Good shit. Although I would argue about how secure you are while in prison.
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.rt.com/news/acta-protests-internet-copyright-419/ > > ACTA error: Democracy not found > > > Published: 15 February, 2012, 22:19 > Edited: 20 April, 2012, 12:10 > > > As European parliaments reject the Anti-Counterfeiting trade Agreement on > human rights grounds, some are asking why it was signed in the first place. > > It looks like some of the countries who signed ACTA in Tokyo on January 26 > are already having second thoughts. > > I dont know why I signed ACTA, former Romanian prime minister Emil Boc > said on February 6. > > We made insufficient consultations before signing the agreement in late > January," said Polish PM Donald Tusk on February 3, implying that his > government had not taken steps to fully "ensure it was entirely safe for > Polish citizens. > > A few days later Slovenia's foreign minister, who signed the agreement on > behalf of her country, apologized for doing so: "Quite simply, I did not > clearly connect the agreement I had been instructed to sign with the > agreement that, according to my own civic conviction, limits and withholds > freedom of engagement on the largest and most significant network in human > history, and thus limits particularly the future of our children." > > Lithuanian Justice Minister Remigijus Simasius wrote in his blog: I dont > know where it came from and how it originated, but I dont like that this > treaty was signed skillfully avoiding discussions in the European Union and > Lithuania. > > And last Saturday, thousands of people took part in coordinated protest > across Europe. Over 200 cities were filled with crowds opposing the > controversial agreement. > > On Wednesday Bulgaria and The Netherlands withdrew Support in response to > protests. > > The question is why was the agreement signed in the first place, if its > chances of being ratified are dropping by the day? > > The idea to impose a copyright regime was lobbied by the US and Japan. > > The pretext was the protection of intellectual property, and to control > Internet resources that could be used by terrorists or to incite riots and > other criminal activity. > > But in this case, governments will be able to force online service > providers to disclose subscribers' information if an account was allegedly > used for criminal activity or infringement of trademarks or copyrights. > > There's an argument to be made that freedom and security are usually in > opposition; the most secured people are in prison, where they hardly have > any freedom. Usually, security comes at the price of freedom and thats > exactly the cost of ACTA. > > Professors Douwe Korff of London Metropolitan University and Ian Brown of > the Oxford Internet Institute issued a report in August 2011 on the > compatibility of ACTA with the European Convention on Human Rights and the > EU charter of fundamental rights. Their conclusion: Overall, ACTA tilts > the balance of IPR protection manifestly unfairly towards one group of > beneficiaries of the right to property, IP right holders, and unfairly > against others. > > Whether it tilts the balance of power intentionally or unintentionally is a > central question. But those who were so quick to sign the agreement must > have been misled about its complexity and the reach of its powers > > Natali > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352159 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
