Tens of thousands of demonstrators in rallies in various parts of Europe on Saturday to protest an international convention to combat piracy fear that lead to reducing their freedom to download movies and music free of charge and are encouraged to monitor the Internet.
Challenged more than 25 thousand demonstrators temperatures that reach the level of freezing in the cities of Germany to take part in protest marches against the trade agreement to combat counterfeiting while gathered 4000 Bulgarian in Sofia to protest against the Convention, which aims to strengthen the legal framework for intellectual property rights.
And left thousands of others, mostly young people in other rallies, despite the snow and temperatures that reach the level of freezing in the cities, including Warsaw, Prague and Slovakia, Bucharest, Vilnius, Paris, Brussels and Dublin.
Said Monica Tebilos are programmed at the age of 26 years was protesting with about 300 people in Bucharest, "We no longer feel safe. Was one of the few places online that can act freely."
And strong opposition to the Convention and is spreading rapidly, especially in Eastern Europe. And methods of observation likening the protesters on the way the big brother that were used by the former communist regimes. The download of movies, music and popular way to spread among many young people in Eastern Europe to get the free entertainment.
The protesters raised banners against the Convention and participated in the march of 2,000 demonstrators in central Berlin, where temperatures reached 10 degrees Celsius below zero.
The news magazine Focus in its online edition on Saturday, Thomas Pfeiffer, a leader in the Green Party said in Munich, where 16 000 people demonstrated against the agreement, "It is unacceptable to sacrifice the right of freedom for the rights of copyright."
There have been eight governments of countries including Japan and the United States signed an agreement in October, aims to reduce thefts copyrights and trademarks. He described the agreement as a step towards a trade agreement to combat counterfeiting into force.
And negotiations are under way for several years on the trade agreement to combat counterfeiting. There have been some European countries but it has not signed yet to be ratified or in many countries. The German Foreign Ministry said on Friday it Staatmhl kiss sign.
In Sofia, many of the protesters of 4000's youth. Some wore masks Jay Fox, who became a symbol of the group Anonymous piracy and global protest movements.
The agreement aims to reduce the theft of trademarks and respond to acts of piracy on the Internet. But the deal raised concerns about censorship on the Internet and increased surveillance, particularly in the countries of Eastern Europe as well as in Germany, which has a sensitivity because of its history with the secret police (gestapo) during the Nazi regime and the state security apparatus in East Germany.
Janko said Petrov, who attended the rally in Sofia for the network broadcast my government. That. T "We want to stop the trade agreement to combat counterfeiting .. We have our laws and do not want private international laws."
Protesters fear of the possibility that free downloads for movies and music to prison sentences in the case of parliaments for ratification of the Convention. They also fear that the exchange of materials becomes a crime on the Internet, they say that the agreement will allow monitoring on a large scale on the Internet.
Challenged more than 25 thousand demonstrators temperatures that reach the level of freezing in the cities of Germany to take part in protest marches against the trade agreement to combat counterfeiting while gathered 4000 Bulgarian in Sofia to protest against the Convention, which aims to strengthen the legal framework for intellectual property rights.
And left thousands of others, mostly young people in other rallies, despite the snow and temperatures that reach the level of freezing in the cities, including Warsaw, Prague and Slovakia, Bucharest, Vilnius, Paris, Brussels and Dublin.
Said Monica Tebilos are programmed at the age of 26 years was protesting with about 300 people in Bucharest, "We no longer feel safe. Was one of the few places online that can act freely."
And strong opposition to the Convention and is spreading rapidly, especially in Eastern Europe. And methods of observation likening the protesters on the way the big brother that were used by the former communist regimes. The download of movies, music and popular way to spread among many young people in Eastern Europe to get the free entertainment.
The protesters raised banners against the Convention and participated in the march of 2,000 demonstrators in central Berlin, where temperatures reached 10 degrees Celsius below zero.
The news magazine Focus in its online edition on Saturday, Thomas Pfeiffer, a leader in the Green Party said in Munich, where 16 000 people demonstrated against the agreement, "It is unacceptable to sacrifice the right of freedom for the rights of copyright."
There have been eight governments of countries including Japan and the United States signed an agreement in October, aims to reduce thefts copyrights and trademarks. He described the agreement as a step towards a trade agreement to combat counterfeiting into force.
And negotiations are under way for several years on the trade agreement to combat counterfeiting. There have been some European countries but it has not signed yet to be ratified or in many countries. The German Foreign Ministry said on Friday it Staatmhl kiss sign.
In Sofia, many of the protesters of 4000's youth. Some wore masks Jay Fox, who became a symbol of the group Anonymous piracy and global protest movements.
The agreement aims to reduce the theft of trademarks and respond to acts of piracy on the Internet. But the deal raised concerns about censorship on the Internet and increased surveillance, particularly in the countries of Eastern Europe as well as in Germany, which has a sensitivity because of its history with the secret police (gestapo) during the Nazi regime and the state security apparatus in East Germany.
Janko said Petrov, who attended the rally in Sofia for the network broadcast my government. That. T "We want to stop the trade agreement to combat counterfeiting .. We have our laws and do not want private international laws."
Protesters fear of the possibility that free downloads for movies and music to prison sentences in the case of parliaments for ratification of the Convention. They also fear that the exchange of materials becomes a crime on the Internet, they say that the agreement will allow monitoring on a large scale on the Internet.
Source: Reuters