| Eu rejects ACTA-Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
478 MEPs voted against, with 39 for, 165 abstentions |
Leosghost
msg:4472482 | 12:09 pm on Jul 4, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| The European Parliament has voted to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta). |
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| Outside the EU, the treaty also had the support of the US, Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea. |
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| However, following significant protests, several countries chose not to back the treaty. |
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Earlier story ACTA Treaty Gets a Further Set Back With ITC Rejection [webmasterworld.com] [edited by: engine at 2:02 pm (utc) on Jul 4, 2012]
[edit reason] added earlier stories [/edit]
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RonPK
msg:4472492 | 2:02 pm on Jul 4, 2012 (gmt 0) |
This is good news for internet users (IMHO): no providers policing users' traffic with DPI, no further consolidation of today's retarded copyright laws.
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graeme_p
msg:4472572 | 6:51 pm on Jul 4, 2012 (gmt 0) |
@RonPK, agreed. Its a law by big business, for big business, and like a lot of legislation is bad for everyone else (consumers, small biz)
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