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  • Benedikt Schmidt
    Benedikt Schmidt    Premium Member   Group moderator
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    Stop ACTA
    Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agree...

    The negotiations for the ACTA treaty are conducted behind closed doors and are not part of any international organization.

    You are invited to support the worldwide "Stop ACTA Petition" http://www.stopp-acta.info/english/home/home.html

    And a 45 minute video explanation of ACTA http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/13/the-truth-about-acta.ht...
    • 15 Apr 2010, 01:08 am
  • Christine Reimann
    Christine Reimann    Premium Member   Group moderator
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    Re: Stop ACTA
    Hi Benedikt,
    that sounds very strange to me...here are some additional data:

    http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/026-705...
    (also in german language available;)

    Find here:
    http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//...

    a written declaration, "pursuant to Rule 123 of the Rules of Procedure on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting TradeAgreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content." Funny the very words "potentially objectionable content"...

    But on the other hand I found some brandnew "Consolidated Text prepared for Public Release" published by the European Trade Commission:
    http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2010/april/tradoc_1460...
    and also some Q&A, also published by them: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2009/january/tradoc_14...

    Could you tell me, who - in detail - is carrying on the negotiations in these 38 mentioned countries? The ministry of economics of each country? The Board of Trade, something like that? Trade associations? This is what I didn't get...

    Kind regards,
    Christine
    • 26 Apr 2010, 7:52 pm