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ALDE ACTA consultation makes tea not war
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| The lobbyists blackmail Luc Devigne by
| embracement on principles. It is great to
| have finally a more professional
| discussion.
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http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/alde-acta-consultation/
Luc Devigne and DG tradeâs ACTArchy (ALDE hearing)
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| What do I mean in the context of ACTA? It
| is the âmaximalist attitudeâ which regards
| politics, legal technicalities,
| competences, balances, mandates as a simple
| restriction to be exhausted, pushed to its
| limits. I remember that was what fascinated
| me about ACTA from the very start of the
| process, the way in which the Commission
| brushed away all the technical
| difficulties.
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http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/luc-devigne-and-dg-trades-actarchy/
Europe Learns The Truth(s) About ACTA
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| The truth about the Anti-Counterfeiting
| Trade Agreement (ACTA) is different
| depending on which side you are on.
|
| At a hearing organised by the Liberal Party
| Group in the European Parliament in
| Brussels yesterday Canadian law professor
| and ACTA expert Michael Geist challenged
| the position of the European Commission and
| other negotiating parties to the agreement
| that ACTA would not lead to substantive law
| changes in the ACTA countries and also
| explained what possible long-term effects
| could result from the heavily debated
| treaty. Critics in Europe go one further in
| their rejection of ACTA which does
| undermine according to them democratic
| processes in the EU and EU member states.
|
| The âtruth about ACTA,â according to Geist,
| is first and foremost that it is not what
| it is said to be. âIt is essential to
| recognise that ACTA is not the norm,â Geist
| said, countering the argument of
| negotiating parties who have pointed out
| tirelessly that trade agreements never were
| negotiated openly.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/04/07/europe-learns-the-truths-about-anti-counterfeiting-trade-agreement/
Smooth Criminal Harmonisation: ACTA, EU And IPR Enforcement
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| Anything one can consider as politically
| cool from an EU perspective, ACTA (Anti-
| Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, the
| multilateral treaty to combat
| counterfeiting and piracy) negotiations
| have got it all: the internet, the USA,
| large potential for media exposure and a
| hitherto Nixonian element of secrecy
| balanced by a flow of thrilling documents
| leaked by generous deep-throats.
|
| Thus itâs hardly a surprise that during the
| past few months, being horrified â
| sometimes on the basis of irrational
| arguments â about this secretly negotiated
| treaty has superseded SWIFT as the
| fashionable cross-party pastime in
| Brussels.
|
| At the heart of all the ACTA anxiety is the
| hazard of policy laundering or legislation
| through the back door. Simply put: can we
| as Europeans envisage one morning âwaking
| upâ to our legal reality having been
| transformed via ACTA?
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/04/08/smooth-criminal-harmonisation-acta-eu-and-ipr-enforcement/
Recent:
ACTA treaty draws fire in NZ submissions
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| InternetNZ and the New Zealand Open Source
| Society have released their submissions to
| the Ministry of Economic Developmentâs
| consultation on this monthâs ACTA
| negotiations, with the two organisations
| taking different, but equally critical
| tacks on the issue.
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/acta-treaty-draws-fire-in-nz-submissions
'No evidence ACTA is needed' â InternetNZ
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| Internet New Zealand has strongly opposed
| the signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting
| Trade Agreement (ACTA) by New Zealand in a
| submission to the Ministry of Economic
| Development.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3551187/No-evidence-ACTA-is-needed-InternetNZ
Submission Criticises Lack Of Evidence For ACTA Approach - InternetNZ
http://www.voxy.co.nz/technology/submission-criticises-lack-evidence-acta-approach-internetnz/5/44105
InternetNZ slams ACTA digital enforcement discussions
http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/FF781B3E4EC60084CC2576FD00186BE6
Open Letter to the Negotiators of ACTA
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| In the Internet Community, we do not
| believe that it is even theoretically
| possible, short of instituting an entirely
| undesirable Orwellian police state, to
| effectively prevent music and films from
| being shared over the internet in non-
| commercial ways. We expect that any efforts
| by governments are any other party to stop
| this will fail, although they will surely
| be harmful side-effects, like for example
| the notice-and-takedown provisions of the
| DMCA in the USA are already being abused by
| enemies of the freedom of speech. (By
| contrast, the appropriate handling of
| copyrighted digital assets in commercial
| contexts is a solvable problem, as the
| international standard ISO/IEC 19770-1 on
| Software Asset Management proves. In my
| opinion, enforcement efforts should focus
| on that area where it is actually possible
| to achieve progress.)
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http://bollow.ch/Open_Letter
NZOSS Submission on ACTA
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| The New Zealand Open Source Society has
| made a submission on ACTA to the Ministry
| of Economic Development. The submission
| explores the relationship between
| legislation of the United States passed in
| 1998 called the DMCA with provisions in the
| Copyright Amendment Act 2008 and the leaked
| provisions in ACTA. The NZOSS does not wish
| to see a regime where citizens will be
| disconnected from the Internet based only
| on notices from rights holders, but rather
| maintain a position where proper judicial
| oversight and process will be maintained.
| Video here.
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http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2010/nzoss-submission-acta
The Digital Economy Bill: Thinking further about copyright
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| Two photographs. Nearly a century apart.
| Of people watching a sports game without
| paying.
|
| The question is, were they stealing? Would
| you call it stealing? I wouldnât. But I
| know some people who would.
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http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2010/04/05/the-digital-economy-bill-thinking-further-about-copyright/
Paving Hell: ACTA Encourages Oppression from Friend and Foe Alike
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| The drafting of the Anti-Counterfeit Trade
| Agreement (ACTA) isnât going so well. The
| agreement, which at least hints at three
| strikes provisions and third-party criminal
| liability for IP infringement, was finally
| leaked in its entirety last week. Now it
| seems that the drafters are a little
| nervous that authoritarian regimes might
| use ACTA to suppress speech. Wow, ya think?
| But we do not need to look to our enemies
| to find atavistic Internet policies. In the
| last few weeks, two of our staunchest
| supporters (South Korea and Australia) have
| been added to the illustrious Enemies of
| the Internet list. If even our well-
| intentioned, democratic allies offend
| Internet freedom by way of the rule of law,
| can there be any doubt that repressive
| regimes will do the same?
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http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2010/paving-hell-acta-encourages-oppression-from-friend-and-foe-alike
Digital economy bill: One clown giveth and the other clown taketh away
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| If the government were to stop slavishly
| obeying the record companies as it formerly
| obeyed George Bush, and turn its attention
| to the real issue â how to support the arts
| in the digital age without impeding sharing
| â there is no shortage of methods it could
| try. My 1992 proposal for a special tax to
| be distributed to artists, with the money
| partly shifted from the most popular ones
| towards those not quite so successful, is
| still applicable. Meanwhile, many artists
| support themselves already with voluntary
| payments by their fans. If we make it
| easier to send these payments, with a send-
| one-dollar or send-one-pound button on
| every player, this method would work even
| better. And without disconnecting anyone!
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/apr/06/digital-economy-bill-richard-stallman
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