[aklug] Re: we're doomed

Our government seems a little to ready to pass this sort of nonsense.
But I'm not ready to concede that the Europeans have any either.

Jim G
On Apr 4, 2012 1:55 PM, "Joshua J. Kugler" <joshua@eeinternet.com> wrote:

> 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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