GG Deutschland! Anti ACTA protest planned tomorrow in Romania. Please attend the rally in your city.
Germany refuses to sign ACTA (for now)
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Re: Germany refuses to sign ACTA (for now)
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do you mean with alternative media? The "alternative media" is what conspiracy theorists use to convince themselves that 9/11 was an inside job. If by alternative you mean a place like HN where stories are being commented on then I agree but you will hardly find one sided support for that kind of claims here. Which is why HN for all the bad trends we see here is still one of the best places to get our apriori vi…
HN does not invalidate your views, it presents you with the views of a certain group of (mostly U.S. based) people. You can observe strong tendencies in viewpoints for both web/startup/tech related things as well as political issues, and especially for the latter you won't find the full "political spectrum" covered around here (not confining its meaning to notions like left/right wing here). That's why you should use…
Oh I do use several different sources. The point is that HN attracts different sources.
Re: Germany refuses to sign ACTA (for now)
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
German laws don't already mostly cover ACTA. The politicians are saying the same thing across europe, but it's all lies and deception. One instance is criminal prosecution instead of civil, no rights for private copies anymore, forcing ISP's to cooperate with "rights-holders" bypassing the courts and forcing them to proactively monitor their networks (else they could be fined huge sums), etc, etc. Actually the ISP um…
Like I said, I am not a lawyer. I'd be grateful for any detailed analysis of ACTA as compared to current German law. There's an insane amount of hyperbole on either side… One basic problem with something like ACTA is that mostly it's "encouraging" countries to think and debate about "appropriate" measures and laws. A lot of the language is about "might" "should endeavor to" etc. – and it probably has to, or you might…
The problem with ACTA is that it's not even democratically enacted. It was negotiated in secrecy to the point that the Obama administration said it couldn't be disclosed for reasons of national security. It's a travesty on every level, and its promulgators should be publicly shamed.
Re: Germany refuses to sign ACTA (for now)
#34https://www.amnesty.org/en/news/eu-urged-reject-internationa...
Amnesty international asks EU not to sign ACTA.
Re: Germany refuses to sign ACTA (for now)
#35Good for you Germany! I wish British politicians weren't useless, spineless, back stabbing, lying arseholes. They signed without blinking an eye.
Concur. Would the movement to save the NHS eclipse any ACTA movement too?
What movement to save the NHS? I think it's a movement to fuck it up.