La Quadrature du Net - NO to ACTA (full version).mp4

ACTA in a Nutshell --

What is ACTA? ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join in as well.

Why should you care about ACTA? Initial reports indicate that the treaty will have a very broad scope and will involve new tools targeting "Internet distribution and information technology."

What is the goal of ACTA? Reportedly the goal is to create new legal standards of intellectual property enforcement, as well as increased international cooperation, an example of which would be an increase in information sharing between signatory countries' law enforcement

Other ATCA resources:

Read more about ACTA here: https://www.eff.org/issues/acta
Read the authentic version of the ACTA text as of 15 April 2011, as finalized by participating countries here: http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/fo/acta-a...
Follow the history of the treaty's formation here: ACTA history
Read letters from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wherein he challenges the constitutionality of ACTA: Letter 1:http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Wyden-01052012.pdf | Letter 2 :http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kirk-12072011.pdf | Read the Administration's Response to Wyden's First Letter here: Response
Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/01/us-japan-trade-counterfeiting-idUST...
United States ACTA: Read
European Union Trade Commission ACTA: Read
Australian Gov't ACTA: http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/acta/index.html
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/creating-opportunities/trade-topics/intellectual-pr...

http://www.ustr.gov/acta
http://www.cippic.ca/acta/
http://acta.ffii.org/?p=131

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