Saturday, August 28, 2010

International Experts Find that Pending Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Threatens Public Interests

We find that the terms of the publicly released draft of ACTA threaten numerous public interests, including every concern specifically disclaimed by negotiators.
  • Negotiators claim ACTA will not interfere with citizens' fundamental rights and liberties; it will.
  • They claim ACTA is consistent with the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS); it is not.
  • They claim ACTA will not increase border searches or interfere with cross-border transit of legitimate generic medicines; it will.
  • And they claim that ACTA does not require "graduated response" disconnections of people from the internet; however, the agreement strongly encourages such policies. 

Here is the link to the communique:
http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/acta-communique 

Fighting for our privacy!

This treaty will not prevent piracy!
It will just invade our privacy!

We cannot sit by and watch this happen.
JOIN THE FIGHT 

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