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It bears repeating: ACTA as a treaty has been ratified, but the legislative part of ACTA has not been ratified. You can: 1. Donate to the EFF - https://suppor
by chalst 15y ago
It bears repeating: ACTA as a treaty has been ratified, but the legislative part of ACTA has not been ratified.
You can:
1. Donate to the EFF - https://supporters.eff.org/donate https://supporters.eff.org/donate
2. Write to your MP and MEP - the Wired story has a lot of good points that can be used in a message. Remember paper beats email, but email still counts. Google "find your mep" for many services
3. Link to the Wired story.
- bad_user 15y agoACTA as a treaty has been ratified, but the legislative part of ACTA has not been ratified Could you please explain the difference?
- zalew 15y ago> ACTA as a treaty has been ratified hg clone acta > the legislative part of ACTA has not been ratified chmod +x acta/acta.sh
- chalst 15y agoA treaty is an agreement that happens because diplomats acting on behalf of governments have reached agreement. So for ACTA, the treaty has been drawn up and agreed by various diplomats including those representing the EU. But these diplomats cannot legislate. The treaty only comes into force when the various parliaments pass laws committing their countries to the treaty's provisions.
- bad_user 15y agoBut did this treaty get passed the EU Parliament?
- zalew 15y agonot yet, and there's a chance it won't because certain points violate EU's charter of fundamental rights
- bad_user 15y agoSo I don't get this - who authorizes a diplomat to go forth and sign the treaty? The country's government? So this issue was discussed in all 22 countries that signed it? When?
- ktsmith 15y agoACTA was discussed and developed almost entirely in secret over the last couple of years.
- cumulus 15y agoI would like to add a fourth: There are protests in pretty much all capitals (and elsewhere), be there! There is power in numbers.