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Fighting some more for freedom NO ACTA!!!
Jan. 24th, 2012 04:55 pmEnd ACTA and Protect our right to privacy on the Internet
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, is a 'plurilateral' trade agreement, currently being negotiated between the US, Canada, Japan, the European Union, South Korea, Mexico, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand, Chile, Perú. It is somewhat similar to SOPA/PIPA, however ACTA is an executive agreement between countries besides the United States, and it can be passed without the approval from Congress and the Supreme Court. It is potentially hazardous to the Internet we know and how it works.
We need to stop ACTA before it is finally approved by all countries involved. If you value your privacy and you don't want "Big Brother" watching over you, sign this petition and spread the word. Research ACTA and see just how dangerous it is to the Internet, our privacy, and our liberties.
Created: Jan 21, 2012
Issues: Human Rights
Learn about Petition Thresholds
SIGNATURES NEEDED BY FEBRUARY 20, 2012 TO REACH GOAL OF 25,000
TOTAL SIGNATURES ON THIS PETITION 2,494
Note: When you sign this petition, your first name, last initial and city and state will be publicly displayed on the petition page. Once you sign a petition, your signature cannot be removed.
You don't need to put your city so you don't need to be from the States, but you need to create account :(
here link
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/sign/4f1b7d728d8c37d716000063
Secret ACTA fights over iPod border-searches
By Cory Doctorow at 11:17 pm Tuesday, Mar 23
Michael Geist sez, "The leak of the full consolidated ACTA [ed: the secrete global copyright treaty] text will provide anyone interested in the treaty with plenty to work with for the next few weeks. While several chapters have already been leaked and discussed, the consolidated chapter provides a clear indication of how the negotiations have altered earlier proposals as well as the first look at several other ACTA elements. For example, last spring it was revealed that several countries had proposed including a de minimis provision to counter fears that the border measures chapter would lead to iPod searching border guards. This leak shows there are four proposals on the table."
The copyright industries wanted border-searches on anything digital you were carrying that could be used to infringe copyright, from your phone to your iPod to the laptop that had your confidential client documents, your personal email, your finances, pictures of your kids in the bath, etc. Various countries proposed loophole-riddled ways of exempting your personal goods from a search, mostly hinging on whether they're "non-commercial goods" of a "personal nature." Except that every time I cross the US or Canadian border, they tell me my laptop is "commercial goods" because I do business with it.
ACTA's De Minimis Provision: Countering the iPod Searching Border Guard Fears
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, is a 'plurilateral' trade agreement, currently being negotiated between the US, Canada, Japan, the European Union, South Korea, Mexico, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand, Chile, Perú. It is somewhat similar to SOPA/PIPA, however ACTA is an executive agreement between countries besides the United States, and it can be passed without the approval from Congress and the Supreme Court. It is potentially hazardous to the Internet we know and how it works.
We need to stop ACTA before it is finally approved by all countries involved. If you value your privacy and you don't want "Big Brother" watching over you, sign this petition and spread the word. Research ACTA and see just how dangerous it is to the Internet, our privacy, and our liberties.
Created: Jan 21, 2012
Issues: Human Rights
Learn about Petition Thresholds
SIGNATURES NEEDED BY FEBRUARY 20, 2012 TO REACH GOAL OF 25,000
TOTAL SIGNATURES ON THIS PETITION 2,494
Note: When you sign this petition, your first name, last initial and city and state will be publicly displayed on the petition page. Once you sign a petition, your signature cannot be removed.
You don't need to put your city so you don't need to be from the States, but you need to create account :(
here link
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/sign/4f1b7d728d8c37d716000063
Secret ACTA fights over iPod border-searches
By Cory Doctorow at 11:17 pm Tuesday, Mar 23
Michael Geist sez, "The leak of the full consolidated ACTA [ed: the secrete global copyright treaty] text will provide anyone interested in the treaty with plenty to work with for the next few weeks. While several chapters have already been leaked and discussed, the consolidated chapter provides a clear indication of how the negotiations have altered earlier proposals as well as the first look at several other ACTA elements. For example, last spring it was revealed that several countries had proposed including a de minimis provision to counter fears that the border measures chapter would lead to iPod searching border guards. This leak shows there are four proposals on the table."
The copyright industries wanted border-searches on anything digital you were carrying that could be used to infringe copyright, from your phone to your iPod to the laptop that had your confidential client documents, your personal email, your finances, pictures of your kids in the bath, etc. Various countries proposed loophole-riddled ways of exempting your personal goods from a search, mostly hinging on whether they're "non-commercial goods" of a "personal nature." Except that every time I cross the US or Canadian border, they tell me my laptop is "commercial goods" because I do business with it.
ACTA's De Minimis Provision: Countering the iPod Searching Border Guard Fears
