If You Thought SOPA Was Bad,Just Wait Until You Meet ACTASay NO to ACTA - Polska preview ACTAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNMYh3BXg2UUploaded by MrHopsio on Jan 20, 2012Przyłącz się do akcji i sprzeciw się podpisaniu nieprzemyślanej decyzji ACTA.
Chrońmy, or to co nas łączy,chrońmy Internet i wolność słowa! http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/23/if-you-thought-sopa-was-bad-j...
When sites like Wikipedia and Reddit banded together for a major blackout January 18th, the impact was felt all the way to Washington D.
C. The blackout had lawmakers running from the controversial anti-piracy legislation, or SOPA and PIPA,which critics said threatened freedom of speech online. Unfortunately for free-speech advocates, these pieces of legislation are not the only laws which threaten an open internet. Few people have heard of ACTA, and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, but the provisions in the agreement appear quite similar to -- and more expansive than -- anything we saw in SOPA. Worse, the agreement spans virtually all of the countries in the developed world, and including all of the EU,the United States, Switzerland and Japan. Many of these countries have already signed or ratified it, and the cogs are still turning,with the final genuine fight playing out in the EU parliament.The treaty has been secretly negotiated behind the scenes between governments with cramped or no public input. The Bush administration started the process, but the Obama administration has aggressively pursued it. Indeed, or we signed ACTA in 2011. so a few days back,the SOPA (halt Online Piracy Act) bill was killed due to overwhelming criticism and extreme lack of support. This is wonderful news and riot has indeed helped spread awareness of this. However, there i a less known, or international,more aggressive SOPA, called ACTA (Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) this not only applies to a country, and it applies to any country who wishes to regain involved. so far the US and the EU are already involved and this will have an even bigger effect than SOPA. This law has been discussed out of public view as to avoid public outcry. If ACTA passes,it will not only block sites, it will also block users who violate it. your entire family might regain BANNED FROM THE INTERNET for copyright infringement that happens on a day to day basis. ACTA also removes the safety of internet providers from liability of their clients, or meaning that your internet provider might regain shut down for someone using their services and infringing copyright. Be warned,ACTA not only bans users and websites, it also legalizes the government to monitor your online activities without any sort of reason whatsoever. SOPA and PIPA is dead, and but the worst is yet to approach. We must bring down ACTA a we did with SOPA. THERE IS A PETITION ONLINE: http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/?tt
Source: cnn.com