Re: [libreoffice-website] ACTA banner?

[Olav Dahlum <odahlum@gmail.com>]

2012/1/27 webmaster for Kracked Press Productions <
webmaster@krackedpress.com>

> On 01/27/2012 06:28 AM, Olav Dahlum wrote:
>
>> 2012/1/27 Olav Dahlum<odahlum@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>> 2012/1/27 Charles-H. Schulz<charles.schulz@**documentfoundation.org<charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org>
>>> >
>>>
>>>  Le Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:28:56 +0100,
>>>
>>>> Olav Dahlum<odahlum@gmail.com>  a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>  2012/1/27 Rainer Bielefeld<LibreOffice@**bielefeldundbuss.de<LibreOffice@bielefeldundbuss.de>
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>  Charles-H.Schulz schrieb:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  +1 and if anyone wondered, LibreOffice as a product/software is
>>>>>> much
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> more impacted by ACTA than it is by SOPA and PIPA.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But IMHO the subject also is more complex than SOPA, we should have
>>>>>> a well founded and well worded statement on the website, not only a
>>>>>> banner.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rainer
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  +1
>>>>>
>>>>>  Then we might need one page and a banner redirecting to it.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charles-H. Schulz
>>>> Member of the Board of Directors,
>>>> The Document Foundation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_**save_the_internet_tech_a/?cl=**
>>> 1538408562&v=12246might<http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet_tech_a/?cl=1538408562&v=12246might>be a good place to start with, also, an e-mail with various links to
>>>
>>> more information and stories appeared in my inbox a couple of minutes
>>> ago.
>>>
>>>  More information (received from Avaaz):
>>
>> If You Thought SOPA Was Bad, Just Wait Until You Meet ACTA
>> http://www.forbes.com/sites/**erikkain/2012/01/23/if-you-**
>> thought-sopa-was-bad-just-**wait-until-you-meet-acta/<http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/23/if-you-thought-sopa-was-bad-just-wait-until-you-meet-acta/>
>>
>>
>>
>> ACTA vs. SOPA: Five Reasons ACTA is Scarier Threat to Internet Freedom
>> http://www.ibtimes.com/**articles/286925/20120124/acta-**
>> sopa-reasons-scarier-threat-**internet-freedom.htm?cid=2<http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/286925/20120124/acta-sopa-reasons-scarier-threat-internet-freedom.htm?cid=2>
>>
>>
>>
>> What's Wrong With ACTA
>> http://www.edri.org/edrigram/**number10.1/whats-wrong-with-**ACTA<http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.1/whats-wrong-with-ACTA>
>>
>>
>>
>> The secret treaty: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Its
>> Impact on Access to Medicines
>> http://www.msfaccess.org/**content/secret-treaty-anti-**
>> counterfeiting-trade-**agreement-acta-and-its-impact-**access-medicines<http://www.msfaccess.org/content/secret-treaty-anti-counterfeiting-trade-agreement-acta-and-its-impact-access-medicines>
>>
>>  What we need is a good info page stating what ACTA is about - as it
> effects packages like LO.  I heard of this ACTA only yesterday so we need
> to have some good info.  Also, I thing we need to include text about what
> all these proposed [and enacted] laws/regulations are meant to do, but what
> their impact would be for legal file transfer sites and open-source/FOSS
> packages being shared via the Internet.  There has been legal file swapping
> sites being shut down because a group states that they are doing something
> wrong - even if they are not.  These attempts to reduce, or even wipe out,
> piracy is harming the flow of legal file sharing or sites that allow you to
> legally download files like LO and other legally sharable software and
> multimedia.  I host a LO web site, which is a "testing portal" for my DVD.
>  If I understand some of these regulations, I may have to close that portal
> since I do not own the copyrights to LO and the FOSS packages withing the
> online version of my DVD.  So a real good page about piracy regulation
> [proposed and enacted] and sharing LO/FOSS is really needed.
>
>
>
>

Yes, this is a scary aspects of ACTA and others. Unaffiliated parties could
for example claim infringement without the consent or knowledge of the
copyright holder, and thus shut down projects actually supported by the
copyright holder, making the whole thing very counter productive. I could
for example claim that you infringed on LibreOffice, but as we all know,
what you do is actually endorsed by the community, but I could in this way
successfully prevent LibreOffice from gaining a foothold in other markets
my products have a strong position.

ACTA with friends are creative for all the wrong reasons …

– Olav

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