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No to ACTA

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  • #2
    Fluorescence
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 8,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fluorescence


    I'll just quote a post I made in AH
    fluorescence wrote: »
    Don't forget about the international act ACTA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_bERAf5KAg


    America, Japan,, Singapore, Canada and Australia have already signed, and the EU is set to sign at the end of the month if we don't start putting major pressures on our ministers.

    Emails aren't effective. One thing the Americans discovered when combating SOPA/PIPA was that calling up their representatives and companies backing the acts was extremely effective. Having the other person at the end of the line stuttering and clearly having no idea what they're talking about can make them seriously re-evaluate their position.

    A lot of the people signing in this act will be non-internet folk who have no idea just how seriously damaging acts like these will have on free speech and the economy.

    It's even more extreme than SOPA was, and absolutely no-one seems to know about it despite it being debated since 2009.


  • #3
    KyussBishop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭KyussBishop


    Ya I have a thread on it there in Politics, but not much luck trying to get people discussing it:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76624072

    A new thread there may suit, highlighting its comparisons to SOPA in first post/title, because my original post in that one isn't all that succinct.


  • #4
    Scofflaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,283 ✭✭✭✭Scofflaw


    This is an important issue, but a very poor OP. When you open a thread in the main Politics forum, which is where I would suggest this goes, I would strongly suggest your title makes more reference to what is at stake - internet freedom.

    And don't just start with a video, because your thread will be closed, same as this one (see Charter re video-only OPs). There's plenty of material out there on ACTA, from the EFF amongst others.

    moderately,
    Scofflaw


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