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CETA, the Zombie ACTA, Must Face the Same Fate
10/07/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- Karel De Gucht
- press release
Paris, July 10th 2012 - A leaked version of the Canada-EU trade agreement (CETA) contains the worst parts of ACTA. The EU Commission appears to be once again trying to bypass the democratic process in order to impose ruthless repression online. Commissioner De Gucht cannot ignore the decision of the EU Parliament on ACTA. CETA must be cancelled altogether (or its repressive ACTA parts must be scrapped), or face the same fate as ACTA in the Parliament.
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ACTA: Total Victory for Citizens and Democracy!
04/07/12
- ACTA
- Karel De Gucht
- press release
Strasbourg, July 4th 2012 – The European Parliament rejected ACTA1 by a huge majority, killing it for good. This is a major victory for the multitude of connected citizens and organizations who worked hard for years, but also a great hope on a global scale for a better democracy. On the ruins of ACTA we must now build a positive copyright reform2, taking into account our rights instead of attacking them. The ACTA victory must resonate as a wake up call for lawmakers: Fundamental freedoms as well as the free and open Internet must prevail over private interests.
- 1. ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, secretly negotiated and imposing tough repressive measures. See https://www.laquadrature.net/ACTA
- 2. https://www.laquadrature.net/files/CopyrightReformBrief.pdf
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We Want to Share Books, Music, Films With You!
03/07/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- enforcement
- free speech
- graduated response / three strikes
- LQDN's proposals
- Michel Barnier
- news
La Quadrature du Net felt the urge to share works with the Members of the European Parliament and their assistants ahead of the ACTA vote, and in order to shed light on the urgency of reforming copyright. Some of these works aim at enjoyment and others at extending knowledge or enriching the public debate. All of them innovate in content, ways of distribution, economic models and relationship between authors, contributors and users. All citizens can do the same, and share pieces of digital culture with their elected representatives!
- Down with ACTA! The EU must protect our commons02/07/12
- ACTA
- Karel De Gucht
- David Martin
- Neelie Kroes
- press release
- [instructional videos - vol.1] How to call a MEP (against ACTA)02/07/12
- ACTA
- news
- Winning BIG on ACTA and Beyond!26/06/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- press release
- [Major Victory] Now Let's Win ACTA's Final Round!21/06/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- Karel De Gucht
- David Martin
- Christopher Fjellner
- press release
- INTA Committee Must Reject ACTA20/06/12
- ACTA
- Karel De Gucht
- David Martin
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[RussiaToday] Sound of irony: Copyright firm fined after stealing music for anti-piracy ad
18/07/12
- copyright
A music royalty collection agency in the Netherlands got trapped by the very copyright rules it was intended to protect. The company has been fined for stealing music from its client, using it without his permission and failing to pay royalties. [...]
In June, Buma/Stemra paid Rietveld another 31,000 euro. But this week the Amsterdam District Court ruled that Buma/Stemra had indeed been negligent in their handling of the case.
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[EuObserver] Commission set for fresh collision course over Acta copy-cat clauses
12/07/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- Net filtering
- Quotes La Quadrature du Net
The European Commission is set for another intellectual property rights clash with MEPs, after leaked documents revealed that proposals from the rejected counterfeit treaty Acta had been included in a draft trade agreement between the EU and Canada. [...]
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[France24] Bulgaria formally throws out online piracy pact
11/07/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- Net filtering
Bulgaria's government formally decided Wednesday to end all consultation and ratification procedures on the controversial ACTA pact against online piracy and counterfeiting, its press office said. [...]
Bulgaria was among 22 EU member states to sign the agreement in January aimed at combatting counterfeiting in general and ending online piracy.
- [PCWorld] No ISP Police Rule in Canada-EU Trade Agreement Says Spokesman11/07/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- Net filtering
- Quotes La Quadrature du Net
- [ComputerWorld] European Commission Covertly Pushing ACTA?11/07/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- Net filtering
- leak
- news
- Quotes La Quadrature du Net
- [TheIndependant] EU accused of pushing anti-piracy Agreement through back-door10/07/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- Net filtering
- leak
- news
- [ZDNet] ACTA reborn: Commission refuses to discuss EU-Canada trade agreement leaks10/07/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- Net filtering
- leak
- news
- [TheStar] Controversial copyright rules threaten Canada - European trade deal07/07/12
- ACTA
- copyright
- Net filtering
- analysis
- Talks about La Quadrature du Net
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Thank You!
The European Parliament rejected ACTA by a huge majority, today Wednesday 4th of July.
It is now time to reform the EU copyright framework!
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La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group defending the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet.
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Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age
Philippe Aigrain, co-founder of La Quadrature du Net, in collaboration with Suzanne Aigrain, describes in his new book Sharing the creative contribution, a financial model designed to sustain an expanding creative economy in a context where sharing is recognized as a right.
Sharing is available
- as a paper book, available globally,
- as a commercial eBook in Epub format,
- in an open access electronic version,
- and a dedicated “live book“ website at www.sharing-thebook.com where you can comment on the book chapters, download source code and datasets, and interactively run models with parameters of your choice.