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occupyonline: “What if the Mayans predicted ACTA and their calendar is censored past the year 2012?” LOL Zoom

occupyonline:

“What if the Mayans predicted ACTA and their calendar is censored past the year 2012?” LOL

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ACTA Protests Across Europe - Feb 11th

occupyonline:

anniespinkhouse:

On February 11, the world will be out in an unprecedented showing of solidarity against ACTA. Protests are being organized all over the globe to show the European Parliament that they must reject ACTA. Though many countries have signed the treaty already, if the EP rejects ACTA, it will be sent into the dustbin on history!

It’s time we wielded the internet to defend the internet! Look below to see a list and map of where the protests are being held. Here’s what you can do:

  • If you want to attend one of the events below, click the link and RSVP (There are demonstrations listed for other days as well, so please double-check the date)
  • If you know of another protest that is not listed, please let us know at info@accessnow.org
  • If you want to start your own protest, even if you live outside of Europe, create an Event on Facebook and then send us the link to the event at info@accessnow.org. 

And be sure to sign the petition calling on the EP to vote NO on ACTA:https://www.accessnow.org/acta 

For more information on ACTA, read our booklet on why its so controversial (in 7 languages) and read our blog to see how it connects to PIPA and SOPA.

AUSTRIA
Graz : http://www.facebook.com/events/118354621620542/Innsbruck : http://www.facebook.com/events/295640580493380/Vienna : https://www.facebook.com/events/145907925526943/Zwetti : http://www.facebook.com/events/209411655821825/

BELGIUM
National: https://www.facebook.com/events/220201778069181/Bruxelles : https://www.facebook.com/events/282306501836322/

BRITAIN
London: https://www.facebook.com/events/170835693019760/Nottingham (Feb. 4): https://www.facebook.com/events/235327719883390/

BULGARIA
Burgas: https://www.facebook.com/events/375580262468062/
Haskovo: https://www.facebook.com/events/261858850554176/
Kardzhali: https://www.facebook.com/events/268390609897567/
Plovdiv: http://www.facebook.com/events/292309164160296/
Sofia: https://www.facebook.com/events/246513398758312/
Varnа: https://www.facebook.com/events/374427159240206/

CZECH REPUBLIC
Brno (Feb. 4): https://www.facebook.com/events/128013237319600/Brzeg (Feb. 5): https://www.facebook.com/events/157719067674817/České Budějovice: https://www.facebook.com/events/200844340013226/Ostrava (Feb. 4): https://www.facebook.com/events/202159523215793/?context=create

DENMARK
Aarhus (Feb.25): https://www.facebook.com/events/348984005126264/ 
Copenhagen(Feb.25): https://www.facebook.com/events/235321939883596/

FRANCE
Aix en Provence: https://www.facebook.com/events/244421288966558/
Albi: https://www.facebook.com/events/168765856565763/
Amiens: https://www.facebook.com/events/100287056765109/
Angers: https://www.facebook.com/events/199634866800799/
Annecy: http://www.facebook.com/events/257782500958741/
Avignon: http://www.facebook.com/events/205603019536597/
Bayonne: https://www.facebook.com/events/170881226348001/
Besançon: http://www.facebook.com/events/350055058338859/
Bordeaux: http://www.facebook.com/events/362717853754753/
Brest: https://www.facebook.com/events/115942121861376/
Caen : https://www.facebook.com/events/228618757227112/
Chambery: https://www.facebook.com/events/288493647877788/
Clermont-Ferrand: http://www.facebook.com/events/326849087360202/
Douai: https://www.facebook.com/events/102456923212099/
Grenoble: https://www.facebook.com/events/291033160951733/
Limoges: http://www.facebook.com/events/321440564560770/
Lille: http://www.facebook.com/events/199934440105717/
Lorient: http://www.facebook.com/events/231912796892759/
Lyon: https://www.facebook.com/events/227033324049150/
Marseille: https://www.facebook.com/events/371810592833698/
Metz: https://www.facebook.com/events/223962574358248/
Montpellier: https://www.facebook.com/events/308322049214315/
Nancy: https://www.facebook.com/events/297319746990736/
Nantes: https://www.facebook.com/events/336368539718367/
Nevers: http://www.facebook.com/events/257478177653829/
Nice: http://www.facebook.com/events/226142050807952/
Nîmes: https://www.facebook.com/events/284365168292336/
Orléans: https://www.facebook.com/events/144336802350023/
Paris: https://www.facebook.com/events/261953107207192/
Poitiers: https://www.facebook.com/events/335663953135037/
Porto-Vecchio: https://www.facebook.com/events/270343909700151/
Quimper: http://www.facebook.com/events/175748819198384/
Reims: https://www.facebook.com/events/261712197231360/
Rennes: https://www.facebook.com/events/284421551613274/
Saint Denis (Ile de la Réunion): http://www.facebook.com/events/355272381151834/
Strasbourg: https://www.facebook.com/events/317988148239037/
Tarbes: https://www.facebook.com/events/336009553098334/
Toulouse: https://www.facebook.com/events/312007895501972/
Tours: http://www.facebook.com/events/282746828454027/

