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SAN FRANCISCO, February 13 morning news, last Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters in several European cities for international anti-piracy agreements protest activities. The protesters worry that this agreement will hinder the freedom of free download movies and music at the same time lead to the strengthening of Internet regulation.
Various cities in Germany, more than 25,000 demonstrators braved sub-zero temperatures to protest the anti-counterfeit and shoddy goods Trade Agreement \"(hereinafter referred to as\" ACTA \"). In the Bulgarian capital Sofia, 4000 protesters took to the streets and expressed dissatisfaction with the agreements aimed at strengthening the protection of intellectual property.
In addition, in Warsaw, Prague, Slovakia, Bucharest, Vilnius, Paris, Brussels and Dublin, as well as thousands of people, the majority of young people braving the rain and snow cold protests. Bucharest, a 26-year-old programmer Monica, Turpie Andrews (Monica Tepelus), said: \"We no longer feel safe. The Internet was originally a few places we can free activity. \"
Opposition of the ACTA is particularly intense in Eastern European countries, the protests spread rapidly. The protesters even compared to this Agreement \"Big Brother\" type of supervision. Downloading music and movies has become an important way to the Eastern European countries, young people to get free entertainment.
In Berlin, 2000 marchers holding a \"stop ACTA \"Banners marched. In Munich, a leader of the Greens Thomas Fei Fuer (Thomas Pfeiffer), said: \"sacrifice freedom in exchange for copyright protection, which is unacceptable. \"The crowd of 16,000 participated in the procession in Munich.
In October last year, including eight countries, including Japan and the United States government signed an agreement aimed at combating piracy and trademark infringement issues. This means that these countries are promoting the entry into force of the ACTA. About the ACTA negotiations has been going on for many years. Several European countries have signed ACTA, but most countries have not yet adopted this Agreement. German Foreign Ministry said on Friday that temporarily would not enter into ACTA.
In Sofia, in the 4000 demonstrators, mostly young people, some of whom wore the famous Guy Fawkes (Guy Fawkes) mask. In the well-known hacker group Anonymous and other global protests, the mask has become a sign.
ACTA aims to crack down on Internet piracy and trademark infringement, but in Eastern Europe and Germany led to the other some concerns, because these countries had by the harm of the secret police. Sophia Young Branch, one of the demonstrators Petrov (Yanko PETROV) said: \"We want to prevent the ACTA. We have its own laws, no international agreements. \"
The protesters worry that if the ACTA was adopted by Parliament, free download movies and music acts will face criminal penalties. They also worry that the pass will be considered a criminal offense, the agreement will also bring more large-scale Internet monitoring via the Internet.
In Warsaw, about 500 people participated in the protests, their holding to \"ACTA say\" stop censoring \"and\" the liberation of the Internet \"slogan. Hundreds of people attended a protest in the southwestern city of Breslau in Poland.
In Paris, about 1,000 people in the procession in protest against the ACTA. Internet freedom organization quadrature du Net spokesman Jeremy Zimmerman by Jeremie Zimmermann, said: \"This is an unprecedented protests in several European countries simultaneously. \"
In Prague, the procession reached 1,500 people. Some protesters waving black pirate flags, others wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. The banners held by the demonstrators to display the \"Internet freedom\" back, \"ACTA impede freedom\" and \"freedom, freedom\". Other small cities in the Czech Republic have taken place in protest. The Czech government has not yet signed ACTA, and expressed the need to analyze the content of the agreement.
Romania's national news agency Agerpres reported in Cluj, 2000 people marched against the ACTA, and the slogan said: \"take away stretch the hands of the Internet. \"
In Croatia, the protesters took to the streets of the city of Zagreb, Split and Rijeka. The marchers held up banners Stop Internet censorship. Some of the marchers are also wearing masks.
The hacker group Anonymous attacked the Croatian President Ivo Josipović Ivo Josipović personal website, and Josipovic supporters of copyright protection. The attacks led to the site can not be accessed within a few hours. Croatian Composers' Rights Protection Organization ZAMP and the website of the Croatian Academy of Music was also attacked.
Bratislava, hundreds of young Slovakia held a rally, many people wearing Guy Fawkes masks. About 1,000 people participated in the procession in Budapest.
Lithuania, local media reported that about 600 people held a protest outside government buildings in Vilnius. The Minister of Justice of Lithuania Laimi Ji Liu WM Hughes (Remigijus Simasius) in his blog that the terms of the ACTA may cause damage to Internet freedom.
He said: \"I do not know ACTA come from, and how the birth. But I do not want this agreement to be signed without discussion by the EU and Lithuania's domestic circumstances. \"(/ SAN)
ACTA encountered fierce opposition
