[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: ACTA blowing up!

[Spencer Graves]

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Subject: 	ACTA blowing up!
Date: 	Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:44:37 +0000
From: 	Access <access at accessnow.org>
Reply-To: 	access at accessnow.org
To: 	Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com>



<https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdc4/13a5a418/72b4d93c/1de406ad/4246691931/VEsH/> 

*Click through to join the protests online and offline against ACTA.* 
<https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdc4/13a5a418/72b4d93c/1de406ad/4246691931/VEsE/> 


Spencer --

What started as a few scattered demonstrations against ACTA has 
*exploded into an international day of action this Saturday! *There are 
nearly 200 events across the world, with *hundreds of thousands of 
people expected to hit the streets* to protest this dangerous 
international agreement.

Our feet have not yet hit the pavement, but our voices *are already 
being heard!* Facing a groundswell of opposition to ACTA, the Czech 
Republic, Poland and Slovenia are already wavering on ratification and 
the European Parliament’s point person for ACTA resigned his post in 
protest.

With ACTA’s supporters starting to wake up, *we're facing a critical 
moment*. ACTA can still be stopped in the European Parliament, and if 
it’s defeated there, the whole agreement will unravel. *Momentum is on 
our side* and we must not stop now. *Click through* to find out how to 
join hundreds of thousands of people protesting online and offline 
against ACTA:

https://www.accessnow.org/acta-protest 
<https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdc4/13a5a418/72b4d93c/1de406ac/4246691931/VEsF/>

Here you’ll find information about ACTA, a listing of Saturday's 
protests, *fact sheets *in several languages to hand out, and steps to 
download the ACTA Protest USTREAM App so you can *livestream the event* 
using your mobile phone.*If there’s no protest near you, host one by 
starting a Facebook event and e-mail info at accessnow.org the link.*

While we support the rights of creators, *protection of intellectual 
property should not come at the expense of freedom of speech and our 
privacy*. It is the duty of government to protect our rights, not put 
them in the hands of corporations and encourage ISPs to act as judge, 
jury, and executioner over our content and web activity.

Once seen as a done deal, *ACTA’s fate is now hanging in the balance*. 
The world is watching. *Stand up for internet freedom this Saturday and 
protest ACTA!*

https://www.accessnow.org/acta-protest 
<https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdc4/13a5a418/72b4d93c/1de406ac/4246691931/VEsC/>

See you out there,
The Access Team

P.S. Our petition has hit 350,000 and is still growing. To have the most 
impact in the European Parliament, it needs to get to 500,000. *Help us* 
by sending this link around to your family and friends: 
https://www.accessnow.org/acta 
<https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdc4/13a5a418/72b4d93c/1de406af/4246691931/VEsD/>


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