arstechnica.com— With defaced Web sites, widespread protests, and more than a few Guy Fawkes masks, the anti-ACTA movement in the EU could achieve victory. The Polish Prime Minister is already backing away from the treaty.
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Thumbs up on this. At the same time I wonder if the approach taken by Anonymous (or is it an affiliate) is really the way to go... At the moment they are only doing "kid stuff" but what if they get serious?
I believe that ACTA was dreamed up by Baron Peter Mandelson when he was European Commissioner for Trade. This is a man who previously had to resign from three government positions. The fact that he bounced back every time is perhaps an indication of how well thought of he was, by Tony Blair. Theirs really was a Labour government that couldn't have acted any further from the will of the people, than they did. I totally despise them both! They are loathsome!
You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.
A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. A symbol, in and of itself is powerless, but with enough people behind it, blowing up a building can change the world.
Watch out for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Remember this is closely "Related to ACTA, a chapter in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) “would have state signatories adopt even more restrictive copyright measures than ACTA,” reports the Electronic Frontier Foundation."
To be technically correct, the ACTA is an Trojan-horse style attempt to inject US anti-piracy legislation into European copyright law. The Europeans did not invented this crap, they just said "OK we will sign it" when the Uncle Sam asked. But ordinary European folks do not want to be stripped of their "fair use" exceptions declared by existing European law. I have to repeat the same thing that said the British bank regulator when the US tried to "save" Lehman Brothers using Barclays: "We don't want your cancer here!"..
Yes, blame the US for everything that every other country does that you view as wrong. ACTA has been in the making since before SOPA and PIPA. And we defeated those, let's see if Europeans have as much influence over their governments as they tell themselves.
Anti-Americanism is f**king retarded. You're delusional. Seriously. You can't ever accept criticism without finding some wacky way of redirecting it to the US.
I have to agree with what TechEpisode said. These agreements did not originate outside the USA. Follow the money...
At the same time I have to say the owners of the companies who went dark surprised me with their effectiveness. A lot of American citizens (as individuals) lent them their support.
All in all that's the problem with large numbers... One group of people do something bad and other (usually smaller) groups try to fix it. In this case the groups are geographically and culturally linked but share different beliefs, economics, and politics. The small town image of America from the 1940's is gone. The town can't take the town bully behind the barn for a "talk" any more. The frustration is showing and it is justified...
Though I doubt it will be read by her, I wish to state: Helena Drnovšek Zorko, I am not a citizen within your borders, but I forgive you. I forgive you now, but what you have done is no longer as important as what you now must do.
Not just you, but everyone. In the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." The same goes for freedom.
We have a chance to heed your cautionary tale and act upon it. We, too, have been complacent for far too long. We've been overburdened and undercompensated. We've come to expect third parties to raise our children. The disasterous decisions of the past threaten our future, but only if we do not act when it is appropriate. We are guilty.
Still, these agreements must be curtailed. The actors behind their influence must be outed. Those who were influenced are not without blame, either, and should be tried accordingly as enemies of their own countries and traitors of their citizens. Not without mercy, but with fair and tempered justice.
Europe had been known to be wiser among the continents and Poland known for inclination to the right, liberty and public welfare than corporate bonds, and for those reasons differed from USA and like capitalist and IMF dominated states.
casspaFeb 3, 2012
Keep it up Europe!
cb810Feb 4, 2012
We got your back!
anomaly100Feb 3, 2012
Go activism!
Webcomics_Feb 4, 2012
Absolutely right! We must always resist tyrants and their minions, who wish to take our freedom.
anomaly100Feb 4, 2012
Amen to that!
blankmikeFeb 5, 2012
Thumbs up on this. At the same time I wonder if the approach taken by Anonymous (or is it an affiliate) is really the way to go... At the moment they are only doing "kid stuff" but what if they get serious?
scabnabbitFeb 4, 2012
Be nice if the backlash spreads to those (like the US) who have signed off on it.
nitoriFeb 4, 2012
ACTA must die.
