[Solar-general] Fwd: [FSF] Take action: tell the USTR to reject ACTA

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El 11 de febrero de 2011 16:16, Diego Saravia <dsa en unsa.edu.ar> escribió:

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> From: Free Software Foundation <info en fsf.org>
> Date: 2011/2/11
> Subject: [FSF] Take action: tell the USTR to reject ACTA
> To: info-fsf en fsf.org
>
>
> The ACTA drafting process is finished, and countries are beginning to
> turn an eye toward signing it.  Help us stand against it!
>
> ACTA aims to be an international agreement to establish even more
> imposing copyright and trademark laws throughout the world, with a
> minimum of scrutiny.  Countries that sign the agreement commit to
> enacting DMCA-like anti-circumvention legislation, establishing
> criminal penalties for specific kinds of infringement, and maintaining
> several overbearing enforcement mechanisms.
>
> ACTA was largely drafted in secret between countries with the world's
> largest economies, with input from large copyright and trademark
> holders who stand to benefit from all this legislation at our expense.
> As more information about the terms of the agreement began to leak, we
> published Richard Stallman's "Firm, Simple Declaration Against ACTA":
>
>  * <http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/acta/acta-declaration>
>
> Since then, more than 4,700 of you have signed it.  Thanks for your
> support!
>
> Now the drafting process is finished, and the countries who negotiated
> it are now looking to sign it.  Some of the provisions in the final
> text are not as bad as earlier drafts -- but that doesn't mean the
> agreement is acceptable.  We need to take this opportunity to demand
> the freedoms we deserve.  As Stallman explained:
>
> > ... where there have been previous changes for the worse, lauding
> > the status quo tends to legitimize them. ... To confront a further
> > assault by presenting the status quo as ideal means we stop fighting
> > to reverse them. It means that our adversaries need only propose a
> > further affront to our rights to gain our acceptance of their last
> > affront.
>
> > Instead of making the status quo our ideal, we should demand
> > positive changes to recover freedoms already lost.
>
> The US Trade Representative is requesting comments from US citizens
> and organizations about signing ACTA.  Now, we've added your voice to
> ours.  The FSF has submitted a letter encouraging the US, and all
> countries, to reject the agreement and instead focus on repealing
> copyright and trademark laws that unfairly support large owners,
> citing the 4,700 signatures that Stallman's declaration received.  You
> can read a copy online at:
>
>  * <http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/2011-01-ustr-acta.pdf>
>
> You can help out, too, by taking action:
>
> * If you haven't already, please sign Stallman's declaration.  The
>  USTR may check to verify the number of signatures we mentioned in
>  our letter.  It would be great if we have even more when that
>  happens!
>
> * Share this call to action with your friends, and on social sites.
>  We need all the help we can get.
>
> * If you're a US citizen, you can write to the USTR as well.  Comments
>  are due by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on February 15.  Follow the USTR's
>  instructions to submit your comments:
>
>  * <http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=USTR-2010-0014-0001>
>
>  Please send a copy of your letter to us at <acta-comments en fsf.org>,
>  too, so we can keep track of the response.
>
>  We've included a brief sample letter below to help you get started.
>  Of course, it's best if you write your own letter: unique responses
>  will receive more attention from the USTR.  Use this sample as
>  inspiration to help structure your own thoughts.
>
> ACTA threatens to create major legal obstacles to free software
> throughout the world.  Please join us by expressing your opposition!
>
> ### Sample Letter ###
>
> Stanford K. McCoy
> Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and
> Innovation
> Office of the United States Trade Representative
> 600 17th St NW
> Washington, DC 20006
>
> Re: Comments on ACTA (Docket no. USTR-2010-0014)
>
> Dear Mr. McCoy:
>
> I am writing to urge the United States not to sign ACTA.  The
> agreement would impose unethically strict extensions to copyright law
> in other countries, and increased criminal penalties for infringement
> here.  It mandates a number of enforcement mechanisms that unjustly
> benefit copyright and trademark holders at the expense of individual
> liberties.  It would also create new obstacles to repealing
> problematic US laws like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
>
> Now that computers are available to many, it's easier than ever for
> people to share information and cultural works with each other.  Our
> laws should allow and encourage them to do so.  We stand to benefit
> from less enforcement of copyright and trademark laws -- not more.
> ACTA is a step in the wrong direction.  No country should sign it.
>
> Sincerely,
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> --
> Diego Saravia
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