ACTA - Why's no one talking about it here? (Only this thread for SOPA/ACTA etc posts)

The SOPA and PIPA bills were halted in the States due to politicians being bombarded with phone calls of opposition to the bills. Here is the phone numbers of all the Irish TD's currently in government so that you can contact them to voice your opposition to the ACTA and irish SOPA bills

Fine Gael

Name: James Bannon Constituency: Longford-Westmeath Phone: 01-6184226

Name: Sean Barrett Constituency: Dún Laoghaire Phone: 01-6183895

Name: Tom Barry Constituency: Cork East Phone: 01-6183328

Name: Pat Breen Constituency: Clare Phone: 01-6184224

Richard Bruton Constituency: Dublin North Central Phone: 01-6312172

Ray Butler Constituency: Meath West Phone: 01-6183378

Jerry Buttimer Constituency: Cork South Central Phone: 01-6183380

Catherine Byrne Constituency: Dublin South Central Phone: 01-6183083

Ciaran Cannon Constituency: Galway East Phone: 01-8896510

Joe Carey Constituency: Clare Phone: 01-6183337

Paudie Coffey Constituency: Waterford Phone: 01-6183902

Áine Collins Constituency: Cork North West Phone: 01-6183873

Sean Conlan Constituency: Cavan-Monaghan Phone: 01-6183154

Sean Conlan Constituency: Cavan-Monaghan Phone: 01-6183154

Paul Connaughton Jnr Constituency: Galway East Phone: 01-6183032

Noel Coonan Constituency: Tipperary North Phone: 01-6183842

Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy Constituency: Laois-Offaly Phone: 01-6184075

Simon Coveney Constituency: Cork South Central Phone: 01-6763925

Michael Creed Constituency: Cork North West Phone: 01-6183525

Lucinda Creighton Constituency: Dublin South East Phone: 01-6194309

Jim Daly Constituency: Cork South West Phone: 01-6183886

John Deasy Constituency: Waterford Phone: 01-6183596

Jimmy Deenihan Constituency: Kerry North-West Limerick Phone: 01-6313804

Pat Deering Constituency: Carlow-Kilkenny Phone: 01-6184235

Regina Doherty Constituency: Meath East Phone: 01-6183573

Paschal Donohoe Constituency: Dublin Central Phone: 01-6183689

Andrew Doyle Constituency: Wicklow Address: Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Phone: 01-6183611

