| Ragnarork France. July 04 2012 20:40. Posts 1970 | Profile # |
Hi TL.net !
I thought it could be a valuable information to spread :
As of today, 12:56, ACTA is officialy dead. The European Parliament has rejected the text with 478 votes against, 39 votes in favor, and 165 abstentions. This put a definitive stop to this text which could be seen as the "European SOPA" and even scarier.
Quick reminder : ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) was designed to protect intellectual property at an international level. Negotiated secretly since 2007 by 39 countries , including EU's 27, the USA, Japan,... , it stated measures that would lead to surveillance and censorship of Internet communications, without the intervention of any sort of justice actors like courts, etc. It also voluntarily left the term "intellectual property" imprecise, so it could be extended quite freely to a lot of things that would "magically" fall under the term of "intellectual property". This text was supported by notable actors of the entertainment industry.
I see this as a major victory, as citizens have successfully put down this agreement which has been negotiated and not discussed as a political text.
SOPA, PIPA, and now ACTA are meaningful victory, especially regarding democracy, by the rejection of something that was discussed without any sort of consultation of the citizens (via elected people).
EDIT: source - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20120703IPR48247/html/European-Parliament-rejects-ACTA
(Thanks HomeWorld)Last edit: 2012-07-04 21:02:48 |
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| Celadan Norway. July 04 2012 20:43. Posts 456 | Profile # |
| Great news, but I would like a source in order to confirm it. |
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| Black[CAT] Malaysia. July 04 2012 20:44. Posts 2543 | Profile Blog # |
| So democracy isnt dead yet. |
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| HomeWorld Romania. July 04 2012 20:46. Posts 569 | Profile # | |
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| ahswtini Northern Ireland. July 04 2012 20:47. Posts 2698 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Ragnarork France. July 04 2012 20:58. Posts 1970 | Profile # |
On July 04 2012 20:43 Celadan wrote:
Great news, but I would like a source in order to confirm it.
Yup, was searching for a good one, updating the op. |
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| Whoranzone Germany. July 04 2012 21:05. Posts 235 | Profile # |
Everyone being relieved should probably better read that. |
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| Integra Sweden. July 04 2012 21:05. Posts 4994 | Profile Blog # |
| Its not over though, the next SOPA/ACTA/PIPA will surface sooner than what people might think, be vigilante at all times! Last edit: 2012-07-04 21:06:13 |
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| pred470r Bulgaria. July 04 2012 21:11. Posts 3131 | Profile Blog # |
| Good to hear this shit died. |
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| Warri Germany. July 04 2012 21:14. Posts 1841 | Profile # |
On July 04 2012 21:05 Integra wrote:
Its not over though, the next SOPA/ACTA/PIPA will surface sooner than what people might think, be vigilante at all times!
Its not gonna be over ever anymore. They will just keep inventing new acronyms until one finally slips through unless some really big revolution happens. |
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| Haydin United States. July 04 2012 21:18. Posts 1446 | Profile # |
| Good. More bullshit like this will be coming though I'm sure. Netziens need to stay vigilant and do whatever we can to shut every single SOPA/PIPA/ACTA down, no matter how many times we have to do it. |
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| Pandemona England. July 04 2012 21:20. Posts 10389 | Profile Blog # |
Oh European Union, how my faith is SLOWLY but surely returning in you....
+ Show Spoiler +keep your fkn Euro though :D |
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| Opera France. July 04 2012 21:22. Posts 444 | Profile # |
\o/
Too bad the lobbies will come back with the same s**t again, but more sugar coated this time. Let's continue to fight ! |
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| Telcontar United Kingdom. July 04 2012 21:27. Posts 15880 | Profile # |
| Phew. My faith in humanity is a little less violated today. |
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| RelZo Hungary. July 04 2012 21:29. Posts 378 | Profile Blog # |
| I'm proud to be in the EU right now, gg. |
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| Greentellon Finland. July 04 2012 21:29. Posts 1127 | Profile # | |
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| sparC Germany. July 04 2012 21:31. Posts 149 | Profile # |
| it already leaked out, that they're planning on bringing ACTA back step by step, trying to sneak it in again in smaller parts. |
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| Greentellon Finland. July 04 2012 21:35. Posts 1127 | Profile # |
On July 04 2012 21:31 sparC wrote:
it already leaked out, that they're planning on bringing ACTA back step by step, trying to sneak it in again in smaller parts.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance". |
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| CoR Germany. July 04 2012 21:39. Posts 3189 | Profile # |
| when i look wiki i think germany never sign that shit cause you sounded like all europe sign (I think 3 from eu didnt) Last edit: 2012-07-04 21:40:36 |
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| radiatoren Denmark. July 04 2012 21:41. Posts 1260 | Profile # |
Well, we are moving toward some future votes on an update of IPRED and similar laws and the commission who are responsible for creating the laws are still extremely pro-ACTA. We will probably see some broader terms in the EU laws and the commissionaires was very clear in stating that ACTA was a big inspiration for the coming proposals and they expect to be able to resubmit ACTA for a new vote after those directives have been debated.
The commission and the council are both strongly for ACTA and have a very inflexible stance on Trademarks, Copyright and patents. Expect a lot of horrible pieces of legislation to surface in EU the next ~5 years.Last edit: 2012-07-04 21:42:15 |
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