[Solar-general] Fwd: [hipatia-socios] [#1525] laquadraturedunet: debunking EU lies about ACTA

[Diego Saravia]

this is their analysis of the facts (pdf):

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

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 EU executive branch (EU Commission plus 22 Member States governments)
officially signed ACTA1, 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” directorate2, 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circumventing democracy and hurting freedoms to protect the outdated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.


source:

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