In fact, it is not a copyright issue. Wimedia and Wikipedia is not against copyright.
It is a issue about legal control. The current redaction of ACTA would bind to a signing country to create jurisdictional tools for closing and censoring pages only with "presumption" of copyright violation. For instance, every Wikipedia's article with a copypaste template could be closed by a judge. 2012/7/13 geni <geni...@gmail.com> > On 12 July 2012 17:31, Ivan MartÃnez <gala...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > The agency that regulates in Mexico the Industrial Property (IMPI) signed > > the ACTA agreement in Japan yesterday. Here's the official press > > release[1]. > > > What exact issues is ACTA meant to cause us. Remember stronger > copyright controls are in many ways in Wikipedia's interest. It kills > off any potential competition. > > -- > geni > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l