty. “Quite simply, I did not clearly connect the agreement I had been instructed to sign with the agreement that, according to my own civic conviction, limits and withholds the freedom of engagement on the largest and most significant network in human history, and thus limits particularly the future of our children.

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In my country also a lot of people are unhappy with this agreement,it's good to see that , we aren't an isolated case .......And +1 to Germany and the other countries who refused to sign this.

 

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Oh. I didn't know that there was ACTA. I only know about SOPA and PIPA. What happened to the two?

 

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Those two they were killed, it's natural. Because they invented ACTA instead.

QUOTE:
'Congressmen are removing their support. the people who introduced the bills are removing the DNS blocking provisions. What more needs to happen is the question that they will ask.

First, lets start with this, a politicians promise is like a prostitute’s kiss. It is slimy and is not something you can believe. The fact that non of the congressmen who have backpedaled have given any clue as to what they now find objectionable outside of their constituents not liking the bill, is a worrisome sign. One that shows that they don’t really want to back off, and they are putting on a face until the fervor dies down. This is why we need to press the advantage right now to get these bills changed.'

Here: SOPA/PIPA: What Happens Now?: on siliconshecky.com: http://siliconshecky.com/sopapipa-what-happens-now/
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[Jack]

What's all the fuss about ACTA?
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Here are just a few of the many reasons why ACTA, in its current form, is controversial.

1. Criminal Sanctions - ACTA asks for criminal sanctions to be applied to piracy issues at a global level, often with a low threshold for breaking the law. Broad and unclear drafting with terms like "deriving indirect economic advantage" or "aiding and abetting" in the spread of pirated material are two such examples.
2. Enforcement - ACTA requires countries to enforce its rules by "cooperation with companies". Wide discretion may create great variations in how heavy-handed or modest the enforcement will be.
3. It is global/multilateral - it applies standards negotiated by heavy lobbying in the US to all signatories. If it passes it will be international law and hard (if not impossible) to get repealed.
4. Negotiated in secret - ACTA's negotiation makes a mockery of accountability and democracy in multilateral law making, especially by not involving civil society.

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