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Danish activists demand to know why their governments block ACTA transparency
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Last week, a leaked Dutch memo on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a secret copyright treaty, identified the countries whose negotiators were opposed to bringing transparency to the negotiation process. The worst offenders were the US, South Korea, Singapore and Denmark.
Now, activists in these countries are banging the drum, demanding to know why their governments are standing in the way of public participation in a treaty-making process that will have wide-ranging implications for all Internet users, and it’s working.
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Today, the Danish minister responsible for ACTA negotiations was told that she must account for Denmark’s position. I’m sure other countries will follow.
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(Binbows is a pun on the Japanese word 貧乏 (binbou – poor). The sign says it is a super cheap used PC shop.)
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Wall Street is stealing another 20% from you
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Remember Charlie Ellis’ famous 1975 classic: “Winning the Loser’s Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing?” Like Napoleon Hill’s “Think & Grow Rich” everyone on Wall Street has read it.
Well, guess what: Charlie failed us the past decade. Wall Street lost trillions, lost 11% of your money. Adjusted for inflation, Wall Street lost 20% of your money. Warning: Wall Street will do it again by 2020.
Grundsatzurteil: Vorratsdatenspeicherung verstößt gegen Verfassung
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Das Verfassungsgericht hat entschieden: Das umstrittene Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung verstößt in seiner jetzigen Form gegen das Grundgesetz. Jetzt muss die Bundesregierung nachbessern. Die bislang gespeicherten Daten müssen “unverzüglich” gelöscht werden.
“The Constitutional Court has decided: The controversial law on data retention in its current form is contrary to the Basic Law. Now needs to rework the federal government. The previously stored data must be deleted immediately.”
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Major ACTA Leak: Internet and Civil Enforcement Chapters With Country Positions
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On the heels of the leak of various country positions on ACTA transparency, today an even bigger leak has hit the Internet. A new European Union document prepared several weeks ago canvasses the Internet and Civil Enforcement chapters, disclosing in complete detail the proposals from the U.S., the counter-proposals from the EU, Japan, and other ACTA participants. The 44-page document also highlights specific concerns of individual countries on a wide range of issues including ISP liability, anti-circumvention rules, and the scope of the treaty. This is probably the most significant leak to-date since it goes even beyond the transparency debate by including specific country positions and proposals.
Our future generations will hate us for being so naive and stupid if we were to allow this to continue and shape our laws.
They must be using very slow old aeroplanes to get there. My flight from LAX was at least 5 hours long. Maybe it’s the headwinds or something.
A quick google also reveals that half of young Americans can’t locate New York on a map. Perhaps playing this at least 1000 times may help.
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What are all these effing tortoises doing here? Where are the hula girls?