The EU will not be participating in a signing ceremony for the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) intellectual property treat according to a statement from the European Commission.
Earlier this week, the Japanese government released a statement announcing an October 1 signing event which suggested the EU would be among the signatories. In fact, it appears their representative ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by Frogfart: Europe leads the way, but for how long?
Not for too long the EU has until sometime in 2013 to be forced to sign this, if they don't pretty much bad thing will happen to them..
This treaty is highly illegal,I've and small others on youtube have been trying to warn people of this sense day one of Acta...one thing I did not notice is how copyright Law's will be forced to be changed but for the Entertainment Industry can screw us over...
I bet you one day if somebody is arrested under Acta and charged by the New Copyright Law hell will freeze over to the ones for Acta(Bush,Obama RIAA and MPAA) their will most likely be Protests to the likes we never seen before
Originally posted by Frogfart: Europe leads the way, but for how long?
until some palms are greased.
Maybe. You never know. All I know is that if these recent proposals go through, I don't see any choice but to ditch the country or work towards reform. The latter seems nearly impossible without some type of revolt of the "bourgeoisie," as this country is certainly no democracy and anything short of revolution en masse will simply be ignored or stifled with the millions of dollars in pocket change these corporate groups throw around.
I can't believe other countries are willing to go along with it, but I guess that temporary pocket change seems much more alluring than protecting the rights of peers.
I'll admit I didn't even know of the ACTA until recently, but since learning of it I have tried alerting everyone I know. It's just such obvious corporate corruption in (apparently global) government.
Basically the people who make the most IP are agreeing that it should be protected to the point that it destroys individual rights...those who pay the most to license IP are saying it shouldn't be protected, but they wouldn't mind a law that just destroys individual rights.
