ACTA. Portal:ACTA. From La Quadrature du Net Portal about ACTA[modifier] Next steps The European Parliament rejected ACTA by a huge majority, Wednesday 4th of July. Now, it is time to start a positive reform of copyright to adapt it to the digital era. In this regard, La Quadrature du Net's platform of proposals provides a thorough analysis of the key stakes and a consistent set of proposals, for the copyright reform as well as related culture and media policy issues.
To ensure further victories and continued action, please support La Quadrature, by making a donation or by helping out. Act against ACTA[modifier] Stay informed and raise awareness about ACTA around you Read our dossier or our analysis of ACTA's final version to know more about ACTA. To subscribe to our discussion list about ACTA, send a blank email to acta-subscribe@laquadrature.net. Lastly, don't hesitate to refer people to la Quadrature's webdossier on ACTA and share it with family, colleagues, friends (not just geeks, everyone). To go further. How to act against ACTA. This page lists different ways to take action against ACTA right now and to learn more about this dangerous agreement. ACTA is a multi-lateral trade agreement which threatens to change the Internet as we know it and puts fundamental freedoms at risk. The European Parliament will vote on ACTA this Wednesday July 4th and has the occasion to reject it once and for all.
You will find on this page different ways you can act to defeat ACTA as a citizen. As a citizen, the main two things to do are: contacting Members of the European Parliament helping spread the word about ACTA. Contacting your Elected Representatives is the most useful thing you can do right until the wednesday's final vote in the European Parliament, last step of the procedure. [edit] How to? To easily get in touch with the right Members of the European Parliament, you can use our PiPhone. You also can use Political Memory to get the contact details of a precise MEP. [edit] Who to contact? [edit] General advice Here are some ideas: How the European Internet Rose Up Against ACTA | Threat Level. Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland sent a letter to his fellow leaders in the EU Friday urging them to reject ACTA, reversing Poland’s course with the controversial intellectual-property treaty, and possibly taking Europe with them.
“I was wrong,” Tusk explained to a news conference, confessing his government had acted recklessly with a legal regime that wasn’t right for the 21st century. The reversal came after Tusk’s own strong statements in support of ACTA and condemnation of Anonymous attacks on Polish government sites, and weeks of street protest in Poland and across Europe. The seeming overnight success came after both years of work by European NGOs, and the spark of the SOPA/PIPA protests in America (which included Wired.com).
ACTA, or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is an international treaty that was negotiated in secret over the span of four years. Meanwhile, ACTA was causing furor across Europe as thousands turned out from Slovenia to Sweden to Germany. NGO Starts anti-ACTA Petition: NGO Starts anti-ACTA Petition. Google + The debatable ACTA international agreement has already raised an outcry internationally. Photo bu i.got.nothing.to The internet civil group Avaaz began collecting signatures against the preliminary signing of the debatable international agreement ACTA.
The NGO's idea is to collect a minimum of 2 million signatures to be sent to the European Parliament. The petition requires a name and email address, and has a universal text under which those protesting ACTA can sign. The text is as follows: "As concerned global citizens, we call on you to stand for a free and open Internet and reject the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which would destroy it.
On January 26, the Bulgarian government signed in Tokyo the international ACTA agreement, vowing to make downloading content similar to forgery of brands. The agreement was sealed by Bulgarian ambassador to Japan Lyubomir Todorov, based on a decision by the Bulgarian cabinet taken hastily on January 11. Forse klap voor ACTA | nu.nl/internet. AMSTERDAM – Drie belangrijke commissies van het Europees Parlement hebben tegen ACTA gestemd. Alle Europarlementariërs stemmen begin juli over het controversiële antipiraterijverdrag. Foto: ANP Zowel de commissie van Juridische zaken, de commissie van Industrie, onderzoek en energie en de commissie van Burgerlijke vrijheden, justitie en binnenlands zaken hebben donderdag tegen het verdrag gestemd.
