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European Parliament rejects ACTA

article published on 4 July, 2012

European Parliament does not wait on European Court. In February, European Commissioner for Trade, Karel De Gucht, announced that ACTA would be referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The court will assess whether ACTA is incompatible with the EU's fundamental rights and freedoms, such as freedom of expression and information or data protection and the right to property in cases ... [ read the full article ]

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scorpNZ

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4. July 2012 @ 14:07

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Good on them way to tell advocates where to shove it

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Interestx

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4. July 2012 @ 15:15

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Excellent, I thought this might happen, but you can never be too sure until the vote gets all the way to being cast.

Now the big question is how will the entertainment corporations attempt to side-step democracy?

.....and you know they will.

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Mrguss

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4. July 2012 @ 17:22

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ACTA is dead at the moment but we know Hollywood is not done yet and will be back lobbying your Representative with cash for votes tactics.
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Semperfipal

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4. July 2012 @ 17:45

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A step in the right direction for now, but like others say Hollywood won't give up.

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Notcow

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6. July 2012 @ 07:39

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Just wait till the next 8 clever acronyms are pushed out by these records to invade upon your rights in the exact same fashion as the previous several. A small victory.

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xtago

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6. July 2012 @ 09:45

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the EU blocking ACTA will lock the US out of the worlds largest consumer market.

Not that they would care much about the US seeing as English isn't their main language etc.

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Blessedon

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7. July 2012 @ 18:13

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ACTA was never about copyright protection. The purpose of ACTA was to give the minion U.N., authority to (incrementally) shut down the sites of peoples who may resist its authoritarian control.

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Owled

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8. July 2012 @ 09:49

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Hear, Hear !

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Mez

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10. July 2012 @ 18:36

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I am surprised they they ever cared.