<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Jozef:<div><br></div><div>Actually there is already an ISOC position on ACTA:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/submission-ec-acta-consult-20100322.pdf">Internet Society submission on the European Commission Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Stakeholders' Consultation Meeting</a></div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps we need to follow that up in present circumstances.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Christopher.</div><div><br><div><div>On 17 Jan 2012, at 09:51, Jozef Halbersztadt wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>There is another and global face of this danger, called ACTA.<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement</a><br><br>European Union is going to sign the treaty on IPR enforcement in near future, following the USA and a few other countries. We think in Poland how to ignite a similar flame of protest against ACTA. ISOC initiative, maybe at European level, would be helpful.<br><br>JH<br><br>-- <br>'jothal' jozef [dot] halbersztadt [at] gmail [dot] com<br>Internet Society Poland http://www.isoc.org.pl<br><br><br>2012/1/17 Christopher Wilkinson <cw@christopherwilkinson.eu>:<br><blockquote type="cite">This issue is of global relevance for at least two reasons:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-       the extraterritorial reach of some of the SOPA bill's provisions<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-       a US precedent that may be followed by others.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">CW<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On 17 Jan 2012, at 08:25, Fred Baker wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Do you think they could include HADOPI in that, or is this only about the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">US?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 16, 2012, at 9:56 PM, Narelle Clark wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">This looks like a strong protest!<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thoughts anyone?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">To: English Wikipedia Readers and Community<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">From: Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Date: January 16, 2012<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Today, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">UTC<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">on Wednesday, January 18 (you can read the statement from the Wikimedia<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Foundation here). The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">in the United States—the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">of Representatives, and the PROTECTIP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate—that,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockqu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