2012-02-19, 09:19 | Link #261 |
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I think, given the moral support our European brothers and sisters provided in the battle against SOPA, and acknowledging something of a battle fatigue, US users of this forum ought to pay a little more attention to the growing resistance movement in Europe against ACTA.
...which have expanded greatly in recent days, and already causing a number of EU countries to balk, including Germany and, more importantly, the center of the storm, Poland. It is also very important for US citizens that ACTA has its teeth pulled out in Europe, because it will greatly lessen the importance and even the very legitimacy of this heinous treaty, already signed by the US in 2011, also by Japan, South Korea, and many other countries. Europe, make us proud. |
2012-02-22, 12:11 | Link #263 |
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How the European Internet Rose Up Against ACTA
"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." See: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/europe-acta/ ================================================ EU suspends ACTA copyright treaty ratification: "The European Commission, facing opposition in city streets, on the Internet and in the halls of parliament, has suspended efforts to ratify a new international anti- counterfeiting agreement, and instead will refer it to Europe's highest court to see whether it violates any fundamental EU rights. " See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46479956...d_news-europe/ |
2012-02-22, 15:13 | Link #264 | |
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Also, the motivation to ratify ACTA..."as an example to other countries". That is such a nice way of putting it. Like we were spreading the light of civilization to the pirate bays and barbarian marketplaces of the outside world. See how much more honest the prime minister of Poland is just because he actually needs to worry about voters and approval...
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2012-02-22, 15:21 | Link #265 |
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How about this:
The pre-treaty laws are already bad enough and we would like to revoke them at some point. At least I am voting for anyone who supports this. So entering an international contract that cements those bad laws and makes changing them into a more reasonable IP legislation a foreign affairs issue with no hope of success is a no-go. They should stop assuming that the current laws are there to stay. |
2012-07-08, 03:21 | Link #266 |
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I'm surprised no one bumped this after the European Parliament rejected the ACTA treaty.
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2012-07-08, 08:49 | Link #268 | |
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My worry is that, while bills like these are currently being rejected, there's still a surprising amount of support for them. The companies lobbying for them are also relentless. I can only think of two scenarios that come out in our favor: 1) Governments pass some sort of counter-initiative that would nullify all such laws 2) The media companies lose enough money to the point that they no longer hold such influence with the government Neither seems particularly likely.
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2012-07-08, 10:50 | Link #269 |
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The media corporations are strong enough to last for decades more, as long as there are stupid people who will buy all the crap they spit out – and they seem to be growing in ever-increasing numbers, judging by what I hear on the radio nowadays.
So yeah, there will be a successor for ACTA, and eventually they will find a way to get one of those pesky treaties signed. They just have to sugarcoat all the nasty parts and make them intentionally vague. And it gets better (or worse, depending on your perspective) when a spokesperson for said corporations tells your representatives that it will only affect actual counterfeiting, and not digital piracy. And then, when it is signed, they'll throw a loophole at you through which they will sue your pants off for downloading a song or movie.
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