GDub71Feb 4, 2012
I believe that ACTA was dreamed up by Baron Peter Mandelson when he was European Commissioner for Trade. This is a man who previously had to resign from three government positions. The fact that he bounced back every time is perhaps an indication of how well thought of he was, by Tony Blair. Theirs really was a Labour government that couldn't have acted any further from the will of the people, than they did. I totally despise them both! They are loathsome!
UncleRuckuFeb 4, 2012
You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.
A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. A symbol, in and of itself is powerless, but with enough people behind it, blowing up a building can change the world.
http://cdn.bleedingcool.net/wp-content/uploads//2012/01/SO53v.jpg?2bf6c0
Webcomics_Feb 4, 2012
Watch out for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Remember this is closely "Related to ACTA, a chapter in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) “would have state signatories adopt even more restrictive copyright measures than ACTA,” reports the Electronic Frontier Foundation."
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/censorship/anti-counterfeiting-trade-agreement-acta-explained.html
TechEpisodeFeb 4, 2012
To be technically correct, the ACTA is an Trojan-horse style attempt to inject US anti-piracy legislation into European copyright law. The Europeans did not invented this crap, they just said "OK we will sign it" when the Uncle Sam asked. But ordinary European folks do not want to be stripped of their "fair use" exceptions declared by existing European law. I have to repeat the same thing that said the British bank regulator when the US tried to "save" Lehman Brothers using Barclays: "We don't want your cancer here!"..
magnetism86Feb 4, 2012
Yes, blame the US for everything that every other country does that you view as wrong. ACTA has been in the making since before SOPA and PIPA. And we defeated those, let's see if Europeans have as much influence over their governments as they tell themselves.
Anti-Americanism is f**king retarded. You're delusional. Seriously. You can't ever accept criticism without finding some wacky way of redirecting it to the US.
blankmikeFeb 5, 2012
I have to agree with what TechEpisode said. These agreements did not originate outside the USA. Follow the money...
At the same time I have to say the owners of the companies who went dark surprised me with their effectiveness. A lot of American citizens (as individuals) lent them their support.
All in all that's the problem with large numbers... One group of people do something bad and other (usually smaller) groups try to fix it. In this case the groups are geographically and culturally linked but share different beliefs, economics, and politics. The small town image of America from the 1940's is gone. The town can't take the town bully behind the barn for a "talk" any more. The frustration is showing and it is justified...
udumanhomeFeb 4, 2012
f**k SOPA, PIPA too..
http://udumans.blogspot.com/2012/01/f**k-sopa.html
termousadkaFeb 4, 2012
Though I doubt it will be read by her, I wish to state: Helena Drnovšek Zorko, I am not a citizen within your borders, but I forgive you. I forgive you now, but what you have done is no longer as important as what you now must do.
Not just you, but everyone. In the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." The same goes for freedom.
We have a chance to heed your cautionary tale and act upon it. We, too, have been complacent for far too long. We've been overburdened and undercompensated. We've come to expect third parties to raise our children. The disasterous decisions of the past threaten our future, but only if we do not act when it is appropriate. We are guilty.
Still, these agreements must be curtailed. The actors behind their influence must be outed. Those who were influenced are not without blame, either, and should be tried accordingly as enemies of their own countries and traitors of their citizens. Not without mercy, but with fair and tempered justice.
TempbroFeb 5, 2012
Glad to see Europe is balking at this.
oceanhallFeb 4, 2012
Yes Please. I Want A Guy Fawkes Mask.
profmnaimFeb 4, 2012
Europe had been known to be wiser among the continents and Poland known for inclination to the right, liberty and public welfare than corporate bonds, and for those reasons differed from USA and like capitalist and IMF dominated states.
NexgenATLFeb 4, 2012
http://www.nga-radio.com/2012/01/forget-sopawhat-about-acta.html ACTA didn't come out of nowhere and SOPA was just a distraction...what you think?
rizveejack1Feb 4, 2012
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Karina-kapoor/221552934606460
pplwmarithsFeb 4, 2012
0gccv.cjb.net
those proggrames uses hackers to make money