also for libraries would have the proposed trade agreements on copyright, copyright piracy and probably critical impacts. When it comes to the ACTA provisions are primarily the interests of rights holders are protected. Libraries could in the near have to restrict future public access to their collections or to the Internet and will be forced to step up surveillance of its users even more.
At a public hearing on 22 September, U.S. companies in the IT and Internet industries, library associations, civil rights groups warned against vague and far-reaching regulation. (Golem.de, Networld 24/09/2008)
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100 civil society Organizations worldwide in a petition calling for the immediate disclosure of the draft to the previously negotiated secret ACTA secret agreement against piracy. Privacy advocates are concerned that ACTA will bring far-reaching restrictions on the fundamental rights of citizens. The few leaked documents indicated that customs officers receive most extensive search powers and Internet provider to "cooperation" can be forced with the media industry.
"We urge the negotiators of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement [ACTA] on to make the draft agreement public immediately, as all the discussion papers before negotiations will continue." From Germany include the network Free Knowledge (Berlin) and the Buko Pharma-Kampagne (Bielefeld) to the signatories.
The two U.S. civil rights organization Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF ) and Public Knowledge want to force the U.S. government in court for release of information about the largely secret negotiated Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). You have to brought against the Trade Delegation of the United States brought to their tasks, the worldwide expansion of the regime of intellectual property rights is one
ACTA should still be signed before the end of the George W. Bush. The EFF had an exam in June of the draft under Freedom of Information Act promised. ->> application
had previously also made developing countries front against ACTA and urged to put the work in the proposed multilateral agreement on a broader international base such as under the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). AIDS support organization in Malaysia to Peru to fear for the supply of the developing countries with cheap generic drugs, privacy advocates warn of a total surveillance of the Internet.
that was initiated on ACTA parties
ACTA, the outside of the responsible bodies of the World Trade Organization [WTO] and WIPO [World Intellectual Property Organization] is in the U.S., France and other EU countries, plus Japan and Australia.
ACTA meeting on 11 and 22 September
The EU Council of Ministers on 11 September devoted to the topic. The secrecy on the part of EU and U.S. negotiators will continue, however. It is certain now, however, that the Internet will be affected by the ACTA measures.
In the United States, the clink in 2007 at the G-7 meeting, the ACTA process on 22 September at 10.00 clock in Washington DC for an open registration information meeting for stakeholders on ACTA place. The
Draft of the agreement, which is still to be concluded this year between the EU, the United States and other industrialized nations such as Japan and Mexico, by the parties involved still carefully kept under wraps. After all
is now part of the Council of the Union submitted a working document that 26 to August 2008 is dated. The actual draft agreement has not been published by the Council. The staff responsible for the negotiations EU Commission refuses so far to disclose the progress of negotiations.
lead in Austria in terms of ACTA, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, currently headed by Martin Bartenstein [ÖVP], are also involved in Department of Justice and the Commissioner for Customs Ministry of Finance.
actions against Internet piracy
The working paper of the Council is vague. Generally, the Council invites the Commission and the member states, more to do against piracy. The fact that should be taken against piracy on the Web is several times stated. To accurate measures in the paper is nothing.
The Council recommends the establishment of an EU Centre to combat piracy. Commission and Member States should create for the years 2009 to 2012, a plan by which the customs authorities will be better equipped for the fight against counterfeiting. Also, this schedule indicates that ACTA adopted quickly should be. This will better link the customs authorities and the legislation will be adjusted accordingly. To protect the intellectual property, "the document concludes, should" take all appropriate measures are taken. " could
surveillance and censorship have
In the open letter, the NGOs point out that indicate documents which have been expressed by lobbying organizations that ACTA engage deeply in its citizens' fundamental rights and bring deterioration in their work. So it was likely that were included in the contract restrictive passages for patents on medicines and software. The EFF is concerned that ACTA Internet Provider could commit to constantly scan their traffic to copyrighted material through.
Us What Internet provider?
In the United States had been the trade associations of Internet providers, including industry giants such as AT & T, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo and other Internet-based company issued against the way in negotiating what and how here. They are facing the prospect of ACTA to the auxiliary police "rights holders" to be.
tried in France, the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy just push through a law providing a complete monitoring of Internet traffic through the Provider requires.
Three infringers to the network operators are forced to block internet access of the client.
were strikingly similar passages were also found in the telecommunications package of the EU, on 2 As discussed in the September plenary session of the European Parliament.
A position paper of the Federation of German Industries [BDI], the present ORF.at tends in the same direction.
The wall of silence
ORF.at the Economics Ministry has sought immediately and repeatedly, which is contained in the Abkommmen, which will be in use by the parties nor decided this year, because actually. A parliamentary question from Mr Johann Maier responded to the Justice Ministry with the information that at ACTA Ministry that was responsible.
was a response to date from the Ministry of Economy, on questions to the European Commission, the Austrian Federation of Industry, the Federation of German Industry, the EU Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx and EU Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros there was also no reaction.
On the EU-Commission has been assured regular as stereotypical, there is still no agreement text provided, all other parties are silent on the long term.
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