Stop ACTA!

Das Internet droht zum globalen Polizeistaat zu werden. Die Ausmasse sind erschreckend:

A new global trade agreement is being drafted — mostly in secret — by the US, European Union, Switzerland, Australia, and a select handful of other wealthy nations.

What is the Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)?

In 2007 a select handful of the wealthiest countries began a treaty-making process to create a new global standard for intellectual property rights enforcement, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).  ACTA is spearheaded by the United States, the European Commission, Japan, and Switzerland — those countries with the largest intellectual property industries.  Other countries invited to participate in ACTA’s negotiation process are Canada, Australia, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand.  Noticeably absent from ACTA’s negotiations are leaders from developing countries who hold national policy priorities that differ from the international intellectual property industry. [mehr…]