[p2p-research] Fwd: [opennetcoalition] ACTA is no done deal!

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: La Quadrature du Net <jz at laquadrature.net>
Date: Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:14 AM
Subject: [opennetcoalition] ACTA is no done deal!
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La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release

Permanent link: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-is-no-done-deal


ACTA is no done deal!


*** Paris, October 4th 2010 - The spokesperson for the Trade European
Commissioner has announced Saturday October 2nd, that all parties have
reached an agreement on ACTA. This is one more example of how the secrecy of
this negotiation permits all manoeuvres to deceive citizens and Members of
Parliaments. La Quadrature du Net calls all European citizens to alert their
Members of the European Parliament and National MPs about the need to
monitor closely the rest of this negotiation and prepare to reject its
by-product. ***

John Clancy, the spokesperson for Commissioner Karel de Gucht has announced
Friday the completion of the ACTA negotiation. In order to fake a
transparent process, the negotiating parties will soon publish the
agreement. However, it appears from declaration from other parties [1] that
no deal has been reached, but just "progress made on all issues". The
presence of geographical indications [2]  in the text has for instance
apparently not been settled. The aim of this premature announcement of a
deal is of course to install the impression that ACTA is a done deal, that
Parliaments have no other choice than to accept it without any possibility
to modify it.

The negotiating parties will soon publish the newly agreed text. We will
scrutinize with particular care the sections that appeared in previous
leaked versions to be the most dangerous for fundamental freedoms on the
Internet, access to health and access to knowledge. Without further ado, La
Quadrature du Net calls all European citizens to contact the Members of
their National parliament and of the European Parliament in order to alert
them. Call your representatives to resist the pressure that will be exerted
on them to adopt a text produced in a negotiation from which they were
totally excluded, as all European citizens.

"The club of like-minded countries negotiating the ACTA agreement have not
yet reached an agreement. If adopted, ACTA will exert a harmful influence on
the global framework of rights of expression, communication, acces to
knowledge and access to health. It will leave the Members of the European
Parliament and members of National Parliaments with a historical choice:
blessing this circumvention of democracy or affirming that law is produced
by elected representatives", declares Philippe Aigrain, founder of La
Quadrature du Net.

Jérémie Zimmermann, founder of La Quadrature du Net adds: "Members of the
European Parliament will have to stand for the position they took by
adopting Written Declaration 12 [3]. One can not leave the regulation of our
freedoms, of the education of all, and of the health of citizens of poorer
countries to the care of opaque, private club negotiations."


* Références *

1. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6910AO20101002

2. Europe insists for geographical indications -Protected designation of
origin which cover, for instance, camembert, parmesan or champagne- to be
protected by ACTA, whereas the US categorically opposes their inclusion, see
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-hanging-on-a-camembert

3.
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/european-parliament-vs-acta-rejection-is-the-only-option



** 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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