Quad'news
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07/02/12
Will the New ACTA Rapporteur Stand For Citizens Freedoms?
Paris, February 7th, 2012 – Member of the EU Parliament David Martin, from the Socialist & Democrats group, has been appointed new rapporteur for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in the “International Trade” committee (INTA). Unfortunately, his record on protecting freedoms online is worryingly poor and should prompt EU citizens to act against ACTA and ensure that the EU Parliament will defend their rights by rejecting this dangerous agreement.
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06/02/12
The EU Commission's Repressive Plans Beyond ACTA
Paris, February 6th, 2012 – The EU Commission is relentlessly defending ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which faces widespread opposition in Europe and beyond. Falsely portraying ACTA as an acceptable agreement, the Commission is paving the way for its ultra-repressive copyright enforcement agenda, as revealed in documents just released. Citizens and their elected representatives across Europe must denounce this dangerous drift of the policy-making process, which is bound to undermine freedoms online and the very architecture of the Internet, and instead require a thorough reform of copyright.
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03/02/12
Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age - By Philippe Aigrain
Paris, February 3rd, 2012 – Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age is out! Philippe Aigrain, co-founder of La Quadrature du Net, in collaboration with Suzanne Aigrain, describes the creative contribution, a financial model designed to sustain an expanding creative economy in a context where sharing is recognized as a right.
- 01/02/12
ACTA: Commissioner De Gucht Lies to the EU Parliament
- 30/01/12
Debunking the EU Commission's Lies About ACTA
- 26/01/12
ACTA Signed by the EU. Let's Defeat it Together!
- 24/01/12
ACTA: Letter to the EU Parliament Development Committee
- 23/01/12
After SOPA/PIPA in the US, ACTA Makes Its Way to the EU Parliament
Press review
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08/02/12
[GlobalPost] EU struggles to get its ACTA together
Europe is facing a widening revolt over an international agreement billed by supporters as a essential tool to beat online piracy, but denounced by opponents as a menace to internet freedom.
“ACTA is an irrecoverable circumvention of democracy, a text whose need was never demonstrated in any way, and which creates grave dangers for online freedoms for the sole benefit of a few special interest groups,” said Philippe Aigrain, co-founder of the French Internet campaign group La Quadrature du Net. [...]
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07/02/12
[Wyborcza.Pl] Bez nas sprawa ad ACTA
Sans nous, l'accord n'est pas valide
Si la Pologne ne ratifie pas l'accord, l'ACTA n'a aucune chance de devenir un accord de l'Union européenne. Oui, il pourra prendre effet, s'il est ratifié par un nombre suffisant de signataires hors de l'UE, mais il n'aura pas d'effet contraignant sur l'UE, et y compris la Pologne […]
Without us, the agreement is not valid
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07/02/12
[Di.Pl] Tylko 1% popiera rząd ws. ACTA
Seulement 1% des électeurs soutient le gouvernement sur l'ACTA
94% des répondants pensent que le gouvernement polonais ne devrait pas avoir à signer un accord ACTA — selon les résultats préliminaires de l'examen par l'Institut Polonais-Japonais de Technologies de l'Information.
Les personnes intérogées ont également répondu aux questions sur la distribution gratuite de contenus protégés par le droit d'auteur, activités qui sont selon eux le plus favorable aux créateurs et devrait inspirer la loi polonaise. - 07/02/12
[EuObserver] Czech Republic stops ratification of anti-counterfeit treaty
- 07/02/12
[Wyborcza.Pl] Debata ws. ACTA: Premier kontra internauci
- 06/02/12
[Di.Pl] ACTA: Najpierw prawda, potem debata - postulują organizacje społeczne
- 06/02/12
[Bbc.Co.Uk] BBC News - Acta: Europe braced for protests over anti-piracy treaty
- 06/02/12
[V3.co] Opposition to ACTA mounts as Poland reconsiders
La Quadrature du Net defends
- Human Rights in the digital society
- Access to a free and open Internet
- Sharing of culture and knowledge
La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group defending the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet.
Video: NO to ACTA
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 http://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.
