[P2P-F] Fwd: Debunking the EU Commission's Lies About ACTA

Mon Jan 30 15:16:24 CET 2012

https://www.laquadrature.net/en/the-eu-commissions-lies-about-acta

Download our analysis (in PDF) debunking the EU Commission's lies on ACTA :

http://www.laquadrature.net/files/Debunking_the_EU_Commissions_fact-sheet_on_ACTA.pdf

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From: La Quadrature du Net <jz at laquadrature.net>
Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Subject: [fcf_discussion] Debunking the EU Commission's Lies About ACTA
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Themes: ACTA, COPYRIGHT, CENSORSHIP, LOBBYING, EU COMMISSION, DE GUCHT,
KROES, BARNIER

La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release

Permanent link:
https://www.laquadrature.net/en/the-eu-commissions-lies-about-acta

Debunking the EU Commission's Lies About ACTA

*** Paris, January 30th, 2012 – The EU Commission is engaging in an all-out
offensive to portray ACTA as normal trade agreement harmless to fundamental
rights or access to knowledge. In several published documents, the
Commission's attempts to impose ACTA onto the EU Parliament while silencing
legitimate criticism. But these misrepresentations don't resist scrutiny.
***

As the EU executive branch (EU Commission plus 22 Member States
governments) officially signed ACTA [1], the way is now open for its
consideration by the European Parliament. Its 754 elected members now have
an opportunity, during a process that will last for several months, to
either accept or reject ACTA.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are already under great pressure,
not only from the copyright industry lobbyists, but also from the European
Commission's “International Trade” directorate [2], who negotiated the text
in total opacity during 3 years. Citizens must contact the Members of the
EU Parliament (MEPs) to denounce the Commission's infuriating lies, and
urge them to ensure that the EU's democratic values will be preserved. MEPs
must commit to working in their respective committees towards the rejection
of ACTA.

“The EU Commission is plainly lying to the Members of the European
Parliament by presenting ACTA as an acceptable agreement. By signing ACTA
together with EU Member States, the EU Commission dismissed the legitimate
concerns of thousands of citizens across Europe who have been protesting
against ACTA in the past few days. Citizens must contact their elected
representatives and remind them what ACTA is all about: circumventing
democracy and hurting freedoms to protect the outdated business models of
rent-seeking industries.”, said Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson for La
Quadrature du Net.

Download our analysis (in PDF) debunking the EU Commission's lies on ACTA :

http://www.laquadrature.net/files/Debunking_the_EU_Commissions_fact-sheet_on_ACTA.pdf

* References *

1.
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-signed-by-the-eu-lets-defeat-it-together

2. DG Trade and its commissioner Karel De Gucht are responsible for ACTA
within the EU Commission.

** 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:
https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net

** Press contact and press room **

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

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