Dat is een belangrijke boodschap voorafgaand aan de stemming die in juli gehouden zal worden in het Europees Parlement. De stemming van de commissies wordt gezien als een advies aan Europarlementariërs. Ophef Ook de voorzitter van het Internationaal handelscomité sprak zich eerder uit tegen ACTA. 21 juni zal zijn commissie definitief stemmen over het verdrag dat voor veel ophef heeft gezorgd.
Verdeling De Europese Commissie heeft het Europees Hof gevraagd om ACTA te controleren. Door: NU.nl/Colin van Hoek. EUROPE STOP ACTA NOW - as citizens we must urge our representatives to stop #ACTA. My Video Site - ACTA Videos. ACTA Vote Is Back On. It’s been a while since we’ve heard about any movement on ACTA, but it looks like things are changing once again. The citizen’s advocacy group, La Quadrature Du Net , released the news that the European Parliament (EP) INTA committee has decided to continue with the original June vote, instead of submitting ACTA to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for legal review.
It seems that the MEPs have finally realized that the Internet isn’t going away or forgetting about this agreement, no matter what public assurances the EP has tried to release to gain control of the conversation. As depicted by the EP in this infographic , though they tried to document the process for clarity, there is one glaringly significant absence of a public discourse to ensure transparency of the agreement process. ACTA process through the EU Parliament Technology writer Glyn Moody has also helped point us to the list of INTA MEPs contact information and some talking points for those who want their voices heard.
ACTA Update XI. Although I've not written about ACTA here for a few weeks, things are still bubbling away in Brussels. Here's a good summary of what's going on from La Quadrature du Net, probably the best source of information on ACTA: Since early March, the British rapporteur for ACTA, David Martin, has been pushing the EU Commission’s strategy: delaying the final vote of the EU Parliament on ACTA to avoid its rejection. While the Commission's referral of ACTA to the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) is about to be finalized, Mr. Martin wants the Parliament to make its own but similar referral, which would delay the EU Parliament's final vote for one or two years. Similarly, David Martin is proposing to replace the Parliament's report - which would guide the vote - by a useless "interim report", in order to avoid taking any strong political position and recommending a vote against ACTA.
Monday, March 26th : Coordinators of the INTA committee meet to decide whether to put ECJ referral to vote Tuesday, March 27th : Demand Swift Rejection of ACTA. Act Up Against ACTA. Act Up Against ACTA by Stephen Lendman ACTA's worse than SOPA and PIPA. Net Neutrality and free expression are threatened. In October 2007, negotiations began secretly. At issue is establishing a new intellectual property enforcement treaty - the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
Transparency's entirely absent. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says we've all got a "right to be furious about ACTA. " "If there's one thing....wrong with (how) government(s now function), ACTA is it," says EFF. At issue is establishing new Internet rules, "bypass(ing) checks and balances of existing international IP norm-setting bodies, without any meaningful input from national parliaments, policymakers, or their citizens.
" Moreover, the agreement creates a czar-like global "ACTA Committee. " On January 26, 22 of 27 EU natons signed ACTA in Tokyo. Anti-ACTA momentum's building. In America, constitutional issues remain. Obama's stonewalling. Corrupted public officials signed ACTA. Tweede Kamer tegen ACTA-verdrag. De Nederlandse Publieke Omroep maakt gebruik van cookies. We maken een onderscheid tussen functionele cookies en cookies voor het beheer van webstatistieken, advertenties en social media. De cookies bevatten geen persoonsgegevens en zijn dus niet tot een individu te herleiden. Met de cookies voor advertenties en social media worden mogelijk door derden gegevens verzameld buiten de websites van de Nederlandse Publieke Omroep. Bij instellingen kun je aangeven deze cookies niet te accepteren. Door hiernaast op akkoord te klikken of door gebruik te blijven maken van deze website, geef je toestemming voor het plaatsen van cookies bij bezoek aan de websites van de Nederlandse Publieke Omroep.
