[P2P-F] Fwd: [opennetcoalition] Like in Mexico, Parliaments Must Reject ACTA

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: La Quadrature du Net <jz at laquadrature.net>
Date: Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:33 PM
Subject: [opennetcoalition] Like in Mexico, Parliaments Must Reject ACTA
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Like in Mexico, Parliaments Must Reject ACTA


*** Paris, June 23rd, 2011 - The Mexican Senate approved a resolution
calling on the government not to sign the anti-counterfeiting agreement
ACTA. La Quadrature calls on French and European Members of Parliament to do
the same. ***

A few weeks after ACTA was opened to signature1, the resolution2 of the
Mexican Senate shows that it refuses the imposition of illegitimate
sanctions in the fight against counterfeiting. Such a refusal is essential
since ACTA - far from being limited to trade policy - would impose on
signatories new sanctions that are ill-defined and extremely large in scope.
These sanctions would apply even to not-for-profit infringements of
copyright, patents or trademarks3. This vote suggests that even if the
Mexican government were to sign ACTA, the Senate would refuse to ratify it.

"The vote of the Mexican Senate is a call to reason: you can't negotiate in
the back of democratic representatives in the sole interest of some lobbies'
outdated models. Let's act so that in France and in the European Union as
well, our elected representatives oppose the theft of their legislative
competence. Citizens must call on parliamentarians to follow the example of
their Mexican counterparts by demanding to national governments and the EU
Commission to drop ACTA.", says Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson for the
citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net.


* Références *

1.
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-ratification-underway-must-be-rejected

2. http://www.senado.gob.mx/index.php?id=9376&lg=61&mn=2&sm=2&ver=sp

3. See our analysis of ACTA, and in particular of the abusive definition of
"commercial scale":
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-updated-analysis-of-the-final-version



** About la Quadrature du Net **


La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and
freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for
the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding
principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge.

In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better
understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and
pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage
citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the
digital age.

La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs
including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and
Privacy International.

List of supporting organisations :
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-squaring-net-la-quadrature-du-net


** Press contact and press room **

Jérémie Zimmermann, jz at laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675

http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room



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