GERMANY
Berlin: https://www.facebook.com/events/338799346153966/
Bremerhaven: https://www.facebook.com/events/212489055513027/Cologne (Feb. 4): https://www.facebook.com/events/336673136364659/
Dresden: http://www.facebook.com/events/155805177868102/
Dusseldorf: http://www.facebook.com/events/228942327190942/
Frankfurt/Main: https://www.facebook.com/events/129547730499332/
Freiburg: https://www.facebook.com/events/313894588647456/
Hamburg: http://www.facebook.com/events/159557767491881/
Hanover: https://www.facebook.com/events/360437973983925/
Leipzig: https://www.facebook.com/events/316277768408479/
Mainz: http://www.facebook.com/events/169154469860540/
Mannheim: http://www.facebook.com/events/267555573314186/
Minden: https://www.facebook.com/events/310027772381359/
Munich: https://www.facebook.com/events/117215651734097/
Nordenham: http://www.facebook.com/events/182942588474388/
Nürnberg: https://www.facebook.com/events/244916202249229/
Potsdam: https://www.facebook.com/events/350079258349898/
Regensburg: http://www.akv-r.de/2012/01/30/demoaufruf-acta-ad-acta/
Saarbruecken: https://www.facebook.com/events/337811569584831/
Stuttgart: https://www.facebook.com/events/144489442335635/Trier (Feb. 4): https://www.facebook.com/events/368640866495001/

HUNGARY
Budapest: https://www.facebook.com/events/239140316165296/Szeged: http://www.facebook.com/events/345332565488424/

IRELAND
Dublin (Feb. 4): https://www.facebook.com/events/284626631593223/

LATVIA
Riga (Feb. 13): https://www.facebook.com/events/114172405371886/

LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg: https://www.facebook.com/events/321922584518265/

MALTA
Valetta: https://www.facebook.com/events/372841852732565/

NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam: http://www.facebook.com/events/366916189988648/

POLAND
Bialystok (Feb. 3): https://www.facebook.com/events/256392994434523/Legnica: https://www.facebook.com/events/229151093837340/Katowice (Feb. 3): https://www.facebook.com/events/174724099301513/Szczecin: http://www.facebook.com/events/324226357616024/Wroclaw (Feb. 3): https://www.facebook.com/events/125579864229927/

PORTUGAL
Lisboa: http://www.facebook.com/events/263755510363956/
Porto: https://www.facebook.com/events/278149665584864/

ROMANIA
Bucharest: https://www.facebook.com/events/305136589533613 andhttps://www.facebook.com/events/178989628875856/
Cluj: https://www.facebook.com/events/318417421533389/
Timisoara: https://www.facebook.com/events/339815396050868/

SCOTLAND
Glasgow: http://www.facebook.com/events/375858179095979/

SLOVAKIA
Bratislava (Feb.4): https://www.facebook.com/events/244451218962708/

SLOVENIA
Ljubljana (Feb.4): https://www.facebook.com/events/242732285801564/ 
Maribor(Feb.4):https://www.facebook.com/events/369837519698057/

SWEDEN
Goteborg (Feb. 25): https://www.facebook.com/events/243895365687129/Helsingborg: https://www.facebook.com/events/239284842817072/Malmö (Feb.4): https://www.facebook.com/events/363889936958608/
Stockholm (Feb. 4): https://www.facebook.com/events/332489143440319/

SWITZERLAND
Geneva: https://www.facebook.com/events/145734798877975/

If you can’t make a protest, you can still participate. Go to our Tumblr page and show your solidarity with the Feb. 11 protestors by submitting a picture, words of support, or protest signs! Your pictures and words will be posted on our page, and the best signs will be printed out by us and given to protestors on Feb. 11.

http://accessnow.tumblr.com/

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Piracy is the new radio, that’s how music gets around.
Neil Young (via eddplant)

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Police: “Tumblr, you’re under arrest.”

blainelikesmasturbating:

sageoflogic:

miss-lizzifer:

oh-mystarisfading:

Whovians:

Sherlockians: 

Potterheads:

So what do I do if I’m all three?? Do I take hostage inside a police box and then use my phoenix to disapperate???

