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BBC News - Thousands march in Poland over Acta internet treaty http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16735219 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16735219

by Create 15y ago

ajuc 15y ago
There were protest yesterday in many Polish cities - biggest in Kraków (15000 according to police), smaller 500-5000 in other cities. People summed it up to about 60 000 people in the whole country. Today there will be protest in Lublin, Poznan, and other cities. I'm going to the one in Lublin. Probably nothing's gonna change, but lies of the governament are too much. They say in TV and radio that ACTA won't change a thing in Polish law. And they say we need to change the law to be like in other "civilised" countries. No problem with contradicting themselves.
- zalew 15y ago
  > Today there will be protest in Lublin, Poznan, and other cities. I'm going to the one in Lublin. In Warsaw protests are moved to tomorrow because of legal issues (you have to notify 3 days before) http://www.tvnwarszawa.pl/informacje,news,protest-przeciw-acta-przelozony,392802.html http://www.tvnwarszawa.pl/informacje,news,protest-przeciw-ac... Other cities today, as you say http://www.tvnwarszawa.pl/informacje,news,acta-podpisana,393941.html http://www.tvnwarszawa.pl/informacje,news,acta-podpisana,393...
hastur 15y ago
Yeah, ACTA really exploded in the public awareness in Poland in the past week. You can read more about it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3502200 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3502200 And here's some more footage from the protests: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3511980 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3511980
- Create 15y ago
  thanks for all the news! „Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki.”
- tripzilch 15y ago
  Wow, "funny" how we heard nothing about this in NL.
  - ergo14 15y ago
    Actually your country did NOT sign it yet - hopefully they wont ?
    - tripzilch 15y ago
      While that's a good thing and indeed hopefully they won't, it would be even better if the Dutch public heard about it, so they'd know which politicians are responsible for not signing it and deserve their support. Or, if things go bad, which politician budged in the end. Bringing the matter into public eye might make them less likely to do that.
zalew 15y ago
The reality is nobody here except geeks was aware of ACTA at all. The explosion of media attention started about a week ago, and even polititians were totally unprepared to handle any reposnse and it looked like they were surprised that finally somebody noticed it. Even the most pro-govt media didn't leave it alone, but it's sad that the case was raised so late. Too bad we don't have any real rock-stars on the tech scene to speak up, such as sopa had google, reddit, etc. Most media coverage include interviews with old tards in suits and some rotting entertainment celebs skewing up the view on this issue talking about their precious mp3s nobody listens to anyway, and on the other side they show protesting people way too young to speak about it in a reasonable manner. I'm all happy about the protests emerging, but it's too bad we lack influencial people in the tech sector to handle this issue on a substantive level.

BBC News - Thousands march in Poland over Acta internet treaty http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16735219 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16735219

by Create 15y ago

BBC News - Thousands march in Poland over Acta internet treaty http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16735219 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16735219

ajuc 15y ago

There were protest yesterday in many Polish cities - biggest in Kraków (15000 according to police), smaller 500-5000 in other cities. People summed it up to about 60 000 people in the whole country. Today there will be protest in Lublin, Poznan, and other cities. I'm going to the one in Lublin. Probably nothing's gonna change, but lies of the governament are too much. They say in TV and radio that ACTA won't change a thing in Polish law. And they say we need to change the law to be like in other "civilised" countries. No problem with contradicting themselves.

zalew 15y ago
> Today there will be protest in Lublin, Poznan, and other cities. I'm going to the one in Lublin. In Warsaw protests are moved to tomorrow because of legal issues (you have to notify 3 days before) http://www.tvnwarszawa.pl/informacje,news,protest-przeciw-acta-przelozony,392802.html http://www.tvnwarszawa.pl/informacje,news,protest-przeciw-ac... Other cities today, as you say http://www.tvnwarszawa.pl/informacje,news,acta-podpisana,393941.html http://www.tvnwarszawa.pl/informacje,news,acta-podpisana,393...

hastur 15y ago

Yeah, ACTA really exploded in the public awareness in Poland in the past week. You can read more about it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3502200 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3502200 And here's some more footage from the protests: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3511980 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3511980

Create 15y ago
thanks for all the news! „Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki.”
tripzilch 15y ago
Wow, "funny" how we heard nothing about this in NL.
- ergo14 15y ago
  Actually your country did NOT sign it yet - hopefully they wont ?
  - tripzilch 15y ago
    While that's a good thing and indeed hopefully they won't, it would be even better if the Dutch public heard about it, so they'd know which politicians are responsible for not signing it and deserve their support. Or, if things go bad, which politician budged in the end. Bringing the matter into public eye might make them less likely to do that.

zalew 15y ago

The reality is nobody here except geeks was aware of ACTA at all. The explosion of media attention started about a week ago, and even polititians were totally unprepared to handle any reposnse and it looked like they were surprised that finally somebody noticed it. Even the most pro-govt media didn't leave it alone, but it's sad that the case was raised so late. Too bad we don't have any real rock-stars on the tech scene to speak up, such as sopa had google, reddit, etc. Most media coverage include interviews with old tards in suits and some rotting entertainment celebs skewing up the view on this issue talking about their precious mp3s nobody listens to anyway, and on the other side they show protesting people way too young to speak about it in a reasonable manner. I'm all happy about the protests emerging, but it's too bad we lack influencial people in the tech sector to handle this issue on a substantive level.