US Citizens: Does your Representative support ACTA

[laytonsensei]

This is the list from encyclopedia dramatica of people who have been thanked for their support for ACTA, obviously there are likely more, but ACTA is still "srs bzns" and not talked about, check if any of these representatives are yours and if not, the organizations below are good to email (respectfully.)

* Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)
* Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)
* Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
* Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)
* Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
* Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
* International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)

* Association of American Publishers
* Business Software Alliance
* Entertainment Software Association
* Independent Film & Television Alliance
* Motion Picture Association of America
* National Music Publishers' Association
* Recording Industry Association of America

Here's the article

encyclopediadramatica.com/ACTA

[laytonsensei]

Here is the copypasta to mail, adjust as you feel is necessary.

Topicline: Open Up the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement to Oversight

As a consumer and a technology user, I am concerned about recent revelations regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) being negotiated by the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Please open up this agreement to the congressional and public oversight it needs.

Instead of targeting counterfeit products and coordinating the practices of national customs agencies as originally announced, leaked documents indicate that ACTA includes provisions that increase Internet intermediary liability, regulate access to the Internet and significantly affect the rights of all American citizens. Because ACTA is being negotiated as an Executive Agreement, there is no Congressional oversight. I am worried that ACTA will threaten the carefully crafted balance of US copyright law that protects citizens' freedom of expression and has been key to the success of the US technology industry.

Please contact your Senate colleagues on the Finance, Foreign Relations, and Judiciary committees and ask that they tell the USTR to make the ACTA negotiation text public in the interests of balanced policymaking, to ensure that US negotiators take account of the interests of the Internet users, technology companies and innovators that are so vital to this country's future.

Thank you for your consideration.

[Squirrel]

European Parliament members who voted in favor:

Nigel Farage (United Kingdom, UKIP)
Marta Andreasen (United Kingdom, UKIP)
Stuart Agnew (United Kingdom, UKIP)
Gerard Batten (United Kingdom, UKIP)
John Bufton (United Kingdom, UKIP)
Trevor Colman (United Kingdom, UKIP)
The Earl of Dartmouth (United Kingdom, UKIP)
Mike Nattrass (United Kingdom, UKIP)
Paul Nuttall (United Kingdom, UKIP)
Nicole Sinclaire (United Kingdom, UKIP)

from: www.pirateparty.org.uk/

[theavoidableprince]

idk, I'll ask tomorrow.

[heavyoak]

well so far NY and TX aren't on there.