Signing of ACTA

FionnMatthew

Perhaps someone could help me with this.

http://pad.telecomix.org/kiss-of-death

Does anyone know if there is a procedure for writing to someone opposing this? Who can I write to? Who will sign this for Ireland?

And perhaps more pertinently, are there procedural means by which I might oppose the ACTA through European organs of state?

It might seem lazy, but I don't even know where to begin to look, and a few well placed pointers would make a huge material difference.

Perhaps this thread could also turn into a general discussion of ACTA at the EU level, too.

Scofflaw

It's a consent procedure at the European level, which means that the European Parliament has to consent to the passage of legislation by an absolute majority of votes cast.

If you want to oppose it at the EU level, therefore, you'd write to your MEP. You can write to all the Irish MEPs, and encourage other people to do the same.

Further to that, it would be worth finding out which MEPs are specifically involved in looking at the legislation on behalf of the Parliament.

The people who are likely to oppose this are the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, who were heavily involved in the successful campaign against software patents. Within Ireland, you should probably talk to Digital Rights Ireland.

La Quadrature has a good page on ACTA: http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Attack_ACTA

There's an anti-ACTA page here: http://www.acta-action.eu/ireland.html

Another here: http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/delusional-eu-acta-n.html#previouspost

The Pirate Party Ireland are also opposed.

Very useful: http://www.cademuir.eu/blog/2010/07/03/eu-action-alert-urge-your-mep-to-take-a-stand-for-internet-freedom/

Irish MEPs that have signed Written Declaration 12 opposing ACTA:

Liam AYLWARD, Nessa CHILDERS, Proinsias DE ROSSA, Pat the Cope GALLAGHER, Marian HARKIN & Alan KELLY.

Those that haven't:

Brian CROWLEY ALDE (FF) brian.crowley(at)europarl.europa.eu

Jim HIGGINS PPE (FG) jim.higgins(at)europarl.europa.eu

Joe HIGGINS GUE/NGL (Socialist) joe.higgins(at)europarl.europa.eu

Seán KELLY PPE (FG) sean.kelly(at)europarl.europa.eu

Mairead McGUINNESS PPE (FG) mairead.mcguinness(at)europarl.europa.eu

Gay MITCHELL PPE (FG) gay.mitchell(at)europarl.europa.eu

Hope some of that helps.

cordially,
Scofflaw