Bernard Durkan Constituency: Kildare North Phone: 01-6183732/01-6183191

Damien English Constituency: Meath West Phone: 01-6184012

Alan Farrell Constituency: Dublin North Phone: 01-6184008

Frank Feighan Constituency: Roscommon-South Leitrim Phone: 01-6184289

Frances Fitzgerald Constituency: Dublin Mid West Phone: 01-6183771

Peter Fitzpatrick Constituency: Louth Phone: 01-6183563

Charles Flanagan Constituency: Laois-Offaly Phone: 01-6183652

Terence Flanagan Constituency: Dublin North East Phone: 01-6183634

Brendan Griffin Constituency: Kerry South Phone: 01-6184480

Noel Harrington Constituency: Cork South West Phone: 01-6183956

Simon Harris Constituency: Wicklow Phone: 01-6183805

Brian Hayes Constituency: Dublin South West Phone: 01-6183567

Tom Hayes Constituency: Tipperary South Phone: 01-6183168

Martin Heydon Constituency: Kildare South Phone: 01-6183017

Phil Hogan Constituency: Carlow-Kilkenny Phone: 01-8882402

Heather Humphreys Constituency: Cavan-Monaghan Phone: 01-6183408

Derek Keating Constituency: Dublin Mid West Phone: 01-6184014

Paul Kehoe Constituency: Wexford Phone: 01-6194080

Enda Kenny Constituency: Mayo Street, Dublin 2 Phone: 01-6194020

Seán Kyne Constituency: Galway West Phone: 01-6184426

Anthony Lawlor Constituency: Kildare North Phone: 01-6183007

Peter Mathews Constituency: Dublin South Phone: 01-6184443

Shane McEntee Constituency: Meath East Phone: 01-6072977

Nicky McFadden Constituency: Longford-Westmeath Phone: 01-6183938

Dinny McGinley Constituency: Donegal South West Phone: 01-6183452

Joe McHugh Constituency: Donegal North East Phone: 01-6184242

Tony McLoughlin Constituency: Sligo-North Leitrim Phone: 01-6183537

Olivia Mitchell Constituency: Dublin South Phone: 01-6183088

Mary Mitchell-O'Connor Constituency: Dún Laoghaire Phone: 01-6183302

Michelle Mulherin Constituency: Mayo Phone: 01-6183065

Dara Murphy Constituency: Cork North Central Phone: 01-6183862

Eoghan Murphy Constituency: Dublin South East Phone: 01-6183324

Dan Neville Constituency: Limerick Phone: 01-6183356

Michael Noonan Constituency: Limerick City Phone: 01-6764735

Kieran O'Donnell Constituency: Limerick City Phone: 01-6183808

Patrick O'Donovan Constituency: Limerick Phone: 01-6183610

Fergus O'Dowd Constituency: Louth Phone: 01-6782024

John O'Mahony Constituency: Mayo Phone: 01-6183706

Joe O'Reilly Constituency: Cavan-Monaghan Phone: 01-6183721

John Perry Constituency: Sligo-North Leitrim Phone: 01-6312243

John Paul Phelan Constituency: Carlow-Kilkenny Phone: 01-6184202

James Reilly Constituency: Dublin North Phone: 01-6711026

Michael Ring Constituency: Mayo Phone: 01-6041034

Alan Shatter Constituency: Dublin South Phone: 01-6183911

David Stanton Constituency: Cork East Phone: 01-6183181

Billy Timmins Constituency: Wicklow Phone: 01-6183384

Liam Twomey Constituency: Wexford Phone: 01-6184299

Leo Varadkar Constituency: Dublin West Phone: 01-6041062

Brian Walsh Constituency: Galway West Phone: 01-6184236




Labour


Eamon Gilmore TD 01 4082018 - -

Joan Burton TD
Dail: 01 6184006 -

Eric Byrne TD
Home: 01 4901305 - Fax: 01 4901305 - Mobile: 087-2548429


Michael Conaghan TD
Dáil: 01 618 4033 - Fax: No. 6184632

Ciara Conway TD
01.6184033 -

Joe Costello TD
Dáil: 01 618 3896 - Fax: 01 618 4596

Robert Dowds TD
Email : robert.dowds@oir.ie

Anne Ferris TD
Dáil Office: 01. 6183539 - Constituency Office: 01 2764699

Dominic Hannigan TD
Constituency Office: 01 835 3871 -


Brendan Howlin TD
Home: 053 -91-24036 - Dail: 01 6184366 - Fax: 01 6184542

Kevin Humphreys TD
Home: 6686854 - Mobile: 087-2989103
Email : kevin.humphreys@oir.ie

Colm Keaveney TD
093. 24070
Email : colm@colmkeaveney.ie

Alan Kelly TD
Minister of State, Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport with responsibility for Public & Commuter Transport
Office: 067 34190 -
Email : office@alankelly.ie

Sean Kenny TD
mobile 086 8126340 - Dáil 01.6183744
Email : sean.kenny@oir.ie

Ciarán Lynch TD
021 4366200
Email : ciaran.lynch@oir.ie

Kathleen Lynch TD
Office - Tel: 021-4399930 or 021-4212463 - Fax: 021-4304358
Email : kathleen_lynch@health.gov.ie

John Lyons TD
087 2113154

Eamonn Maloney TD
Email : eamonn.maloney@oir.ie

Michael McCarthy TD
Constituency Office: - Tel: 023 - 8855705 - Fax: 023 - 8855706 - Mobile: 087 - 6481004

Michael McNamara TD
Constituency Office: 065-6893639 - Shannon Town Constituency Office: 061-479020

Gerald Nash TD
(M) 087 271 6816 - - - -

Derek Nolan TD
086 3 777 624

Jan O'Sullivan TD
Office: 061-312316 - Fax: 061-313707 - Dail: 01 6183670 - Fax: 01 6184617

