Stop ACTA! Time to act again!

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...

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.

More info here: www.eff.org/issues/acta and here: www.stopacta.info

EDIT: Video added of Protests against ACTA in Poland.

Many thanks to Obywatel RP for adding the comment with a link to this heart warming sight!

Now please sign the UK HM Government e-petition: https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/20685

and the Avaaz petition to help: http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet_spread/?cRQjWbb

Other reasons why this is very very bad!

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Its Impact on Access to Medicines

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