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[ NNSquad ] ACTA Treaty Abominations on "Coast to Coast AM" Radio Tonight (Sunday)
ACTA Treaty Abominations on "Coast to Coast AM" Radio Tonight (Sunday)
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000714.html
Greetings. This is just a quick heads-up that I've been booked
tonight (Sunday, 9 May) onto "Coast to Coast AM" -- the
nationwide/global late night radio program -- for what will probably
be a rather extensive discussion of the international ACTA
(Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) and the various abominations in
its ongoing (mostly secret) negotiations and currently known
provisions ( http://bit.ly/aWyGuo [CNET] ).
My segment is currently scheduled to run through most of the first
hour of the show at least (after the top of the hour news and show
intro), which begins at 10 PM PDT. The show is available on a vast
number of Coast to Coast AM local radio station affiliates, plus
satellite radio and other distribution venues
( http://bit.ly/10H2IN [Coast to Coast AM] ).
I've guested on the show many times previously, discussing a range of
topics from security and privacy to other technology-related issues --
and have always been made to feel very welcome.
While Coast to Coast AM is widely known for its focus on "speculative"
topics that various observers quite reasonably consider to be rather
outside the "mainstream," the show also features many "hard science"
guests and topics of more conventionally serious interest. Some of
the best questions I've received on technology topics have come from
listeners of Coast to Coast AM.
The Wired article "Coast to Coast AM Is No Wack Job" is a useful
backgrounder if you're not already familiar with the show
( http://bit.ly/blIexO [Wired] ).
The ACTA in its current form is potentially a disaster headed straight
for us all, and represents an enormous threat not only to the Internet
as we know it but even to civil liberties more broadly as well.
Tonight's discussion on Coast to Coast AM hopefully will help to alert
a broad audience -- many members of which may likely have never heard
of this treaty before -- to the threats posed by the process and
particulars of the ACTA.
Hope to "see you" on the radio tonight.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein