Y pensar que atrocidades así son el sueño húmedo de unos cuantos "jabba eggli"
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Nicolas Pereyra Molinas <[email protected]>wrote: > Los comentarios de Michael Geist también son muy importantes: > http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5351/125/ > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------- > NICOLAS PEREYRA MOLINAS > [email protected] > Paraguay - South America > ---------------------------------------------- > > > 2010/10/5 Nicolas Pereyra Molinas <[email protected]> > > Más información en http://www.eff.org/issues/acta >> >> Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement What is ACTA? >> >> In October 2007 the United States, the European Community, Switzerland and >> Japan simultaneously announced that they would negotiate a new intellectual >> property enforcement treaty, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or >> ACTA. Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, >> Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Canada have joined the >> negotiations. Although the proposed treaty’s title might suggest that the >> agreement deals only with counterfeit physical goods (such as medicines), >> what little information has been made available publicly by negotiating >> governments about the content of the treaty makes it clear that it will have >> a far broader scope, and in particular, will deal with new tools targeting >> “Internet distribution and information technology”. >> >> In recent years, major U.S. and EU copyright industry rightsholder groups >> have sought stronger powers to enforce their intellectual property rights >> across the world to preserve their business models. These efforts have been >> underway in a number of international fora, including at the World Trade >> Organization, the World Customs Organization, at the G8 summit, at the World >> Intellectual Property Organization’s Advisory Committee on Enforcement, and >> at the Intellectual Property Experts’ Group at the Asia Pacific Economic >> Coalition. Since the conclusion of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Issues >> of Intellectual Property in 1994 (TRIPS), most new intellectual property >> enforcement powers have been created outside of the traditional multilateral >> venues, through bilateral and regional free trade agreements entered into by >> the United States and the European Community with their respective key >> trading partners. ACTA is the new frontline in the global IP enforcement >> agenda. >> >> To date, disturbingly little information has been released about the >> actual content of the agreement However, despite that, it is clearly on a >> fast track; treaty proponents want it tabled at the G8 summit in July, and >> completed by the end of 2008. >> Why You Should Care About It >> >> ACTA has several features that raise significant potential concerns for >> consumers’ privacy and civil liberties, for innovation and the free flow of >> information on the Internet, legitimate commerce, and for developing >> countries’ ability to choose policy options that best suit their domestic >> priorities and level of economic development. >> >> ACTA is being negotiated by a select group of industrialized countries, >> outside of existing international multilateral venues for creating new IP >> norms such as the World Intellectual Property Organization and (since TRIPs) >> the World Trade Organization. Both civil society and developing countries >> are intentionally being excluded from these negotiations. While the existing >> international fora provide (at least to some extent) room for a range of >> views to be heard and addressed, no such checks and balances will influence >> the outcome of the ACTA negotiations. >> >> The Fact Sheet published by the USTR, together with the USTR's 2008 >> "Special 301" report make it clear that the goal is to create a new standard >> of intellectual property enforcement, above the current >> internationally-agreed standards in the TRIPs Agreement, and increased >> international cooperation including sharing of information between signatory >> countries’ law enforcement agencies. The last 10 bilateral free trade >> agreements entered into by the United States have required trading partners >> to adopt intellectual property enforcement obligations that are above those >> in TRIPs. Even though developing countries are not party to the ACTA >> negotiations, it is likely that accession to, and implementation of, ACTA by >> developing countries will be a condition imposed in future free trade >> agreements, and the subject of evaluation in content industry submissions to >> the annual Section 301 process and USTR report. >> >> While little information has been made available by the governments >> negotiating ACTA, a document recently leaked to the public entitled >> "Discussion Paper on a Possible Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement" from an >> unknown source gives an indication of what content industry rightsholder >> groups appear to be asking for – including new legal regimes to "encourage >> ISPs to cooperate with right holders in the removal of infringing material", >> criminal measures, and increased border search powers. The Discussion Paper >> leaves open how Internet Service Providers should be encouraged to identify >> and remove allegedly infringing material from the Internet. However the same >> industry rightsholder groups that support the creation of ACTA have also >> called for mandatory network-level filtering by Internet Service Providers >> and for Internet Service Providers to terminate citizens' Internet >> connection on repeat allegation of copyright infringement (the "Three >> Strikes" /Graduated Response), so there is reason to believe that ACTA will >> seek to increase intermediary liability and require these things of Internet >> Service Providers. While mandating copyright filtering by ISPs will not be >> technologically effective because it can be defeated by use of encryption, >> efforts to introduce network level filtering will likely involve deep packet >> inspection of citizens' Internet communications. This raises considerable >> concerns for citizens' civil liberties and privacy rights, and the future of >> Internet innovation. >> What You Can Do >> >> Despite the potentially significant harmful impact on consumers and >> Internet innovation and the expedited timeframe in which the treaty is being >> negotiated, the citizens that stand to be directly affected by the treaty >> provisions have been given almost no information about its real contents, >> and very little opportunity to express their views on it. >> >> But there is still time to do something to change that! If you live in the >> US, tell your Senators to demand more transparency in >> ACTA<http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=383> >> ! >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------- >> NICOLAS PEREYRA MOLINAS >> [email protected] >> Paraguay - South America >> ---------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> 2010/10/5 Pablo Castillo <[email protected]> >> >>> Freepress son otros que estan encima de este tema: >>> http://www.freepress.net/ >>> >>> Cada tanto mandan a su mailing list los updates del tema por si quieren >>> mas (tb esta obviamente la EFF) >>> >>> Pablo Castillo >>> http://pablo.lnxsoluciones.com/ >>> http://twitter.com/pabloacastillo >>> http://github.com/pabloacastillo >>> Asunción, Paraguay. Tierra, Tercero de Sol. >>> Nube Interestelar Local, Burbuja Local, Cinturón de Gould, Brazo de >>> Orión. >>> Vía Láctea, Grupo Local, Supercúmulo de Virgo. >>> Universo Local. >>> >>> >>> >>> 2010/10/5 Chepi Gimenez <[email protected]> >>> >>> *Update, from EFF's website:* the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed >>>> the scheduled markup of the Internet censorship bill — a fantastic outcome, >>>> given that the entertainment industry and their allies in Congress had >>>> hoped >>>> this bill would be quickly approved before the Senators went home for the >>>> October recess. 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