[aklug] Re: we're doomed

ACTA itself appears doomed as the EU seems less and less likely to pass
it. Thankfully.

j

On Tuesday, April 03, 2012, Christopher Howard elucidated thus:
> Hey guys, I wanted to point out something that only recently came
> onto my radar (if you were already aware of it, that's great): It's
> an international agreement called ACTA, which was developed in
> secret and signed by many countries, including the U.S., last
> October.
>
> It is basically all the horrors of SOPA, PIPA, and more, but on the
> international level. While it is called the "Anti-Counterfeiting
> Trade Agreement", it really doesn't have anything to do with
> counterfeiting in the typical sense of the word, but rather
> "trademark
> counterfeiting" and "copyright or related rights infringement". Here
> is a YouTube video about it:
>
> http://youtu.be/N8Xg_C2YmG0
>
> I'm still working through the text of the agreement, but what I've
> already read is pretty scary. A PDF version is available from this
> link:
>
> http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/a
> ssets/pdfs/acta-crc_apr15-2011_eng.pdf
>
> I have no idea, from a legal standpoint, what kind of authority
> international agreements have, or what legal recourses Americans
> would have to oppose them. It was signed by President Obama
> /without/ Congressional approval. (Obama had refused earlier
> requests for him to release the agreement draft and allow public
> comment, citing "security" concerns.)
>
> Additional reading:
>
> http://real-agenda.com/2012/01/26/obama-ratifies-the-acta-global-inte
> rnet-censorship-agreement/
> http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/10685-obama-trie
> s-to-bypass-congress-with-deadly-global-internet-treaty-acta
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/us-signs-internation
> al-anti-piracy-accord.ars
>
> The Wikipedia article also has a lot of information, though somewhat
> dated:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement

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