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David Martin - a British member of the centre-left Socialist group - told a meeting of the trade committee in Brussels on Thursday (12 April) that after months of reflection, he thinks "the hopes [of the pact] do not pay for the fears and my recommendation will be to reject Acta. " The hearing saw the European Commission and the Danish EU presidency urge MEPs to delay their vote until the European Court of Justice publishes its opinion on the subject. Parliament must give its approval before international treaties can be adopted. But the rules provide only for a Yes-or-No vote instead of the internal EU process of proposing amendments.
The commission's best hope is that the court opinion improves the political climate. Martin's new statement signals the end of divisions inside the Socialist camp. Meer over... Anti-ACTA day: Angry crowds take action (PHOTOS) Poland: Mass protests against ACTA. 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. Europe Rises Up Against ACTA. Widespread Protests Are Starting to Turn the Tide Against Anti-Democratic Bill The widespread protests against the anti-democracy bill ACTA by the Polish people have forced Poland’s prime minister to stall – or perhaps even back out – of the treaty. As TechDirt notes: Following the growing protests about ACTA in Europe, as well as signs of US meddling, Poland’s prime minister is making it clear that Poland will not ratify ACTA for the time being, leading to speculation that the EU may not actually join ACTA.
Tusk’s backtracking could spell the end of ACTA for the entire European Union. If Poland or any other EU member state, or the European Parliament itself, fails to ratify the document, it becomes null and void across the union. As it stands, there are already five member countries that have not even signed ACTA. Bulgarian and Polish MPs wore Guy Fawkes masks to protest ACTA. Indeed, even the elderly are wearing Guy Fawkes masks in protest of ACTA: But that only tells half of the story.
Today, Sweden Rallies Against ACTA And For Freedom Of Speech. We Can Win This. Just look at this map. I’ve never seen anything like it in terms of people all across Europe demanding their freedom of speech and being angry against backroom corporativist deals that steals their most basic civil liberties. Today, Sweden rallies for freedom of speech, a free net, and firmly against ACTA. Late yesterday, it was announced that Poland is suspending its ratification of ACTA indefinitely.
The Slovenian ambassador signing the document (which has no legal effect whatsoever) has publicly apologized and called people to rally in Ljubljana, Slovenia for their rights. This is not Hollywood versus Silicon Valley, as oldmedia likes to frame it. The copyright cartel thought they were battling Google. They’re not. They’re waging war against the people, with the help of the politicians.
And we’re not standing for it. Today, Sweden rallies. Stockholm: Sergels Torg, 12 noon. Most of Europe will rally next Saturday, on February 11. The Outcome. Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), is a multinational treaty for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement. The agreement aims to establish an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the Internet, and would create a new governing body outside existing forums, such as the World Trade Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, or the United Nations.
The agreement was signed in October 2011 by Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States.[6] In 2012, Mexico, the European Union and 22 countries which are member states of the European Union signed as well.[7] One signatory (Japan) has ratified (formally approved) the agreement, which would come into force in countries that ratified it after ratification by six countries. Negotiations[edit] Leaks, publications and consultations[edit] Political Memory.
What Is ACTA And Why Is It A Problem? If You Think The Cost Of 'Piracy' Is High, What About The Cost Of Enforcement? We've all seen the crazy high claims by the legacy entertainment industry about the "costs" of infringement. Most of these reports have absolutely no basis in reality and have been widely debunked -- even by the US government itself. But, even if we grant that there are some "costs" to infringement, why is it that we rarely -- if ever -- hear about the costs of enforcement? Julian Sanchez has a great post riffing off of the news that Hulu is thinking of requiring proof of pay TV subscriptions to get any free content, and does a neat little thought exercise on how distorting the "cost of piracy" discussions are if you don't also look at the cost of enforcement.
He puts forth a hypothetical: To illustrate, let’s imagine television show that initially streams online for free with advertising, garnering a million viewers per episode and earning $1 per viewer in ad revenues, for a total of $1 million. Welkom bij Internet Society Nederland. De Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) BBC - Democracy Live - The Record: Europe. Stop ACTA. E-Batmen to the rescue: Craigslist, Reddit onboard Internet Defense League.