Good to see that internet censorship is under attack even in Europe
"The European Commission, facing steep opposition, has suspended efforts to ratify a new international anti-counterfeiting agreement -- instead referring it to Europe’s highest court to see whether it violates any fundamental EU rights. ...
Protests against the agreement were staged earlier this month in several European capitals -- including Berlin, Helsinki, Paris and Vienna -- by critics who say the agreement would stifle free speech and access to information.
For the EU to be a party to the treaty, all 27 member states would have to ratify it." [And some of the ex-Communist states will almost certainly reject it. They know all about censorship there]
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I don't think ACTA ever had much chance of being ratified by the U.S. Senate after the meltdown over SOPA and PIPA but if even the EU can't get it passed it is really a dead duck.
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The euroweenie union strikes again
Indeed.
This time however they seem poised to strike a blow against the corporate entertainment industry and for freedom of expression.
Bird of course can't actually read, so he failed to realize that they have done the right thing this time.
Bird-brain just repeats his standard cheap cheeps like a real bird.
Annon 4:34 a typical liberal wacko
@Anon 8:59- They are actually showing MORE interest in personal privacy and freedom of expression IN THIS ONE CASE than the US government did during the entire SOPA/PIPA situation. I don't give them much credit on free speech, but this time they are doing it more correctly than we did. So far...
Hungary proposed legislation far in excess of ACTA a few years ago that almost made it to a vote in the EP, so I wouldn't hold my breath about the east block states opposing it.
The Euroweenie Union needs to speraate back into the invisial nations again
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