Willie Penrose TD
Home: 044-93-73264 - Constituency Office: 044-93-43987 - Dail: 01-6183734 - Fax Dail: 01-6184541 - Fax Constituency Office: 044-93-43966

Ann Phelan TD
Constituency Office: 056 7756000 - Mobile: 086-3294420

Ruairi Quinn TD
Minister for Education and Skills
Dáil: 01 6183434 - Fax: 01 6184153 - Skype: ruairiquinn

Pat Rabbitte TD
Constituency Office: 01 678 2011 or 01 618 3772 - Department Office: 01 678 9807 or 01 678 2000

Brendan Ryan TD
01-618 3421

Sean Sherlock TD
Phone: 022 53523 - Fax: 022 57761 - 087-7402057 -

Roisin Shortall TD
Home: 01-8370563 - Dail: 01-6183593 - Fax: 01-6184380


Arthur Spring TD
Office: 066.712 5337 -


Emmet Stagg TD
Home: 01-6272149 - Dáil: 01-6183013 - Fax (home): 01-6270601 - Fax (Dáil): 01-6184538
Email : emmet.stagg@oireachtas.ie

Joanna Tuffy TD
01 6280765(h) - 01 6183822(o) - 01 4575678(o)


Jack Wall TD
Constituency Office: - 059-86-32874 (ph) 33157 (fax) - Dail01) 6183571 - Fax: (01) 6184540

Alex White TD
618 3972

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD
086-8190336 -

Here is a template email that can be sent

Quote:
Dear duly elected representative of the peoples of Ireland,

I write to you today to call your attention to a matter of great importance and urgency to our nation. Before the months end, Minster of State for Enterprise Seán Sherlock is to publish an “order” which is understood to allow copyright holders to demand the censorship of Irish citizens access an open and democratic Internet.

The Internet represents the single most important economic, social, and cultural communications tool since mankind spake his first words. The Internet’s ability to promote the free exchange of artistic expression and encourage the discussion of revolutionary ideas such as democracy makes it to the modern world, what roads were to the Romans. The Internet is the road upon which we and our children and our children’s children will prosper. Any attempt at limiting its efficacy, at censoring the free exchange of ideas and expression should be considered an attack on our liberties and our future prosperity, I hope you’ll agree. Whether you recognise it or not, your constituents certainly do and I am in no doubt that they will make you aware of this fact in the coming days.

The Internet, spurred on by the incredible wealth of human talent on the Island of Ireland, promotes and takes an active role in the development of technologies of global significance. Its potential positive impact on our Island has yet to be fully realised; we are only now beginning to reap the rewards of our earlier labours of investing in resilient and wide spread broadband to the nation and other investments.

Yahoo!, Twitter, Facebook, Google, AOL, FourSquare, LinkedIn, PayPal, Zynga, and many more US based companies came out to protest against similar legislation in their country (SOPA/PIPA) which aimed at addressing copyright holders concerns, by censoring the Internet. These companies and those much like them are the future lifeblood of Ireland’s knowledge economy. To believe we can summarily enact legislation that will censor the Internet and not severely detriment our economy and our democratic rights is foolhardy to say the least.

The means by which this legislation is proposed to work will not achieve its intended result of protecting the rights of copyright holders. Infringing sites will still be accessible by even the most minimally technologically literate persons. This legislation serves only to erode our rights and discourage international investment.

If we continue to let our rights be eroded at the whims of corporations, which place pressure on our leaders to create legislation that chips away at our ability to freely express ourselves, we will fade into insignificance on the world stage and we will have squandered the enormous potential that we, as a nation striving for a knowledge economy, have worked so hard to achieve.

On the 11th of January, The European Commission recognised that the Internet “has enormous potential for boosting growth and creating jobs.” and that 20-25% of new jobs could come from growth in this area. Growth which will not be possible if the policies in place are more harmful than they are productive.

I ask, with all due respect, please do not let this legislation pass.

Yours sincerely,

A technologically literate voter

From
http://www.scribd.com/sean_nicholls_...net-Censorship