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ACTA in a Nutshell –

What is ACTA?  ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join in as well.

Why should you care about ACTA? Initial reports indicate that the treaty will have a very broad scope and will involve new tools targeting “Internet distribution and information technology.”

What is the goal of ACTA? Reportedly the goal is to create new legal standards of intellectual property enforcement, as well as increased international cooperation, an example of which would be an increase in information sharing between signatory countries’ law enforcement agencies.

Essential ACTA Resources - 

• Read more about ACTA here: ACTA Fact Sheet
• Read the authentic version of the ACTA text as of 15 April 2011, as finalized by participating countries here: ACTA Finalized Text
• Follow the history of the treaty’s formation here: ACTA history
• Read letters from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wherein he challenges the constitutionality of ACTA: Letter 1 | Letter 2 | Read the Administration’s Response to Wyden’s First Letter here: Response
• Watch a short informative video on ACTA: ACTA Video
• Watch a lulzy video on ACTA: Lulzy Video

Say NO to ACTA. It is essential to spread awareness and get the word out on ACTA.

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Comments

[boo.livejournal.com]

thanks for posting this!

[38.livejournal.com]

o_o
I'mma reblog this.

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

Thanks for spreading the word!

[eska-rina.livejournal.com]

shared.

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[kimoto.livejournal.com]

It's so damn scary

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

Seriously :(
I've also heard there is a similar agreement in the works for Pacific Rim countries, but I don't have info on that, unfortunately =/

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Will you add a repost button for this please?

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

I'd love to but I've no idea how. Link me to instructions?

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

here!

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=313&q=repost

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

Done, thank you :)

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

ty!

[sarkasmuz.livejournal.com]

totally sharing this on my lj, facebook, homepage, forum, everything

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

Thanks for spreading the word!

[treenahasthaal.livejournal.com]

Shared....

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[crowdaughter.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Found this on the journal of a friend and shared. They are scheduled tpo pass this in the European Union at the 26th of January. I shall try to call my representatives in the European Parliament about this, for whatever good it does.

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your help!

[mystizan.livejournal.com]

Shared! Any plans for how to oppose it?

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

Thank you for spreading the word!
As of now, I'm aware of several petitions, but nothing more:
http://www.stopp-acta.info/english/get+involved/petition/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/stopacta/petition.html
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK

[mystizan.livejournal.com]

No problem. I'll add these links to my post.

[arizonaicerose.livejournal.com]

Shared on FB and livejournal. We must stop this!

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

Thank you for spreading the word!

[seshido.livejournal.com]

re-posted

[electricdruid.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[colors-of-joy.livejournal.com]

along with the links you kindly put ,I just want to let you know about some updates *shy*

there another one - I think it had more signatures - please sign & spread the word ! :

https://www.accessnow.org/page/s/just-say-no-to-acta

(if you know more active petitions about the matter please share with us too)

Thank you for posting this & for letting us know about this ACTA ..hope this crisis will be end soon ! ×___×

[yumimum.livejournal.com]

The number who'd signed was rising really quickly yesterday. Guess the news is spreading.

[curse-of-avalon.livejournal.com]

Reblogged!