YES.

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IMPORTANT: ACTA is NOT official and has NOT been voted on.

sirmuarjo:

lordmeowrail:

( I’d like to ask that anyone who reads this to PLEASE reblog this so there isn’t a widespread panic and violent protests. Tumblr needs to stop posting partial information. It is counterproductive and we need to know the truth so we don’t give up and think the fight is over. )

There wasn’t a vote. It was a signing and the voting isn’t going to happen for a while.

“The committee will most likely hold its vote on the ratification of the treaty in April or May, with a full parliament vote expected in June.” - Source

“The countries signed the treaty, which aims to harmonise copyright enforcement across much of the world, in Tokyo on Thursday. However, the signatures of the EU member states and the EU itself will count for nothing unless the European Parliament gives its approval to ACTA in June, and digital activists have urged citizens to lobby their MEPs against voting yes.”

“”The signature ceremony in Tokyo was just another step in the procedure that allows ACTA to now be taken to the European Parliament for a free, open and vigorous debate that we fully support,” he said.” - Source

“The European Parliament will be debating ACTA and activists are urging people to contact their MEPs putting forward arguments opposing ACTA. The European Parliament and each of the member states must approve ACTA before it goes into effect in the EU.” - Source

“But the political atmosphere in the EU remains very much in flux. The key to the future is that, unlike the US, the EU has admitted that ACTA is a binding international agreement and therefore requires parliamentary approval. But Parliamentary approval in the EU is in doubt.” - Source

Please read this. It has a list of countries that have signed, the countries that have not, and links and information on what you  can do to help out:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-01/26/eu-signs-up-to-acta

Once again, please reblog this wherever you can so the word gets around.

Finally a post with some fucking sources!!!

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kevinxzeleous: Protect yourself online with these services. Reclaim your data from the big media companies. The irony is I’m sharing this on Tumblr. Zoom

kevinxzeleous:

Protect yourself online with these services. Reclaim your data from the big media companies.

The irony is I’m sharing this on Tumblr.

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Please Submit ACTA to the Senate for Ratification as Required by the Constitution for Trade Agreements

(Source: bard-core)

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3liza: ACTA passed one of the several voting gates it needs to get through before becoming law. It was ratified in Poland last night.  This was the scene at Polish parliament afterwards, as (presumably) a bloc of anti-ACTA politicians expressed their displeasure and, perhaps without knowing it, foretell of the Anonymous repercussions to this bill. Some things you should know: Online petitions are meaningless.  While they are well-intentioned and organized, the signing of a digital petition takes about twenty seconds, and does not require that you leave your beanbag chair in the coal cellar.  Politicians know this, and pay just as much attention to online petitions as is warranted by a “political action” that is literally less strenuous than leaving a YouTube comment. Nothing except direct action is going to do a goddamn thing.  This means getting out in the street, it means DDoSing, it means vicious and widespread boycotts, site blackouts, and other strongarm tactics that actually impact the flow of money from corporations to lobbyists to politicians.  How do you, as a tiny flailing consumer, do this?  You can’t, really.  You can join up with groups that are intent on doing actions that actually mean something, adding your voice to a chorus of hundreds or thousands, instead of screaming alone.  You can contact celebrities, the spokespeople of our time, as ask them to leverage their followers on the issue.  You can write to Tumblr and ask for more blackouts.  None of these things will be very effective, so don’t be too disappointed when they don’t work, but they sure as fuck are more effective than online petitions, and the intense response to SOPA by corporations and consumers was responsible for getting it “tabled” (not dead, but dreaming lies). ACTA was already signed by Obama in September of 2011.  He had been praising the bill for over a year prior, and signed it without reservation.  Most of us didn’t hear about it, and he likely used the 9/11 coverage to make sure of that. Eventually, one of these bills will pass, and the pro-corporate laws will go into effect.  Expect it.  Be prepared.  Learn to circumvent this garbage and you’ll have a leg up when the feds shut down the internet as we know it. The best thing you can do now is install Tor and learn how to use it.  Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.  In order to circumvent the coming corporate takeover of the web, we’re going to have to go underground, creating a sub-internet of encrypted nodes known as a “darknet”.  It’s probably going to be like the internet was in the beginning, with most people only seeing what AOL wanted them to see, and only a small group of super-nerds existing outside of that bubble in the “real” internet.  It’ll take another twenty years for them to catch up to us again. Welcome to the grim cyberpunk future. Zoom

3liza:

ACTA passed one of the several voting gates it needs to get through before becoming law.

