Now that the furor over the Stop on-line Piracy Act has died down following a serious web blackout last week that led U.S. lawmakers to tug the controversial bill, the main focus has shifted to stopping ACTA in its tracks. however the treaty goes to be a lot of tougher to prevent than SOPA, and its effects are farther-reaching than any yankee legislation. teams throughout the planet have got wind of a spread of protest events geared toward keeping ACTA from turning into the means of the planet.
A number of nations as well as the u. s. have already signed the treaty, and also the EU and twenty two of its twenty seven member states signed it Thursday within the face of major protests, led by the hacktivist collective called Anonymous.A proposed agreement that will produce a world framework and set of standards for implementing intellectual property rights, ACTA would produce a voluntary legal regime that will enable for copyright and intellectual property cases to be adjudicated across national lines while not having to alter individual nations' conflicting laws.
And, since the u. s., Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Korea signed the treaty in October 2011, and Mexico and Switzerland declined to sign however indicated that they commit to do thus within the future, the momentum is in favor of ACTA supporters.
There is still time to fight against the treaty, which might limit the power of internet sites to interact in open discourse by putting draconian copyright and intellectual property restrictions in place throughout the planet. there's a petition at WhiteHouse.gov with over thirty,000 signatures currently on file with the Obama administration, calling on it to "end ACTA and defend our right to web privacy," and advocacy teams from round the world are mobilizing to prevent the treaty from being totally ratified this summer. For additional data concerning a way to stop ACTA, visit this comprehensive website.
FRANCE, Orléans, Jan 28th, 2PM, Place du Martroi,https://www.facebook.com/events/196169083815498/
FRANCE, Paris, Jan 28th, 2PM, place de la bastille, https://www.facebook.com/events/351789298165521,
FRANCE, Bordeaux, January 28th, 2:00pm, https://www.facebook.com/events/231155533629947/
FRANCE, Lyon, January 28th, 2:00pm, https://www.facebook.com/events/214543538637013/
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