Fwd: Take action: tell the USTR to reject ACTA

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Subject: Take action: tell the USTR to reject ACTA
Date: Friday 11 Feb 2011, 17:46:10
From: "Free Software Foundation" <info <at> fsf.org>
To: Shlomi Fish <shlomif <at> iglu.org.il>

The ACTA drafting process is finished, and countries are beginning to
turn an eye toward signing it.  Help us stand against it!

ACTA aims to be an international agreement to establish even more
imposing copyright and trademark laws throughout the world, with a
minimum of scrutiny.  Countries that sign the agreement commit to
enacting DMCA-like anti-circumvention legislation, establishing
criminal penalties for specific kinds of infringement, and maintaining
several overbearing enforcement mechanisms.

ACTA was largely drafted in secret between countries with the world's
largest economies, with input from large copyright and trademark
holders who stand to benefit from all this legislation at our expense.
As more information about the terms of the agreement began to leak, we
published Richard Stallman's "Firm, Simple Declaration Against ACTA":

  * <http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/acta/acta-declaration>

Since then, more than 4,700 of you have signed it.  Thanks for your
support!

Now the drafting process is finished, and the countries who negotiated