Anonymous Protest Against Internet Anti-Piracy Law, ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), a bill that threatens freedom of the Internet, Paris, France,
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Paris, France, Boulevard Beaumarchais, 75011More information:
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World protests in 40 cities to defend the free internet More than one of 40 cities this Saturday, January 28 mobilized against ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), a bill that threatens freedom of the Internet and signed in indifference (apart from major events in Poland) by the 22 EU member Thursday in Tokyo. This agreement aims to formally protect intellectual property internationally. So far so good .. But the term "intellectual property" is deliberately vague. It may refer to trademarks, ideas or information. ACTA should therefore address the imitation of something subject to copyright. Suffice it to share copyrighted information to see his bail removed and internet access to prosecution. To verify that you trade any content submitted to copyright, ACTA should strengthen surveillance. The internet service providers should verify all data sent and received on your computer. Suffice it to cite a newspaper article in an email or send a piece of music to be taken by hand in the bag. The information will be sent to the author and you can bail at the request of an almond or a prison sentence. The agreement also appears to benefit only a fraction of industrial companies such as RIAA and MPAA (inter-professional associations representing the interests of the music industry and film). ACTA is indeed the result of their lobbying of governments. This censorship could also permit to remove embarrassing information as is already the case in some countries where it blocks access to certain content, keywords or websites. Despite the passage of the bill by 22 members of the European Union, a surprise was thwarted its implementation, the resignation of the chief rapporteur of ACTA, Kader Arif European Parliament. He denounces it "a farce". "I want to denounce as the greatest of all the process that led to the signing of this agreement: no association of civil society, lack of transparency from the beginning of negotiations, successive postponements of the signin