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ACTA was defeated but now comes CETA

EU Times — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:12:25 +0000

Less than a week has passed since ACTA was defeated by a comprehensive vote in the European parliament. But some copyright activists believe its provisions may get in through the backdoor via the CETA treaty. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a wide-ranging set of agreements between the EU and Canada. Only a […]

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European nationalists reject Acta

EU Times — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:24:21 +0000

Nationalist MEPs across Europe voted against the infamous Acta treaty on Wednesday as the bill was rejected by an overwhelming majority. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was defeated by 478 votes to 39, with 165 abstentions, after failed attempts by the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) to delay the decision. Joining our own British National Party […]

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ACTA rejected by committee in crucial blow before final EU Parliament vote

EU Times — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:53:32 +0000

The International Trade Committee (INTA) of the European Parliament recommends rejecting ACTA. The committee rejected the controversial legislation 19 votes to 12. This is the fourth and final committee to deliver its report on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and will likely affect the European Parliament’s vote early July. MEP Marietje Schaake, a member of […]

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ACTA rejected by EU Parliament committees in crucial vote

EU Times — Thu, 31 May 2012 22:48:30 +0000

The European Parliament has opposed the controversial ACTA treaty, after three of its influential committees said the trade agreement should be rejected. The Legal Affairs Committee (JURI), the Committee for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) all voted against implementing the agreement, which caused mass […]

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Dutch Parliament denies ACTA before EU vote

EU Times — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:42:18 +0000

Lawmakers in Holland have voted to strike down the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), slammed by many as a free speech and information access choker. Dutch MPs have also ruled the government will never sign any such agreement. The Dutch parliamentarians have opted not to wait for the EU’s vote on ACTA which is set […]

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EU suspends ACTA ratification, refers treaty to court

EU Times — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:24:31 +0000

The EU has suspended the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and referred the text to the European Court of Justice to investigate possible rights breaches. The European Commission decided on Wednesday to ask the EU’s top court “to clarify that the ACTA agreement and its implementation must be fully compatible with freedom of […]

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ACTA error: Democracy not found

EU Times — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:51:15 +0000

More European parliaments are refusing to ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, claiming it violates human rights. Now, some are asking: “why it was signed in the first place?” It looks like some of the countries who signed ACTA in Tokyo on January 26 are already having second thoughts. “I don’t know why I signed ACTA”, […]

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ACTA is worse than SOPA

EU Times — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:42:17 +0000

As a warrior for Internet freedom, you helped defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA by supporting Web black outs by sites like Wikipedia and by contacting your lawmaker to voice your displeasure. So loud was your voice that even the president of the United States sided with you in opposing it. But don’t […]

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Secret treaty warned will impose draconian US Internet-blocking legislation on rest of the World

EU Times — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:16:21 +0000

In the US, the leaking of a draft of a secret international “treaty” shows that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are to be compelled by law to act as de facto “copyright cops” and be made responsible for “disabling access” to web sites deemed by various unelected and unaccountable vested interests to be carrying counterfeit or […]

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Secret ACTA Agreement Leaked!

EU Times — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:10:03 +0000

Click here to download the full ACTA agreement PDF file. The leaked ACTA agreement! Soon to be copy pasted into a law near you. “It provides for criminalization of copyright infringement, granting law enforcement the powers to perform criminal investigation, arrests and pursue criminal citations or prosecution of suspects who MAY have infringed on copyright” […]

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