January 31, 2012
ACTA - WTF
All right, so turns out this SOPA and PIPA weren't as bad compared to this crazy ACTA thing they've been hatching up since 2006. The name suggests it has to do something with preventing counterfeiting and promoting trade. This benign name is intentionally misleading. [Wikipedia link]
Below are two short but good videos I found in a 2+2 thread posted by "la6ki". Couldn't manage to embed them.
http://youtu.be/_K9p8gyKLNM
http://youtu.be/N8Xg_C2YmG0
Obama already signed the Treaty using an executive order. Stealthy dude. This, however, appears to be unconstitutional. Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea also appear to have signed.
European countries have also signed ACTA, however "the signature of ACTA by European countries does not mean the deal is done, it needs to be ratified by the European Parliament. They will vote on June 2012 to either ratify or reject ACTA." - www.stopacta.info
Please help spread the word. SHARE videos and links. Europeans, you can read more about how to contact your MEPs here. Tell them to vote against ratification, this would disarm ACTA in Europe and weaken the Treaty's power and scope. Online poker could be affected quite negatively, this is definitely not a fight we want to lose.
GO GO GO.
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