[p2p-research] Fwd: [fcf_discussion] URGENT: signature request for ACTA press release.

[Michel Bauwens]

 El 01/07/10 17:54, La Quadrature du Net escribió:

La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release

Permanent link:
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-calls-to-urgently-rethink-patents-and-copyright-open-letter


ACTA calls to urgently rethink patents and copyright (open letter)


*** Luzern, July 1st 2010 - The 9th round of the Anti-Counterfeiting
Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations just ended in Luzern, Switzerland.
***


Whatever the final text will be after the next negotiation rounds, the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) will remain an illegitimate
agreement, by its elaboration process (beyond any democratic control)
as well as its content (further strengthening of an outdated set of
legislation). Access to medicine in the poorest countries and
protection of citizens' fundamental rights in their usage of Internet
and digital technologies are too crucial issues to be left out to the
hazards of closed-doors negotiations.

In the age of globalized exchanges, the sharing of information
improves our societies and saves lives. ACTA is emblematic of an
outdated repression of the sharing of information and knowledge.
Without awaiting the end of the negotiations, we urge governments
negotiating ACTA to:

    * rethink copyright from scratch to guarantee the potentiality of
democratic participation, access to culture and innovation allowed by
the networked sharing of information, while guaranteeing fundamental
freedoms.

    * rethink the patent system to adapt it to a world where three
major pandemics kill 15,000 persons per day because of the lack of
accessible treatment for all.

ACTA belongs to the past.



The first signatories of this letter are (in alphabetical order):

 Act Up-Paris - France
 Action contre le sida - Togo
 ALCS - Maroc
 Alternatives - Cameroun
 April - France
 Asociación de Internautas - Spain
 Associazione scambio etico - Italia
 Bits of Freedom - The Netherlands
 Coalition Plus - International
 digitalrights.gr - Greece
 Electronic Frontier Finland - Finland
 Electronic Frontier Norway - Norway
 Exgae - Spain
 Föreningen fri kultur & programvara - Sweden
 Free Knowledge Institute - Europe
 French Data Network - France
 Gnutiken - Sweden
 Health GAP - United-States
 Internet Sans Frontières - France
 IP Left - South Korea
 Jinbo.net - South Korea
 KidAIDS - Cameroun
 La Quadrature du Net - France
 lautre.net - France
 Nature Care - Thailand
 Ouvaton - France
 p2pnet.net - Canada
 Piratgruppen - Denmark
 Réseau pour l'accès aux médicaments essentiels - Burkina Faso
 Swaa - Burundi
 Thai Treatment action group - Thailand
 The WeReBuild clusters - Europe
 UFC-Que Choisir - France
 URBLS Bobo - Burkina Faso
 Utopia - France
 Vrijschrift/Scriptum Libre - Netherlands
 Electronic Frontier Bulgaria - Bulgaria



Your organization can sign the letter by filling the form at


  http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-calls-to-urgently-rethink-patents-and-copyright-open-letter#f1





** About la Quadrature du Net **


La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and
freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates
for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the
founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation
of knowledge.

In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a
better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through
specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net
hopes to encourage citizens' participation in the public debate on
rights and freedoms in the digital age.

La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and
international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the
Open Society Institute and Privacy International.

List of supporting organisations :
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-squaring-net-la-quadrature-du-net


** Press contact and press room **

Jérémie Zimmermann, jz at laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room




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