Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets
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Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets
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Re: Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets
#2You can read more about the Polish eruption here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3502200
And here's some more footage from the protests: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3511980
Re: Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets
#3I thought I should surface this comment by "sado" from that page:
Also, the statement “We must sign ACTA and not give in to blackmail" was taken out of context (the context: Anonymous, who DDOSed Polish govt sites, threatened to release personal data of minister Boni and to DDOS moar, if Polish govt signs the ACTA... that could be called "blackmail").
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#4http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3514232 - ACTA will NOT pass as of now since it's in validation of Basic Human Rights Bill, so it looks with exception of Poland and Czech EU is safe, but i have high hopes that our (polish) parliament will not ratify the document.
Re: Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets
#5I thought I should surface this comment by "sado" from that page: Also, the statement “We must sign ACTA and not give in to blackmail" was taken out of context (the context: Anonymous, who DDOSed Polish govt sites, threatened to release personal data of minister Boni and to DDOS moar, if Polish govt signs the ACTA... that could be called "blackmail").
The "blackmail" fragment isn't just out of context, it's plain misleading. It suggests that the PM treats street protests as blackmail, when in fact the PM was referring to statements from "hackers" that said they will release official docs stolen from govt servers if the govt signs ACTA.
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#6I read a summary that a redditor wrote maybe... a week back. It didn't seem that bad. What's the controversy?
Re: Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets
#7I thought I should surface this comment by "sado" from that page: Also, the statement “We must sign ACTA and not give in to blackmail" was taken out of context (the context: Anonymous, who DDOSed Polish govt sites, threatened to release personal data of minister Boni and to DDOS moar, if Polish govt signs the ACTA... that could be called "blackmail").
Does Anonymous's association net help or hurt the anti-ACTA position? And historically, did it help or hurt anti-SOPA/PIPA?
I generally took what they do as being emotionally gratifying but having zero real impact, but by giving the un-informed but not necessarily malicious (and potentially the intentionally malevolent spinsters) an easy way to justify onerous regulation, I think they may be hurting the causes they ostensibly back in the long-run.
Re: Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets
#8looks like ACTA's potential enforcement on ISPs to implement content filtering can't be applied in EU countries that adopted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_Fundamental_Rights_o...
Can't find an English source: http://goo.gl/sVQUN (translated from Polish)
Re: Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets
#9I thought I should surface this comment by "sado" from that page: Also, the statement “We must sign ACTA and not give in to blackmail" was taken out of context (the context: Anonymous, who DDOSed Polish govt sites, threatened to release personal data of minister Boni and to DDOS moar, if Polish govt signs the ACTA... that could be called "blackmail").
Does Anonymous's association net help or hurt the anti-ACTA position? And historically, did it help or hurt anti-SOPA/PIPA? I generally took what they do as being emotionally gratifying but having zero real impact, but by giving the un-informed but not necessarily malicious (and potentially the intentionally malevolent spinsters) an easy way to justify onerous regulation, I think they may be hurting the causes they o…
It's hard to say what the net effect is. It's true that such attacks give the government an effective, if fallacious, argument: "we cannot give in to blackmail". On the other hand, large-scale media coverage started only after the Anonymous hacked the government websites. Before the attacks, the Polish media were not interested in ACTA. This in turn helped mobilize politicians from opposition parties and, I think, also the protesters.
Re: Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets
#10I read a summary that a redditor wrote maybe... a week back. It didn't seem that bad. What's the controversy?