Your ideas on ACTA? Or if you don't know about ACTA, here is the link

[truedelphi]

From the English version of the website:

Full discussion is found here:
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/near-final-acta-text-is-a-counterfeit-of-democracy


ACTA establishes a parallel ad hoc policy-making process distinct from traditional international organizations. The governance mechanisms proposed in the agreement give the ACTA committee a key role in de-facto policy making: it will receive proposals for amendments from any member country and "decide whether to present a proposed amendment to the Parties for acceptance, ratification, or approval".

Once the final agreement is signed, Parliaments will have a key role in claiming back democracy and asserting the rights and freedoms of their constituents. After the adoption of Written Declaration 12 by the European Parliament4 or of an anti-ACTA resolution by the Mexican Paliament5, elected representatives must step up the pressure and make clear that they will oppose the ratification of this dangerous counterfeit of democracy imposing civil and criminal sanctions.

"The release of this near-final version of ACTA does not satisfy the transparency requirement of democracy, since citizens and their elected representatives are put before a 'fait accompli'. If this agreement were to be implemented, the rights and freedoms of citizens across the world as well as democratic processes would be severely undermined. Ratification of ACTA must be opposed by all means.", concludes Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson of the citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net.

[MineralMan]

1. You left out the "t" in "teh," there. It should read "teh website:\"

Other than that, I'm still trying to make some sort of sense of your post. Eventually, I'm sure I'll figure it out.

[MineralMan]

2. For those of you unfamiliar with what ACTA is, here's a link

to the Wikipedia article on it. It's an intellectual property protection measure that has been in the works for a long time. You won't find out that information in the link supplied in the OP.

Please check this out before getting all excited about the "end of Democracy."

[truedelphi]

3. Why be snide? I was asking for a variety of opinions.

The material I posted in OP was from a website where I often go to get free software.

Nowhere in my article did I say that this verison ofACTA reality was definitive... In fact, I may not have even bothered posting except for the fact that I do want to be educated on this.

[MineralMan]

4. I'm not being snide. No information about ACTA was provided

in the link you gave. Just FUD. I provided a link that actually had some information about ACTA. It's nice to know what's being discussed, don't you think. I'm sure you appreciate me adding an information link so people will have some idea of what you're talking about.

When you post an OP, it's always good to remember that people may not know anything about the subject of your post. It's helpful to provide a link to such information, so they can understand what you're bringing up. I was just trying to be helpful.

[truedelphi]

5. That's my point Mineral Man.

I actually know NOTHING about this ACTA stuff. I am grateful to have you link to some discussion about it.