STOP ACTA

There is a lot of information about ACTA out there, but not all of it is up-to-date.

Pls find below links to some FAQs that relate to the adopted version of ACTA:

• EDRI Fact sheet
• La Quadrature du Net’s rebuttal of the European Commission’s pro-ACTA arguments
• FFII’s rebuttal of the European Commission’s pro-ACTA arguments
• MEP Marietje Schaake’s note on Reddit
• Reporters Without Border Analysis of ACTA and Access to Medicines
• The WhovotesforACTA.eu website that tries to give an overview of the known opinions of MEPs as regards ACTA (useful if you want to contact them)
• The EFF provides a good overview of the issues at stake, albeit more from a US perspective

Whatever you do, please do it in a polite and constructive manner. And aside from taking any of the actions (or all) listed below, you can also help by encouraging others to do the same.

Sign a petition:

We would encourage you to sign both petitions below, to avoid dispersion of signatures

• Avaaz.org
• AccessNow.org

Participate at an event against ACTA:

• February 11 is the International Day of Action Against ACTA
• Access (Now) has aggregated  a list of links to all national protests against ACTA.
• They are also listed on the StoppActa Wiki.
• Live coverage can be found on Al Jazeera

Email and/or call your MEP at the European Parliament:

• Use the form put together by Stop ACTA in EU! or the form from KillActa.org
• Use the links to contact details collected by EDRI as well as their advice on how to do calls.
• Read the helpful information collected by La Quadrature du Net

More and more people are raising their voice in opposition to ACTA.

• A list of opponents against ACTA is being kept up-to-date by La Quadrature du Net.
• Glyn Moody is also regularly posting updates about ACTA at Computerworld.

If you do not mind reading lengthier documents or want to refine your own analysis:

• Published official version [PDF] of ACTA
• Opinion [doc] from the European Economic and Social Committee
• European Parliament Study [PDF] by the Directorate-General for External Policies
• Opinion by European academics
• Report by Prof. Korff and Brown on the compatibility of ACTA with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU charter of Fundamental Rights prepared at the request of the Greens/EFA
• The European Commission’s DG Trade Q&A and Fact Sheet [PDF] on ACTA
• The CCIA’s study [PDF] ‘The sky is rising’ from 2012 showing that the entertainment industry sector is growing