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( I’d like to ask that anyone who reads this to PLEASE reblog this so there isn’t a widespread panic and violent protests. Tumblr needs to stop posting partial information. It is counterproductive and we need to know the truth so we don’t give up and think the fight is over. )
There wasn’t a vote. It was a signing and the voting isn’t going to happen for a while.
“The committee will most likely hold its vote on the ratification of the treaty in April or May, with a full parliament vote expected in June.” - Source
“The countries signed the treaty, which aims to harmonise copyright enforcement across much of the world, in Tokyo on Thursday. However, the signatures of the EU member states and the EU itself will count for nothing unless the European Parliament gives its approval to ACTA in June, and digital activists have urged citizens to lobby their MEPs against voting yes.”
“”The signature ceremony in Tokyo was just another step in the procedure that allows ACTA to now be taken to the European Parliament for a free, open and vigorous debate that we fully support,” he said.” - Source
“The European Parliament will be debating ACTA and activists are urging people to contact their MEPs putting forward arguments opposing ACTA. The European Parliament and each of the member states must approve ACTA before it goes into effect in the EU.” - Source
“But the political atmosphere in the EU remains very much in flux. The key to the future is that, unlike the US, the EU has admitted that ACTA is a binding international agreement and therefore requires parliamentary approval. But Parliamentary approval in the EU is in doubt.” - Source
Please read this. It has a list of countries that have signed, the countries that have not, and links and information on what you can do to help out:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-01/26/eu-signs-up-to-acta
Once again, please reblog this wherever you can so the word gets around.
We’ve got an important update for you on ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). Overnight, you helped turn ACTA from a forgotten international treaty to the center of the fight for a free and open internet. In October, Access raised the red flag on this dangerous international treaty. But with the downfall of SOPA and PIPA in the United States, the fight has now turned to defeating ACTA. And overnight, the petition went from 10,000 signatures to over 40,000 people from 138 countries!
ACTA has the potential to be worse than PIPA and SOPA, but the good news is we think we can help take ACTA down like we did PIPA and SOPA. While several countries have signed this treaty already, getting a NO vote in the European Parliament will totally dismantle ACTA and send it back to the drawing board. Get all your friends and family to sign the petition calling on the European Parliament to vote NO on ACTA. You can do this in three ways:
- Forward this e-mail or link along to friends and family: https://www.accessnow.org/page/s/just-say-no-to-acta
- Go to this page to make it easy to share: https://www.accessnow.org/page/share/just-say-no-to-acta
- Tweet this or post it on Facebook: #ACTA will destroy open Net. #EU may be only hope to kill rights-abusing treaty. Tell MEPs to vote NO on ACTA! http://bit.ly/pMQ5DQ
We need hundreds of thousands of signatures in order for our petition to be heard in the European Parliament, so we need your help to get this thing to go viral. People are rallying in the streets and spreading the word online: If you thought SOPA and PIPA were bad, let us introduce you to their Big Brother ACTA.
We’ve seen what happens when we rally together to take down ill-conceived legislation that threatens free speech and our privacy online. Now let’s spread the word and send ACTA to the dustbin of history.
demons | rendezvoodoo | brolinskeep:
Global petitions:
Act against ACTA (to the U.S. Congress)
Citizens of Europe:
Contact your representatives!!!!!!
Go to http://www.europarl.org/, select your country (left columb) and then find the contacts of your representatives under “Parliament”, “Your MEPs” or something like this. AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!
And for more/quick information on ACTA, here.
Hey y’all, if you thought the whole SOPA/PIPA was intense, you may want to check out ACTA (and also check out the fact that filesonic and uploaded are kaput).
As someone just said, we all should have known World War III was going to be fought on the internet.
