Anti-ACTA Day: Thousands protest across Europe

The world has witnessed an unprecedented day of protests against ACTA. Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in dozens of cities around the globe to protect what is left of the freedom of expression on the internet.

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Is There Enough Anti-ACTA Momentum?

Last time we talked about the international copyright and counterfeiting treaty called ACTA that was signed by the US and caused people in Poland to take to the streets to protest. We asked if you thought there’s enough opposition to get Congress to weigh in on it here at home. Take a look. Now, we spoke about the connection between outsourcing and the US education system. What, if anything, do you think we should be doing to stop the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries?

 

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ACTA Anger: Poland signs up to ‘censorship’ without debate

Key websites are being hijacked, on a day that thousands of internet freedom supporters marched outside in a major two-pronged protest. It’s because the country’s just signed up to a global web piracy pact, covering everything from movies and music to fashion and pharmaceuticals. But its net stretches wide. One of the key problems seen with ACTA is that it’s completely bypassed people and their governments.

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The Global Assault on The Internet – With SOPA/PIPA shelved it’s ACTA we need to worry about!

ACTA is one more offensive against the sharing of culture on the Internet. ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is an agreement secretly negotiated by a small “club” of like-minded countries (39 countries, including the 27 of the European Union, the United States, Japan, etc). Negotiated instead of being democratically debated, ACTA bypasses parliaments and international organizations to dictate a repressive logic dictated by the entertainment industries.

ACTA would impose new criminal sanctions forcing Internet actors to monitor and censor online communications. It is thus a major threat to freedom of expression online and creates legal uncertainty for Internet companies. In the name of trademarks and patents, it would also hamper access to generic medicines in poor countries.

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