> > If I understand correctly, Obama has issued an executive order > approving ACTA, but that executive order is suppressed as a state > secret. And the administration hasnt given it a number because there > are no gaps in the numbering of Obama's EO list..?
As I understand it's rather called an "executive agreement", which is another word for "treaty"; so the president signing the treaty itself is enough and there's no need for an executive order, but I might be wrong. However, sen. Wyden has been questioning the constitutionality of signing ACTA without getting Congressional approval: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120126/01545117544/as-ustr-insists-acta-doesnt-need-congressional-approval-wyden-asks-state-dept-second-opinion.shtml Regards, -- Orionist On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:33 AM, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Ray Saintonge <[email protected]> > wrote: > > .. > > > > One does well to follow Michael Geist's blogs on this > > [http://www.michaelgeist.ca/ here]. He has been on top of this issue > since > > it started, and provides links to developments on his left sidebar. > > > > ACTA is probably more damaging outside the US than within because it > imposes > > US views in other countries without any of the due process that would > > normally be available to US persons. The entire agreement is a trade > > agreement which only happens to have copyright as a major content > element. > > It seeks to protect the interests of American business. By framing the > > issues in terms of "trade" and "enforcement", it ignores how seriously > > fucked-up copyright law has become. > > > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/14071517529/new-petition-asks-white-house-to-submit-acta-to-senate-ratification.shtml > > 33,765 votes so far. > > > https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK > > If I understand correctly, Obama has issued an executive order > approving ACTA, but that executive order is suppressed as a state > secret. And the administration hasnt given it a number because there > are no gaps in the numbering of Obama's EO list..? > > https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Barack_Obama/Executive_orders > > And in the EU, > > 'Kader Arif, the "rapporteur" for ACTA, has quit that role in disgust > over the process behind getting the EU to sign onto ACTA.' > > > http://www.blogrunner.com/snapshot/D/3/3/european_parliament_official_in_charge_of_acta_quits_and_denounces_the_masquerade_behind_acta/ > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