It was ratified in Poland last night.  This was the scene at Polish parliament afterwards, as (presumably) a bloc of anti-ACTA politicians expressed their displeasure and, perhaps without knowing it, foretell of the Anonymous repercussions to this bill.

Some things you should know:

  • Online petitions are meaningless.  While they are well-intentioned and organized, the signing of a digital petition takes about twenty seconds, and does not require that you leave your beanbag chair in the coal cellar.  Politicians know this, and pay just as much attention to online petitions as is warranted by a “political action” that is literally less strenuous than leaving a YouTube comment.
  • Nothing except direct action is going to do a goddamn thing.  This means getting out in the street, it means DDoSing, it means vicious and widespread boycotts, site blackouts, and other strongarm tactics that actually impact the flow of money from corporations to lobbyists to politicians.  How do you, as a tiny flailing consumer, do this?  You can’t, really.  You can join up with groups that are intent on doing actions that actually mean something, adding your voice to a chorus of hundreds or thousands, instead of screaming alone.  You can contact celebrities, the spokespeople of our time, as ask them to leverage their followers on the issue.  You can write to Tumblr and ask for more blackouts.  None of these things will be very effective, so don’t be too disappointed when they don’t work, but they sure as fuck are more effective than online petitions, and the intense response to SOPA by corporations and consumers was responsible for getting it “tabled” (not dead, but dreaming lies).
  • ACTA was already signed by Obama in September of 2011.  He had been praising the bill for over a year prior, and signed it without reservation.  Most of us didn’t hear about it, and he likely used the 9/11 coverage to make sure of that.

  • Eventually, one of these bills will pass, and the pro-corporate laws will go into effect.  Expect it.  Be prepared.  Learn to circumvent this garbage and you’ll have a leg up when the feds shut down the internet as we know it.

  • The best thing you can do now is install Tor and learn how to use it.  Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.  In order to circumvent the coming corporate takeover of the web, we’re going to have to go underground, creating a sub-internet of encrypted nodes known as a “darknet”.  It’s probably going to be like the internet was in the beginning, with most people only seeing what AOL wanted them to see, and only a small group of super-nerds existing outside of that bubble in the “real” internet.  It’ll take another twenty years for them to catch up to us again.

  • Welcome to the grim cyberpunk future.
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are all the sharing sites really shutting down?

justawordshaker:

Because I can’t deal with this. And it’s not even that I download stuff that often. It’s the principle of the thing.

Companies are arguing that the entertainment industry is losing money due to pirating, right? But how do they know that? Have there been any actual studies done? Have they polled the people on the internet who would be able to answer best and give them the most conclusive data?

Of course they haven’t. If they had, they would find out that the reason they’re losing money is because everything is so fucking expensive and their biggest buyers are people who love television and movies and music but are not necessarily able to buy everything they want. 

If they had, they would find that the reason people don’t upload things for profit. They do it so that others can discover something they love. And the people who download it either decide it isn’t worth their time or they go out and buy it because they love it so much.

This whole thing is just absolutely ridiculous. Movie industries are complaining about box ticket numbers? Well, maybe if you didn’t put every fucking movie in 3D and make us pay twelve dollars to see it you would get more profit. Higher ticket prices = less consumers. The same can be applied to television or music. Everything is so expensive. That is why companies are losing money (if they even are, I have not seen conclusive evidence of this) - not because of pirating. They are losing money because people can’t afford to buy their products.

So instead of thinking things through and realising that there is a simple way to increase their profit and audience (i.e. lowering prices so it is more accessible to their targeted audience), they have decided that the best course of action is to attack and make themselves completely unaccessible by alienating the people that buy their products.

To put it simply, the entertainment industry does not understand this one, basic principle: a consumer is not going to spend egregious amounts of money on a product they do not already know they will enjoy. If they know they will enjoy it, they will gladly pay for the expensive product. But unless I know I am going to love a television show, I am not going to pay sixty dollars for it.

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ACTA petition. Sign and reblog like crazy.

starkinglyhandsome:

internet-justice:

harmonyshipper:

internet-justice:

ACTA has already been signed by several countries, but if we can get the European Parliament to vote no, it can be dismantled and sent back.

Sign here

 REBLOG! REBLOG! REBLOG!

