European Parliament Rejects ACTA

btarunr · Jul 5, 2012, 06:15 AM

EU's highest legislative body, the European Parliament, voted against ratification of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a broad-scoped piece of legislation designed to prevent copyright infringement of nearly all kinds (commodities, consumer durables, electronic and print media, etc.) A thumping 478 votes against, 39 for, and 146 abstainers saw to the quashing of ACTA. The act had been widely criticized by people of the EU as being too broad-scoped, and giving the regulators sweeping powers to prosecute anything they deem as copyright infringement. Activists feared that censorship could be carried out under the veil of ACTA. Meanwhile, across the big pond, the United States House of Representatives passed a similar piece of legislation, the CISPA, in April.

Source: ZDNet

reverze · Jul 5, 2012, 06:17 AM

Good to hear, imagine if we didnt protest as publicly... they could have silently passed it as they did in the US with comparable laws

Rowsol · Jul 5, 2012, 06:19 AM

Woot.

borden5 · Jul 5, 2012, 06:26 AM

inb4 it come back with different name

THE_EGG · Jul 5, 2012, 06:26 AM

Hhhhaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

CaptainFailcon · Jul 5, 2012, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by borden5

inb4 it come back with different name

Yarrr thatit may be but ye do know we pirates never go down easy so AVAST YE HARDY BATTEN DOWN AND SET SAIL FOR YONDER FOR WE BE FREE MEN ON THE OPEN SEA

WarEagleAU · Jul 5, 2012, 06:43 AM

Did ACTA get passed? I think we shot down everything so far though they are trying to get more of it through this go round.

entropy13 · Jul 5, 2012, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarEagleAU

Did ACTA get passed? I think we shot down everything so far though they are trying to get more of it through this go round.

ACTA is still secretly being "processed" in the US. Right now though since the EU rejected it already, and Australia/NZ has essentially rejected it by passing laws that would make ACTA illegal, if ACTA passes in the US it would essentially be a treaty between the US and Morocco.

DannibusX · Jul 5, 2012, 08:37 AM

President Obama signed this "treaty" a while back, saying that since it didn't change US law it didn't need to go to Congress.

KieranD · Jul 5, 2012, 08:39 AM

It hasn't been ratified by any of the signatories, basically this means any EU member states who where signatories cannot become members. A few other nations who where signatories have backed out too due to public pressure.

It was a terrible trade agreement that used piracy and counterfeiting as a scapegoat, to infringe upon basic civil liberties.

SIGSEGV · Jul 5, 2012, 09:35 AM

+1 for internet freedom

Bo$$ · Jul 5, 2012, 09:52 AM

Download ALL the Internetz!!

Ferrum Master · Jul 5, 2012, 10:43 AM

Hail the OLD continent...

F*** the stupid Masonic money greedy companies and their pet politicians...

Bo$$ · Jul 5, 2012, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferrum Master

pet politicians.

this time they actually decieded with 'their own brain' that their own downloading habits might be affected

tacosRcool · Jul 5, 2012, 06:19 PM

down with censorship!

STCNE · Jul 6, 2012, 02:13 AM

Might have to think about moving to the EU in a few years.

babash*t · Jul 6, 2012, 02:22 AM

...*adds more movies and porn to utorrent queue*..

theoneandonlymrk · Jul 6, 2012, 02:36 AM

wow, are Mp's,,, done good.

oh ,, thats right ,Balls the Digital Economy Act .

or some other such BD

R_1 · Jul 8, 2012, 02:12 PM

Well, I live in EU and recently my national legislator secretly changed the law, incriminating what was originally proposed to be incriminated in ACTA. We rejected ACTA - I don't think so. For Big Money - it is just a matter of time for additional lobbying.

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btarunr Editor & Senior Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 14,983 (7.29/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 12,904 Times in 5,653 Posts System Specs	European Parliament Rejects ACTA EU's highest legislative body, the European Parliament, voted against ratification of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a broad-scoped piece of legislation designed to prevent copyright infringement of nearly all kinds (commodities, consumer durables, electronic and print media, etc.) A thumping 478 votes against, 39 for, and 146 abstainers saw to the quashing of ACTA. The act had been widely criticized by people of the EU as being too broad-scoped, and giving the regulators sweeping powers to prosecute anything they deem as copyright infringement. Activists feared that censorship could be carried out under the veil of ACTA. Meanwhile, across the big pond, the United States House of Representatives passed a similar piece of legislation, the CISPA, in April. Source: ZDNet

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