On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:47 AM, Stephen LaPorte <slapo...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello Kim, > > Geoff asked me to prepare the following summaries of ACTA and OPEN with > the understanding that it only represents some preliminary research to > support the ongoing community discussion. You can find the research here: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/ACTA > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/OPEN_Act > > I encourage the community to update or correct these pages as they see fit. > In my personal opinion, the Wikipedia articles are not completely up to > date on ACTA ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement), so the > community may also wish to improve those articles as we learn new > information. > > ACTA is complicated because it is a treaty, not national law. It may or may > not be implemented the same way in every country, and its impact will > depend on a country's existing national law. My initial research was > primarily focused on U.S. law, but many of the problems in ACTA will apply > elsewhere. In the spirit of collaboration, your input and improvement is > encouraged! > > Here are some highlights: > * ACTA is already signed by many countries, but a country can withdraw with > 180 days notice. > * The anti-circumvention provisions are similar to the DMCA, but possibly > worse. > * The final text of ACTA is not as bad as the previous drafts. > > Importantly, my research does not represent an official legal opinion from > the Wikimedia Foundation. It may contain errors and may be incomplete. You > should know that the legal department can only represent the Wikimedia > Foundation on legal matters, so this is not official legal advice to the > community.
The community can fork.And If it cannot, WMF is a colossal failure wrt to its stated mission statement. l -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
