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EU Council Refuses To Release ACTA Documents

CaptSolo writes "The EU Council refuses to release secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement documents, stating that disclosure of this information could impede the proper conduct of the negotiations, would weaken the position of the EU in these negotiations, and might affect relations with the third parties concerned. The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure requested these documents last week. FFII's response questions ACTA's secrecy saying: 'The argument that public transparency regarding 'trade negotiations' can be ignored if it would weaken the EU's negotiation position is particularly painful. At which point exactly do negotiations over trade issues become more important than democratic law making? At 200 million euro? At 500 million euro? At 1 billion euro? What is the price of our democracy?'"

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  1. Re:Just tell us already! by narcberry · · Score: 4, Funny

    Questioning the council leads to fear, fear leads to hate, hate leads to the dark side.

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  2. Or in other words... by syousef · · Score: 3, Funny

    All your rights are belong to us.

    Somebody set up us the bomb (and the people actually voted for them!)

    You have no chance to survive make your time. Ha ha ha ha ....

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  3. Re:uh oh.... by TapeCutter · · Score: 2, Funny

    You were modded troll by a continent?

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  4. Re:I Know!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    True.

  5. Re:I Know!! by timmarhy · · Score: 2, Funny
    "hopefully his Change mantra will include the US not strong-arming other nations into doing what we want."

    holy FUCK are you naive little man.

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