[discuss] Should CLUE sign up to "ACTA belongs to the past"?

[Russell McOrmond]

Check out:

open letter - 59 NGOs signatories so far! - add yours!
http://ur1.ca/0hrjm "ACTA belongs to the past."

After reading this, do the participants here think CLUE should sign
on? What are peoples thoughts about what they have heard about ACTA,
the so-called "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" which most believe
has little to do with counterfeiting or trade.

[Evan Leibovitch]

Count me in the "hell yeah" camp on this one. We oughtta be part of it.

- Evan (sent from my Android phone)

On 5 Jul 2010 10:13, "Russell McOrmond" <***@flora.ca> wrote:

Check out:

open letter - 59 NGOs signatories so far! - add yours!
http://ur1.ca/0hrjm"ACTA belongs to the past."

After reading this, do the participants here think CLUE should sign on?
What are peoples thoughts about what they have heard about ACTA, the
so-called "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" which most believe has
little to do with counterfeiting or trade.
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[G. Matthew Rice]

Well, it's a symptom of a bigger problem, IMO, but it's gets a +1 from me, too.

--matt

Count me in the "hell yeah" camp on this one.? We oughtta be part of it.
- Evan (sent from my Android phone)
open letter - 59 NGOs signatories so far! - add yours! http://ur1.ca/0hrjm
"ACTA belongs to the past."
?After reading this, do the participants here think CLUE should sign on?
?What are peoples thoughts about what they have heard about ACTA, the
so-called "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" which most believe has
little to do with counterfeiting or trade.
--
?Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
?Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property
?rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition!
?http://fix.billc32.ca/petition/ict/
?"The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware
?manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or
?portable media player from my cold dead hands!"
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[Scott Elcomb]

open letter - 59 NGOs signatories so far! - add yours! http://ur1.ca/0hrjm
"ACTA belongs to the past."
?After reading this, do the participants here think CLUE should sign on?
?What are peoples thoughts about what they have heard about ACTA, the
so-called "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" which most believe has
little to do with counterfeiting or trade.

I'm in the Yes camp as well, and have been for some time. With all
the media attention on ACTA over the last year though, I'm worried
that some of the more disturbing aspects of ACTA will sneak through
(via CETA) even if Canada does not sign on.

[Marc Lijour]

+1

Lots of concerns regarding the respect of human rights and expected processes
in democratic countries. Closed-door debates are already a bad omen, but when
it comes to business interests, potential attacks to the principle of net
neutrality (the nature of the internet, as defended by its creator Tim Berners
Lee), and big questions regarding privacy and information rights, this kind of
negotiations should be taken seriously by every citizens. CLUE has certainly a
role to play as some sort of technical watchdog.

Marc