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ACTA
ACTA is one more offensive against the sharing of culture on the Internet. ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is an agreement secretly negotiated by a small "club" of like-minded countries (39 countries, including the 27 of the European Union, the United States, Japan, etc). Negotiated instead of being democratically debated, ACTA bypasses parliaments and international organizations to dictate a repressive logic dictated by the entertainment industries.
ACTA would impose new criminal sanctions forcing Internet actors to monitor and censor online communications. It is thus a major threat to freedom of expression online and creates legal uncertainty for Internet companies. In the name of trademarks and patents, it would also hamper access to generic medicines in poor countries.
The European Parliament now has an ultimate opportunity to reject ACTA.
Dossier
- La Quadrature's analysis of ACTA's digital chapter
- Overview of criticisms against ACTA
- Impact assessment of ACTA on fundamental rights, commissioned by the Green group of the EU Parliament
- Study commissioned by the Trade committee of the EU Parliament, which confirms that ACTA must be rejected
- Position of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) on ACTA
- Health Action International Europe comments on ACTA stakeholder consultation
- Resolution from the European Parliament opposing the current negotiation process regarding ACTA
- Open Letter to EU institutions
- EDRi's FAQ on ACTA digital chapter
- European Commission's analysis of the draft digital Chapter
- Summary of Internet Chapter
- Global overview of ACTA
- FFII's analysis of ACTA and Memo on the EU competence to conclude trade agreements under the Lisbon treaty
- EFF essay: The impact of ACTA on the knowledge economy
- MPAA letter to U.S Congress
- WeRebuild.eu's introduction to ACTA: Analysis and introduction to key actors
- Letter to the French Minister of the Economy, Christine Lagarde, regarding ACTA
Reference documents
- Final text of ACTA dated May 2011
- European Parliament Written declaration 12/2010
- European Parliament resolution opposing the current negotiation process regarding the ACTA
- European Parliament resolution of 18 December 2008 on the impact of counterfeiting on international trade
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Timeline
Future
- Early 2012 - Consent vote in the European Parliament (Last chance to reject ACTA!)
Past
- December 16th, 2011 - The Council of the European Union adopts legal instrument for ACTA ratification
- October 1st, 2011 - Canada, Australia, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore & the United States sign ACTA
- May 27th, 2011 - EU Commission releases the final version of ACTA, which is now open to signature
- September 23rd - October 1st 2010 - Eleventh round of negotiations to be held in Tokyo, Japan
- September 9th, 2010 - Adoption of the written declaration 12/2010 in the European Parliament
- August 16th-20th, 2010 - Tenth round of negotiations held in Washington, USA
- July 13th, 2010 - Consolidated version of the ACTA text dated July 1st, 2010
- June 28th - July 1st 2010 - Ninth round of negotiations held in Luzern, Switzerland
- April 21st, 2010 - The negotiating parties published the documents of the 8th round of negotiations held in Wellington
- April 12th-16th, 2010 - Eighth round of negotiations held in Wellington, New Zealand
- January 26th-29th, 2010 - Seventh round of negotiations held in Mexico
- November 3rd-6th, 2009 - Sixth round of negotiations held in Seoul, South Korea
- July 16th-17th, 2009 - Fifth round of negotiations held in Rabat, Morocco
- March 2009 - The European Parliament passes a resolution calling for the public availability of all ACTA materials. The U.S. government denies requests for access to ACTA documents on national security grounds but promises to review its approach.
- December 15th-18th, 2008 - Fourth round of negotiations held in Paris, France
- October 8th-9th, 2008 - Third round of negotiations held in Tokyo, Japan
- July 29th-31st, 2008 - Second round of negotiations held in Washington, DC
- June 3rd-4th, 2008 - First round of negotiations held in Geneva
- November 2007 - April 2008 - Governments conduct initial consultations on ACTA.
- October 2007 - The United States, European Union, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Canada announce plans to negotiate ACTA.
