Currently SaveOurInternet.org is helping to stop the potential passing of the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement) treaty. ACTA has been very well hidden for the last four years and was finished nearly a year ago. ACTA is now being rushed through the signing process, already signed by 8 of 11 countries including the US.

Unlike SOPA or PIPA, ACTA does not hold websites liable for copyright infringement. ACTA holds the ISPs (Internet Service Providers), such as UPC, liable for the copyright infringement of its users. ACTA will force ISPs to monitor our on-line lives and thoughts, reporting every instance of copyright infringement. ACTA gives copyright holders the right to demand from the ISPs the personal details of a customer whose account is alleged to be involved in copyright fraud.

ACTA requires that governments collect statistical information on on-line behaviour, which implies serious invasion of privacy. ACTA requires that governments encourage the establishment and maintenance of organized groups representing right holders who can give their views to the courts. A vested interest group participating in the courts. Is this democratic?

Because ACTA pulls down individuals and not international private organisations, such as Wikipedia or Google, there will be no black-out day for ACTA; not unless organisations representing the public take the initiative. Civil rights groups, public bodies, societies, sports clubs, schools, universities, unions all need to step up and raise awareness, because upon the writing of this piece - 24/01/2012 - effectively nobody knows about ACTA.

Representatives of the European Union have already signed a joint statement affirming their intentions to sign ACTA. By the 31st of March 2012, we need to let the European Parliament know that we do not want a gross invasion of our privacy and a blow to our freedom of speech. To find out what you can do, please visit our Help Out page above. For more on ACTA visit our Learn More page.

Don't forget to keep up to date; this bill will hopefully be defeated, but even so another may come. The purpose of this website is to make it easy for you to learn about new bills and how you can help, so please come back!

Thank you for playing your part.

"To enlighten the public regarding current and potential Internet legislation, and to suggest avenues of protest against Internet legislation that threatens our right privacy and free speech."

Save Our Internet hopes to educate the international community regarding present legislation and bills that attempt to control the Internet, its content and those who use it. It is managed by a group of independent interested individuals who believe in its cause.

Save Our Internet also suggests how you can help the struggle for fair on-line legislation; find out how by clicking on the 'Help Out' link above. We believe there is plenty of quality information on-line regarding Internet legislation, and so this website doesn't create such information resources but points its users to existing resources.

Save Our Internet does not condone piracy, but we do not believe in a solution which causes more problems than it solves.

Feel free to contact us at info@saveourinternet.org.