[Foundation-l] ACTA analysis?

[Geoff Brigham]

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

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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