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Australian government on the brink
Tonight we look at the crisis in the Australian government, more media disinformation on climate change and more disturbing information regarding the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
Earlier today I wrote this:
Thomson's resignation from the ALP is purely for show, and has no bearing on his tenure as member for Dobell, or on how he will vote in Parliament. It is a further insult to the very concept of democracy that a sitting MP can play with his role in such a manner. This is a fraud against the Australian people.
If we believe in democracy at all, we must be prepared to take action to ensure restoration of the basic values of a free society, otherwise we will only slip deeper into tyranny. The government, according to current polls, enjoys a 29% popularity rating. They don't have a mandate to govern.
Also in the show we bring you some snippets from the ABC Q&A propaganda piece "I Can Change Your Mind About Climate Change", and we attempt to debunk some of the misinformation in that program.
Dr. David Evans, who was featured (and misrepresented) in the ABC program, has today released 2 videos which present his views in a very clear and engaging form. We present these below:
In the final half hour of the show my guest is Rochelle Macredie, who reveals more facts about ACTA and urges us to take action.
NOTE: Some of today's show was recorded on 29 April, but the first hour and the interview with Rochelle Macredie was recorded on 26 April.
Related Links
- I Can Change Your Mind About Climate Change
- Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core
- Scientist who said climate change sceptics had been proved wrong accused of hiding truth by colleague
- Thomson quits, Slipper stands down
- CSIRO Boss’s Conflicts of Interest – emblematic of climate industry
- Jennifer Robinson Scandal: Was the Wikileaks Lawyer Detained For Political Reasons?
- Julian Assange - The World Tomorrow (RT)
STOP ACTA: things you can do right now
This document and video presentation outlines steps you can take right now to help put a stop to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which poses a serious threat to our freedom and national sovereignty. For additional information and links on ACTA, please click here.
We need a new approach, whereby we take back government from the elite’s stooges and appointees – grassroots campaigns whereby we go to visit our Local Members with a carefully prepared plan, limited to a maximum of ten point plan to tell them why we find something unacceptable. What I mean is don’t go in with voluminous documents except as reference documents. Let the politicians know that this reference material is not part of the presentation.
The Most Effective Strategy is to actually visit your Local MP in person to make representations as to why we should not ratify ACTA.
How to find your Local Federal MP
If you are unsure in which electorate you reside, then, try visiting the Australian Electoral Commission Website at http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/.
in order to ascertain this information.
What to Do About Getting an Appointment
Ring your Local Federal MP’s office and make an appointment to see them. Suppose that you are told that they are unable to see you, then, don’t be deterred, ask to see the appropriate member of their staff.
Prepare a Ten Point Plan
Do not go into visit your Local MP with a voluminous document complaining about ACTA because it will not be read! Instead prepare a careful ten point plan that sets out the problems with ACTA in summary but do make sure that you reference every point and do take in the reference material with you. If your MP, or their staff member asks for a copy of this or access to this reference material, then, give them a copy.
Do be polite but let your Local Member know that you are very concerned about the impact that ACTA will have on our society and that you are only prepared to support a candidate who will vote against ACTA being implemented.
Politics is a numbers’ game!
If every electorate in Australia receives ten visits, then, that will be sufficient to let our politicians know that we don’t want ACTA ratified. Not many politicians have a death wish and visits of this magnitude will convince them that the policy is not only unpopular but that supporting it is political suicide. Get your friends to do likewise. Make this information go viral! Urge everyone on your email contacts’ list to do the same.
ACTA 10 Point Plan – Point Form Only
Download the FULL 10 POINT PLAN: click here
- The Stated Aims of ACTA do not stand up to scrutiny
- There is no necessity for ACTA as there are already remedies available for breach of copyright and Trade Mark violations
- ACTA makes it possible to bypass the judicial system of this country
- If a warrant is issued against someone in your household then every computer in your place will be seized
- ACTA provides for a custodial sentence for the unauthorized copying of cinematographic films: This is manifestly excessive!
- ACTA necessitates the Principle of Excessive Surveillance
- ACTA will make criminals out of an estimated 25% of Net users
- The Claims about Net Piracy Are Flawed
- We do not know how foreign law is to apply as regards extradition?
- ACTA was negotiated in secret with public consultation
- The Dirty Secret of the Copyright Lobby is that is that the very people who are trying to make criminals of those who upload or download copyright material are the very same people who have made a fortune out of file sharing software!
- ACTA may well prevent you getting the vitamins, minerals and alternative medicine you want
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ACTA may well prevent you watching sport when you want to watch sport
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
Anti-ACTA protest in the Polish Parliament
Just when you thought you could relax, after the defeat of the SOPA/PIPA bills in the US, another freedom-crushing legislation rears its ugly head. It's an international treaty called ACTA, which Australia signed back in September 2011.
From the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade:
Australia is among 10 countries, and the European Union, attending the signing ceremony, on October 1, for the new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
Dr Emerson said the new ACTA showed Australia’s determination to secure international cooperation to develop trade in the most innovative areas of the global economy.
“ACTA builds on World Trade Organization standards to promote international trade in legitimate intellectual property, by elevating standards of enforcement,” Dr Emerson said.
“This treaty will help stem the burgeoning global trade in counterfeit and pirate materials, worth many billions annually.”
Today Rochelle Macredie joins us to explain the true implications of this treaty for our freedom and our sovereignty as a nation.
Rochelle has prepared a document - "What is ACTA", which we urge you to download and spread. Rochelle highlights some of the practical outcomes of the treaty:
A Hypothetical Analogy
A hypothetical analogy – person does a cookery course and then shows husband/wife how to make a recipe from that course – ACTA makes both of them criminals! Only one person has paid to learn this information, so they’re not allowed to share it with anyone else for free! The consequences are clear under ACTA – depending on the country in which you live, you will be barred from doing any further courses, fined or sent to prison.The Principle of Excessive Surveillance
Surely nobody would find out that you have shared this information in your own home, well they wouldn’t under current law but ACTA deals with this by excessive surveillance – all communication will be monitored – your family and your friends will be observed just in case!
Let’s see how the principle will be applied to the internet: Think of your computer with its internet connection as being a two-way conveyer belt with packages of information coming in and going out, under ACTA, your ISP will be forced to open up and inspect every single data package that you send for copyrighted information. It is not clear that the three strikes rule doesn’t apply here – so if you send or receive copyrighted information several times you may be disconnected from the internet permanently or face criminal charges! This sort of draconian action would apply if you simply videoed a party that played copyrighted music! There is more – information about the copyrighted material that you disseminated will be sent to the publisher and based on their claims, you could be fined or sent to prison. ISPs will also be required to check that no copyright or leads to copyright material are found on their servers: This would be fatal for any site that held any user-generated content, like music or videos! YouTube and Twitter won’t be able to work under a law like that!
Rochelle's paper also deconstructs the notion that digitally copied materia is "stolen" by reference to the legal principles animus furandi and asportation:
Theft has a precise meaning in law: Animus furandi and asportation are the necessary ingredients. That is to say, there must be an intention to permanently deprive the owner of possession of the object, coupled with a taking and carrying away. The former is known as “animus furandi” while the latter is known as “asportation”. The intellectual property that is copied is neither removed with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of possession, nor is it carried away, it still remains in their possession, so neither copying nor file sharing constitutes theft!
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