On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Ray Saintonge <sainto...@telus.net> wrote: > .. > > 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.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/14071517529/new-petition-asks-white-house-to-submit-acta-to-senate-ratification.shtml 33,765 votes so far. https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK If I understand correctly, Obama has issued an executive order approving ACTA, but that executive order is suppressed as a state secret. And the administration hasnt given it a number because there are no gaps in the numbering of Obama's EO list..? https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Barack_Obama/Executive_orders And in the EU, 'Kader Arif, the "rapporteur" for ACTA, has quit that role in disgust over the process behind getting the EU to sign onto ACTA.' http://www.blogrunner.com/snapshot/D/3/3/european_parliament_official_in_charge_of_acta_quits_and_denounces_the_masquerade_behind_acta/ -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
