[Foundation-l] ACTA analysis?

[Ray Saintonge]

On 01/24/12 8:13 PM, Geoff Brigham wrote:
> Hi Kim,
>
> I will be happy to ask one of our junior attorney interns, Stephen, to do a
> short 1-2 page summary of ACTA.  This may take about a week.  BTW Stephen
> is a Wikipedian who has been providing significant and excellent support to
> me during the SOPA protest.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Geoff

One does well to follow Michael Geist's blogs on this 
[http://www.michaelgeist.ca/ here].  He has been on top of this issue 
since it started, and provides links to developments on his left sidebar.

ACTA is probably more damaging outside the US than within because it 
imposes US views in other countries without any of the due process that 
would normally be available to US persons. The entire agreement is a 
trade agreement which only happens to have copyright as a major content 
element. It seeks to protect the interests of American business.  By 
framing the issues in terms of "trade" and "enforcement", it ignores how 
seriously fucked-up copyright law has become.

Ray
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> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Kim Bruning<kim at bruning.xs4all.nl>  wrote:
>
>> I would like to thank Geoff Brigham for the excellent job he did analysing
>> the consequences of SOPA for wikipedia.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Legal_overview
>>
>> Would it be possible to analyse ACTA in a similar manner? This is
>> apparently the treaty text:
>>
>> http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/assets/pdfs/acta-crc_apr15-2011_eng.pdf
>>
>>
>> Possibly we've already done so, and I've missed it? :-)
>>
>> I'm especially interested in the following questions:
>> * What issues, if any, does ACTA raise, for wikipedia?
>> * what points would be wise to point out to legislature, to ensure
>> wikipedia does not come to harm, if implemented anyway?
>>
>> We can then proceed to engage with the diverse members of the diverse
>> committees in .eu (as required), or engage with our local
>> legislature (as required)
>>
>> Once appropriate for us, note that La quadrature du net is taking action,
>> and has collected all relevant phone numbers and addresses etc:
>>
>> https://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/How_to_act_against_ACTA#Contact_your_Elected_Representatives
>>
>> The window for action on ACTA is now very narrow, time is short.
>>
>> sincerely,
>>          Kim Bruning
>>
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>>
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