ACTA: to keep in mind
From La Quadrature du Net
This page lists key points to remember in any discussion about ACTA
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Current main action against ACTA: Call the Members of the European Parliament from JURI, LIBE and ITRE committees, who will vote on their ACTA's report on May the 31st. Make sure they take your opinion into account when voting on their report. |
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Main arguments
Against ACTA in general
- ACTA turns Internet companies (ISPs, service providers) into a private copyright police by forcing to take legal responsibility for what their users do online.
- ACTA brings broad and dangerous criminal sanctions in a loosely defined way.
- ACTA bypasses democracy and opens the door to a parallel legislative process, which the European MPs should be particularly angry about.
Specific arguments for each committee
- LIBE: stet of the report: against ACTA
What to ask: vote for the report in its actual state without amendments
- ITRE: state of the report: against ACTA
What to ask: vote for the report in its actual state without amendments
- DEVE: state of the report: in favor of ACTA
What to ask: amendments of the report
- JURI: state of the report: in favor of ACTA
What to ask: reject the report
- INTA: state of the report: against ACTA
What to ask: vote for the report in its actual state without amendments
The procedure in the European Parliament
For detailed information about the ACTA procedure in the European system, please see this page ACTA: Procedure in the European Parliament.
How to act?
To help us fight ACTA, visit our page How to act against ACTA.
Learn more
- You can learn more about ACTA and it's dangers to our freedom at http://www.laquadrature.net/en/ACTA
- You should also read our counter-arguments to the Commission's disinformation about ACTA, it answers most arguments that you might encounter by those defending ACTA.
- You can also read la Quadrature's analysis of ACTA's final version and see an overview of criticisms against ACTA.
- To be informed about the next steps to urge Members of the European Parliament to reject ACTA, send a blank email to NOtoACTA-subscribe@laquadrature.net to subscribe to our list, or to acta-subscribe@laquadrature.net to discuss ACTA. We won't use your email for anything else.
- EDRi has also done a series of fact-sheets about specific aspects of ACTA: http://www.edri.org/ACTA_Week
The following resources are also helpful in better understanding ACTA:
