ACTA: from desperation to inspiration
glyn moody
January 2012
November 2010: ACTA finalised
April 2011: ACTA published
October 2011: ACTA signed by Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco,
New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, & the United States
every reason to think the EU and its 27 member states, plus
Mexico, would sign sometime in 2012, and then ratify
18 January 2012
Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect IP Act (2011)
Internet Blackout 18 January 2012
Wikipedia, Google, Mozilla + 115,000 sites went
dark/modified
Net community: 4.5 million signatures
SOPA and PIPA withdrawn that same day
19 January 2012
a few hours after SOPA/PIPA were withdrawn, a group of NGOs and
activists met with Polish ministries, who announced ACTA would be
signed one week later
unexpected: it broke an earlier agreement that nothing would be
signed until issues had been explored and resolved
immediate widespread anger and soon action
why Poland erupted
Micha Woniak http://rys.io/en/70Polish government went back on
its word
an imminent deadline concentrated minds
Polish activists followed ACTA for a long time
SOPA victory the day before
Poles remembered the Communist years
Poland's protests
"spontaneous, grass-roots activities"
NGOs took on the role of co-ordinators
crucial decision was "no-logo rule": no party, group or similar
logos, banners, flags, etc.
single, cross-party protest
tens of thousands in -30C
Anonymous joined in
political reaction (1)
"we will not succumb to blackmail"
26 January: 22 EU countries, including Poland, signed ACTA
polls showed 64% against ACTA; 1.8 million emails sent to Polish
MPs
government called for "dialogue"
3 February: Polish government suspended ratification
17 February: asked EU leaders to reject ACTA
Europe stirs
25 January: MEP Marietje Schaake published her concerns in
document on Reddit
26 January: Kader Arif, EP rapporteur for ACTA, resigned; spoke
of ACTA's "masquerade"
31 January: Slovenian Ambassador published apology for signing
ACTA, under "barrage of questions in my inbox and on Facebook"
European protests
EU-wide street protests organised for 11
FebruaryNetzpolitik.org
La Quadrature du Net
massive numbers took to the streetsGermany (100,000),Denmark
(15,000), Austria (10,000), Bulgaria (7,000), Romania (5,000),
Hungary (1,000)
immediate reactions
EU countries halted ratification6 February: Czech Republic
6 February: Slovakia
9 February: Latvia
10 February: Germany
14 February: Bulgaria
16 February: Lithuania
17 February: Slovenia
all suffered under left- or right-wing totalitarianism
delaying tactics
22 February: European Commission asked European Court of Justice
whether ACTA is incompatible in any way with the EU's fundamental
rights and freedoms
wrong question, and would probably take 1-2 years; clearly
betting anger would subside by then
Jrmie Zimmermann rejected the idea immediately
maintaining momentum
political reaction (2)
12 April: (new) ACTA rapporteur recommends rejection, as do
Socialists in European Parliament
25 April: Liberals and Democrats declare against ACTA
31 May: ITRE (Industry, Research, Energy), JURI (Legal affairs),
and LIBE (Civil Liberties) vote for rejection
21 June: INTA (International Trade) also rejects
victory
4 July: plenary vote on ACTA
European Parliament voted down ACTA by 478 votes to 39, with 165
abstentions
remarkable majority
remarkable rejection of international trade agreement negotiated
by European Commission
Lisbon Treaty
lessons to be learned
one thing leads to another
small pieces loosely joined
we have the technology
we have the brains
the joy of texts
publish and be damned
keep politics out of it
united we stand
inspiration
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