Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

[Sushubh]

We're getting to crunch time. The ball is now very much in the European Parliament's court. The good news is, that gives you a chance to say why we think ACTA is such bad news. Finally, a mechanism to influence the course of this international agreement. Various committees will be providing opinions over the coming weeks, before a final vote before June.

ACTA: signed, not yet sealed — www.openrightsgroup.org — Readability

 

[Sushubh]

There's been lots of talk today about how various EU governments are agreeing to sign ACTA (which still needs to be ratified by the EU Parliament). It's gotten the most attention in Poland, where there were mass protests -- but the government there still signed. Of course, not everyone in the Polish government agreed. Amazingly, officials from the Palikot's Movement held up the famed Guy Fawkes/Anonymous masks in Parliament to protest the vote.

Polish Politicians Don Guy Fawkes/Anonymous Masks To Protest ACTA Signing | Techdirt

 

[dovahkiin]

well let's see if EU Parliament passes it, only 5 countries din't sign it and Obama is now being asked to bring it to congress , wonder what china and India's reaction will be to this , they stand to suffer most from it.

 

[Sushubh]

India would say wut? It is going to help us? Here is our autograph.

 

[dovahkiin]

India has come very strongly against ACTA, this is a trade agreement which by passes WTO, WIPO, etc, apart from copyrights, patents and trademarks are also covered, it is by rich countries against countries trying to get there,. for example a Indian shipment of exports heading to say Mexico can be stopped in any country's port which is part of ACTA , and our medical , software exports do 'infringe ' on tons of patents and trademarks which Indian companies are not bound to under current WTO agreements.

India plans front to nip new piracy law - Economic Times

India vows to sabotage ACTA

^ old links but Indian policy over this has not changed.

 

[Sushubh]

would be good if they continue to stick to the policy. but knowing our current government... they cannot be trusted with anything.

 

[Sushubh]

I signed ACTA out of civic carelessness, because I did not pay enough attention. 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. I allowed myself a period of civic complacency, for a short time I unplugged myself from media reports from Slovenia, I took a break from Avaaz and its inflation of petitions, quite simply I allowed myself a rest. In my defence, I want to add that I very much needed this rest and that I am still having trouble gaining enough energy for the upcoming dragon year. At the same time, I am tackling a workload that increased, not lessened, with the advent of the current year. All in line with a motto that has become familiar to us all, likely not only diplomats: less for more. Less money and fewer people for more work. And then you overlook the significance of what you are signing. And you wake up the following morning with the weight of the unbearable lightness of some signature.

First I apologised to my children. Then I tried to reply to those acquaintances and strangers who expressed their surprise and horror. Because there are more and more of them, I am responding to them publicly. I want to apologise because I carried out my official duty, but not my civic duty. I don’t know how many options I had with regard to not signing, but I could have tried. I did not. I missed an opportunity to fight for the right of conscientious objection on the part of us bureaucrats.

Why I signed ACTA — metinalista.si — Readability

 

[Sushubh]

yey! Stop ACTA & TPP! - Never use trade agreements to mess with the Internet!

 

[Sushubh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gzieTzart5s

 

[Sushubh]

The Canadian government today introduced a bill aimed at ensuring the Canada complies with the widely discredited Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Despite the European Union's total rejection of ACTA along with assurances that ACTA provisions would not resurface in the Canada - EU Trade Agreement, the new bill is designed to ensure that Canada is positioned to ratify ACTA by addressing border measures provisions. The core elements of the bill include the increased criminalization of copyright and trademark law as well as the introduction of new powers for Canadian border guards to detain shipments and work actively with rights holders to seize and destroy goods without court oversight or involvement.

https://goo.gl/s8CTh