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Members of Ruch Palikota Party wear masks during a vote of no confidence for Health Minister Bartosz Arlukowicz in Poland's parliament in Warsaw January 26, 2012 (Reuters / Wojciech Olkusnik / Agencja Gazeta) As European parliaments reject the Anti-Counterfeiting trade Agreement on human rights grounds, some are asking why it was signed in the first place. “ We made insufficient consultations before signing the agreement in late January," said Polish PM Donald Tusk on February 3, implying that his government had not taken steps to fully "ensure it was entirely safe for Polish citizens .”
ACTA protests are sweeping across the world. Feb. 11 was dubbed an international day of action by opponents of ACTA , and turnout was highest that day, but the rallies have continued to rage on in the days since, as international anger over the controversial treaty builds. Asthe Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement loses support in Europe, where a number of countries are putting the brakes on plans to ratify the controversial treaty, its opponents are hoping to sieze the moment by urging the world's government's to reject the treaty. Protesters have been galvanized in their efforts to stop the by recent developments that suggest the treaty may be losing international support just three weeks after 22 European Union member states signed it .
ACTA Protests Sweep Across the World [PHOTOS, VIDEO] - International Business Times
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Anonymous Hacks French Government Website as Acta Row Rumbles on - International Business Times
Homepage of a French government website defaced by Anonymous The hacking collective Anonymous has defaced a French government website in protest at an international copyright law and the shutdown of the file-sharing website Megaupload in the United States. Following a wave of attacks that it carried out for the same reason, the group targeted rgpp.gouv.fr, replacing the home page and installing background music, which it said is intended to incite hackers to revolt. The move was announced by anon YourAnonNews, who tweeted: " # BREAKING rgpp.gouv.fr defaced by # Anonymous with a background music track "comme des anonymes (like anonymous)" | # FRANCE | # ACTA |"
Dear all, Letter from Commissioner De Gucht to INTA MEPs below. Best regards. //Erik* From:* Dagmara.CHODZICKA-MERKEN [redacted] *Sent:* 30 January 2012 16:55 *To:* MOREIRA Vital *Cc:* LÓPEZ AGUILAR Juan Fernando; MUSCARDINI Cristiana; STURDY Robert; ZALEWSKI Pawe?
[Hub] Letter from Commissioner De Gucht to INTA MEPs
Following the release of the final, legally-verified version of ACTA (dated December 3rd), we have updated our analysis of the most worrying provisions of this dangerous anti-counterfeiting agreement. By putting legal and monetary pressure on Internet service providers (in a most subtler way than in previous versions of the text), ACTA will give the music and movie industries a weapon to force them to police their networks and users themselves. Such a private police and justice of the Net is incompatible with democratic imperatives and represent a real threat for fundamental freedoms. In its article 27.3 1 the ACTA agreement calls for "cooperation" between rights-holders and the Internet service providers.
ACTA: Updated Analysis of the Final Version | La Quadrature du Net
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The biggest threat to Internet freedom
Amazing! We smashed our 2 million target as we delivered to key decision-makers in Brussels this week -- let's get to 3 million before the crucial parliamentary debates Posted: 25 January 2012 Last week, 3 million of us beat back America's attack on our Internet! --- but there is an even bigger threat out there, and our global movement for freedom online is perfectly poised to kill it for good.
Online Directory for the 112th Congress Contacting the Congress is a very up-to-date citizen's congressional directory for the 112th Congress . As of April 17, 2012 there are 538 electronic contact addresses (of which 535 are Web-based contact forms), and 538 home pages known for the 540 members of the 112th Congress .
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The World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations . WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world." [ 1 ] WIPO currently has 185 member states, [ 2 ] administers 24 international treaties , [ 3 ] and is headquartered in Geneva , Switzerland . The current Director-General of WIPO is Francis Gurry , who took office on October 1, 2008. [ 4 ] 184 of the UN Members as well as the Holy See are Members of WIPO. Non-members are the states of Cook Islands , Kiribati , Marshall Islands , Federated States of Micronesia , Nauru , Niue , Palau , Solomon Islands , Timor-Leste , Tuvalu , and the states with limited recognition . Palestine has observer status. [ 5 ]
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Stop the biggest threat to Internet freedom
Amazing! We smashed our 2 million target as we delivered to key decision-makers in Brussels this week -- let's get to 3 million before the crucial parliamentary debates Posted: 25 January 2012 Last week, 3 million of us beat back America's attack on our Internet! --- but there is an even bigger threat out there, and our global movement for freedom online is perfectly poised to kill it for good. ACTA - a global treaty - could allow corporations to censor the Internet.
How to act against ACTA - La Quadrature du Net
Contacting your Elected Representatives is the most useful thing you can do right now, and until the final vote in the European Parliament. To get a clear view of the parliamentary process, visit our page ACTA: Procedure in the European Parliament . We need to act at each step of the parliamentary process in the European Parliament. Each of these steps is an occasion for us to make ourselves heard against ACTA. To be informed about the next steps to urge Members of the European Parliament to reject ACTA, send a blank email to NOtoACTA-subscribe@laquadrature.net to subscribe to our list (we won't use your email for anything else).