None of these links has video of you doing cartwheels. I am disappointed. Judah
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I never thought we could do it. > > http://www.rt.com/news/eu-suspends-acta-ratification-955/ > > EU suspends ACTA ratification, refers treaty to court > Get short URL > Link copied to clipboard > email story to a > friend<http://www.rt.com/emailstory/?doc_id=84955&type_doc=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fnews%2Feu-suspends-acta-ratification-955%2F>print > version <http://www.rt.com/news/eu-suspends-acta-ratification-955/print/> > > Published: 22 February, 2012, 17:05 > Edited: 20 April, 2012, 12:10 > [image: Demonstrators protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade > Agreement (ACTA) on February 11, 2012 in Munich, southern Germany (AFP > Photo / Sebastian Gabriel / Germany Out)] > > Demonstrators protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement > (ACTA) on February 11, 2012 in Munich, southern Germany (AFP Photo / > Sebastian Gabriel / Germany Out) > *TRENDS:*ACTA<http://www.rt.com/trends/acta-agreement-internet-freedom-piracy/> > > *TAGS:*UN <http://www.rt.com/tags/un/>, EU <http://www.rt.com/tags/eu/>, > Protest <http://www.rt.com/tags/protest/>, Human > rights<http://www.rt.com/tags/human-rights/>, > Law <http://www.rt.com/tags/law/>, Piracy <http://www.rt.com/tags/piracy/>, > Internet <http://www.rt.com/tags/internet/>, Information > Technology<http://www.rt.com/tags/information-technology/> > > The EU has suspended the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade > Agreement (ACTA) and referred the text to the European Court of Justice to > investigate possible rights breaches. > > The European Commission decided on Wednesday to ask the EU's top court *"to > clarify that the ACTA agreement and its implementation must be fully > compatible with freedom of expression and freedom of the internet*." > > The ACTA debate "*must be based upon facts and not upon the misinformation > or rumor that has dominated social media sites and blogs*," says EU Trade > Commissioner Karel De Guch. The EU will not ratify the international treaty > until the court delivers its ruling, he added. > > De Guch insists the treaty will change nothing in the bloc, but help > protect the creative economy. > > European countries were quick to sign US- and Japan-lobbied ACTA agreement > in Tokyo just a month ago. Ratification of the controversial agreement, > however, is not going so smoothly. > > ACTA faced fierce opposition by the Europeans, who saw it as an > anti-democratic move. People took their anger to the streets in a > synchronized protest, saying it violates their rights. About 200 cities > participated in an anti-ACTA march on February 11. > > The initial goal authorities pursued was to protect intellectual property > and copyright, but human rights activists fought to prove its bias in favor > of those in power. They argue it violates freedom of expression on the > internet and allows unprecedented control of peoples personal information > and privacy. > > Some critics have been saying ACTA is a somewhat-disguised SOPA > <http://rt.com/trends/stop-online-piracy-act/>(Stop Online Piracy Act). > > ACTA has so far been signed by the EU as a bloc, 22 EU members as > individual states, and also by the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, South > Korea and some other countries. The total number of signatories to the > treaty is 31. > > The European Parliament is set to vote on ACTA in June. In parallel, the > accord has to be ratified by all the 27 EU member states. Germany, the > Netherlands, Cyprus, Estonia and Slovakia have not put individual > signatures under the treaty as such and, in the wake of the mass anti-ACTA > protests in Europe, are not eager to proceed with > it.<http://rt.com/news/acta-protests-internet-copyright-419/>Bulgaria, > the Czech Republic and Latvia suspended the ratification process, > while Poland on the second thought refused to ratify the accord all > together. > > Wednesday's decision means ACTA's ratification in the EU could be delayed > for months. > > Rob Beschizza, the managing director of online magazine and group blog > Boing Boing, says nothing can stop Internet file swapping. > > *What the industry needs to do when it considers how it makes > entertainment products music, movies and so on available, is make it so > that people can easily buy them. People dont want to be thieves. They > dont want to take things they are not entitled to,* he told RT. > > Beschizza believes that legislative initiatives like ACTA never do anything > to stop piracy. > > *The way the Internet works [is], as long as two computers can connect to > each other, people are going to find a way to share files. The Internet > works by copying data,* he said. *So what we foresee is when these laws > are passed, therell be all this social harm and therell be no actual > prevention o > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:352167 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