 We got this. Keep it circulating!

signed and boosting

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youranonnews: ACTA in a Nutshell – What is ACTA?  ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join in as well. Why should you care about ACTA? Initial reports indicate that the treaty will have a very broad scope and will involve new tools targeting “Internet distribution and information technology.” What is the goal of ACTA? Reportedly the goal is to create new legal standards of intellectual property enforcement, as well as increased international cooperation, an example of which would be an increase in information sharing between signatory countries’ law enforcement agencies. Essential ACTA Resources -  Read more about ACTA here: ACTA Fact Sheet Read the authentic version of the ACTA text as of 15 April 2011, as finalized by participating countries here: ACTA Finalized Text Follow the history of the treaty’s formation here: ACTA history Read letters from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wherein he challenges the constitutionality of ACTA: Letter 1 | Letter 2 | Read the Administration’s Response to Wyden’s First Letter here: Response Watch a short informative video on ACTA: ACTA Video Watch a lulzy video on ACTA: Lulzy Video Say NO to ACTA. It is essential to spread awareness and get the word out on ACTA. Zoom

youranonnews:

ACTA in a Nutshell –

What is ACTA?  ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join in as well.

Why should you care about ACTA? Initial reports indicate that the treaty will have a very broad scope and will involve new tools targeting “Internet distribution and information technology.”

What is the goal of ACTA? Reportedly the goal is to create new legal standards of intellectual property enforcement, as well as increased international cooperation, an example of which would be an increase in information sharing between signatory countries’ law enforcement agencies.

Essential ACTA Resources - 

  • Read more about ACTA here: ACTA Fact Sheet
  • Read the authentic version of the ACTA text as of 15 April 2011, as finalized by participating countries here: ACTA Finalized Text
  • Follow the history of the treaty’s formation here: ACTA history
  • Read letters from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wherein he challenges the constitutionality of ACTA: Letter 1 | Letter 2 | Read the Administration’s Response to Wyden’s First Letter here: Response
  • Watch a short informative video on ACTA: ACTA Video
  • Watch a lulzy video on ACTA: Lulzy Video

Say NO to ACTA. It is essential to spread awareness and get the word out on ACTA.

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Alright people, we need to concern ourselves with ACTA

mesmiranda:

cottonball:

chocotaur:

Five facts:

1. ACTA isn’t the “European” SOPA. It’s nearly GLOBAL, and will apply to every country that signs the treaty.

2. ACTA is far more aggressive. ACTA will not simply affect websites and have them blocked out of the internet - its measures go as far as surveillance of anything you share through private channels.

3. ACTA doesn’t have a campaign against it that is as wide-spread and organized as the SOPA one. This is DANGEROUS, as there’s less time between now and the final signing of ACTA.

4. ACTA has effects on healthcare, trade, and even tourism.

5. ACTA has to be stopped.

Let’s start spreading the word and organizing a good, solid response to it.

More information:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ56UNL5zeo

Also, if you can help it, please reblog this as a text post. If this automatically reblogs as a link, there is a magic button that says “as…” after “Reblog Link”. Click that and select “as text”.

Signal boost. Let’s get on this, guys.

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shaddicted: ceilingtheo: Most of the anti-ACTA petitions I’ve seen so far I’ve been a little dubious of, but I’ve just found out Access Now are running one. Access Now campaign on internet freedom issues all over the world, and they’re one of the three main organisations where I do most of my slacktivism, so I’m pleased to know they’re doing something about ACTA. If you care about internet freedom and you aren’t already familiar with Access Now, you should definitely consider following their work. Anyway: ANTI-ACTA PETITION. GO SIGN. This is even worse than SOPA. Also it’s in Europe. PLEASE SIGN AND SPREAD THE WORD. SOPA is dead. We can do this with ACTA too. More info: http://gamzeemakara.tumblr.com/post/16168274010/more-people-need-to-know-about-acta-so-here-we

shaddicted:

ceilingtheo:

Most of the anti-ACTA petitions I’ve seen so far I’ve been a little dubious of, but I’ve just found out Access Now are running one. Access Now campaign on internet freedom issues all over the world, and they’re one of the three main organisations where I do most of my slacktivism, so I’m pleased to know they’re doing something about ACTA. If you care about internet freedom and you aren’t already familiar with Access Now, you should definitely consider following their work.

Anyway: ANTI-ACTA PETITION. GO SIGN.

This is even worse than SOPA. Also it’s in Europe. PLEASE SIGN AND SPREAD THE WORD. SOPA is dead. We can do this with ACTA too.

More info: http://gamzeemakara.tumblr.com/post/16168274010/more-people-need-to-know-about-acta-so-here-we

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occupyonline:

Video explaining ACTA (of similar concern to people as SOPA/PIPA)

naturepunk:

For those who are confused, allow this video to clear things up a bit.

To take further action, visit: 

http://www.stopacta.org

(Source: healthyeyes)

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