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FSF says: Take a stand with us for freedom, against ACTA
http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-says-take-a-stand-with-us-for-freedom-against-acta
Support a firm, simple declaration against ACTA
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| # ACTA must respect sharing and
| cooperation: it must do nothing that would
| hinder the unremunerated noncommercial
| making, copying, giving, lending, owning,
| using, transporting, importing or
| exporting of any objects or works.
|
| # ACTA must not weasel about what is
| commercial: no labeling of any
| noncommercial activities as somehow
| commercial-like or treating them as if
| they were commercial.
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http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/acta/acta-declaration
Red Letter Day for ACTA in EU: Let's Use It
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2010/06/red-letter-day-for-acta-in-eu-lets-use.html
ACTA restricts developing economies, India tells WTO
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| A secret trade agreement designed to
| harmonise some countries' intellectual
| property laws could destabilise existing
| international agreements and harm the
| economic prospects of developing
| countries, India has said.
|
| The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
| (ACTA) is a secret IP treaty being
| negotiated by the US, Japan, the European
| Commission and others outside of the
| normal international trade bodies the
| World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the
| World Intellectual Property Organisation
| (WIPO).
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/15/acta_wto/
WTO Report on TRIPS Council and ACTA
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| The World Trade Organization has posted
| further information on last week's Council
| meeting where India, China, and other
| developing countries raised concerns with
| the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5121/125/
Recent:
WD12 on ACTA: 150 signatures to go, time to call!
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| Only two weeks of plenary in Strasbourg are
| left for Members of the European Parliament
| (MEPs) to have a chance to sign Written
| Declaration 12 (WD12) on ACTA. 150 signatures
| are still missing, mostly from Germany, United
| Kingdom, Italy, and Poland. Every EU citizen
| is encouraged to call Strasbourg offices of
| non-signatories MEPs until thursday, 12:00, to
| urge them to sign WD12.
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http://www.laquadrature.net/en/wd12-on-acta-150-signatures-to-go-time-to-call
FFII backs Parliament Written Declaration 12-2010 on ACTA
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| The European Parliament Written Declaration
| 12/2010 led by MEPs FranÃoise Castex, Zuzana
| RoithovÃ, Alexander Alvaro, Stavros
| Lambrinidis receives backing from the
| Foundation of a Free Information
| Infrastructure (FFII), a European group for
| public education and consumer protection in
| the digital environment.
|
| The FFII analysed the current Anti-
| Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) draft
| and found many unintended consequences. For
| instance, sanctions against unauthorized "file
| sharing" in the digital environment would also
| stifle common electronic software distribution
| methods of operating systems and essential
| security updates. So far the Commission has
| not delivered an 'impact assessment' for these
| potential regulatory side effects.
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https://press.ffii.org/Press%20releases/FFII%20backs%20Parliament%20Written%20Declaration%2012-2010%20on%20ACTA
Eastern Europe â land of digital freedom?
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| Now, the Baltic sea neighbors Finland and
| Estonia have declared Internet access to be a
| legal right. So Iâve been wonderingâ What are
| the chances of Southeast European countries,
| for once, not being late to the show but
| actually leading the race? What do I mean by
| that? First of all, Croatia and its neighbours
| would be wise to take advantage of the
| situation. While the UK, for example, is being
| mired down with a disastrous âDigital Economy
| Actâ, perhaps our country and maybe even our
| neighbors could go the other way.
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http://extweeme.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/eastern-europe-land-of-digital-freedom/
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