[Chapter-delegates] PES on ACTA - wow!

[Eduard Tric]

I am less impressed , the reasoning is badly flawed ,his  particularly phrase  striked me ,as it goes against Isoc/Icann multistakeholder approach :
"We cannot allow this legislation to privatize Internet governance and limit fundamental freedoms."
It would mean that PES (european socialists) would like to supress Icann , Isoc  and set-up a ITU-type government controlled Internet.
I would prefer to leave Internet as is. 

Extrapolating from real facts (acta process is undemocratic on EU standards) to wishful thinking is a common politician trick.

Our last analysis of Acta is that two treaties are needed : one addressing international counterfeintg issues , another one addressing international piracy issues. Trying to solve piracy problems with counterfeiting treaty is wired.

Ed  

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From: "Elena Zvarici" <elena.zvarici at isoc.ro>
To: "Veni Markovski" <veni at veni.com>
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Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] PES on ACTA - wow!



Hi veni 

Very strong statement indeed. 
I have a hunch Europe will be turning left and stay there for a very long time :) 


Elena Zvarici 
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From: "Veni Markovski" <veni at veni.com> 
To: Chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org, "European Chapters" <european-chapters at elists.isoc.org> 
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:25:12 PM 
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] PES on ACTA - wow! 

Hi. 

I am not usually saying nice words about any politicians, therefore this is even more deserved. And, of course, I must admit that the fact Mr. Stanishev, the chairman of PES, is a member of ISOC-Bulgaria since 2000 certainly helps conveying some messages, and he listened. I am being told that some parties were not very supportive of the declaration, but were persuaded that the issue at stake is more important than usual. Good job! 

Now, all other chapters, please, reach out to your governments as well! 

veni 


http://www.pes.org/en/news/acta-wrong-both-content-and-process-says-pes-strongly-worded-declaration 


ACTA is “wrong in both content and process”, says PES in strongly worded declaration 

09/02/2012 
Protests against
        ACTA 

Protests against ACTA 


PES President calls on European Parliament to vote against agreement 

The Party of European Socialists (PES) has today adopted a text which condemns the democratic shortcomings of the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) and warns against its potential threat to the fundamental rights of the citizens. The text calls the agreement; “wrong in both content and process”. 

The agreement is at risk of allowing internet providers to violate Internet privacy and would restrict open discourse. There are concerns that it would also limit the access to generic medicine. This proposal has been negotiated behind closed doors since 2007. 

PES President Sergei Stanishev has called on the European Parliament to vote against the proposal in June. He noted that; “the ACTA proposal is wrong in both content and process. It does not reflect the interest of citizens but the interests of big corporations and profit margins: it confers on them alarmingly broad powers to punish and restrict. We cannot allow this legislation to privatize Internet governance and limit fundamental freedoms. Intellectual property rights must be guaranteed, but not at the expense of the rights of the citizens. The statement adopted at the PES Presidency on Thursday 9 February commits the PES to a long term campaign to remove the stated risks from the draft”. 

Mr. Stanishev added that; “the PES does not support the type of extreme censorship as proposed by ACTA, and regrets that the conservative majority in the European Parliament have shut down any opportunity to conduct a clear and fair debate at social and political level”. 

PES Secretary General Philip Cordery stated: “ACTA will have a huge impact on the lives of the citizens and, yet the European Commission has discussed the text in absolute secrecy. This is unacceptable. Any debate related to ACTA must be transparent, publicly accountable and faithful to our most democratic values”. 

ACTA is set to be voted on by the European Parliament in June and ratified at national level. In the meantime, a multitudinous, EU-wide demonstration against the agreement will take place this Saturday. The online petition calling for the rejection of ACTA has been endorsed by almost two million signatures. Over 200 events are planned for Saturday. 


Read the PES declaration on ACTA 
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