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EU Parliament Rejects ACTA In a 663 To 13 Vote
An anonymous reader writes "'The European Parliament defied the EU executive today (10 March), casting a vote against an agreement between the EU, the US and other major powers on combating online piracy and threatening to take legal action at the European Court of Justice.'"
You can't see it because this is the internet but I'm giving Europe a standing ovation right now.
It's nice to see some people in power actually understand just how disgusting ACTA is.
At least until the European Commission finally ends this travesty called "Democracy in the EU"...
Ezekiel 23:20
to celebrate by getting shitfaced drunk and downloading some Creative Commons-licensed music from P2P networks.
Here you are, happy brewing!
Ezekiel 23:20
That has got to sting.
Most genocides had higher approval ratings than that.
I can imagine all the members of parliament singing that famous Chritsmas hit single by Rage against the Machine... but probably they didn't.
Oh its owned by a corporation alright, but you'd never guess who. This goes as far back as the East India [trading] Company. The EIC was running England way back in the day, but they had to keep up appearances. So, under the illusion of disappearance, EIC supposedly fell off the map, but in secret, key members were still having the executive decision in England. It got quite upset when the United States of America broke off. Ever since that day they have held a hateful grudge. England was wary to join the EU at first because they weren't sure if they could keep up the act. It's difficult to cover your tracks and hide all the evidence you know. Anyways, when the United states became big with Hollywood and Rock n Roll, this was their chance to strike back. What was the East India Company's biggest threat when they ruled the seas? That's right - PIRATES. Taking this idea is the entire foundation of music and movie piracy, bootlegging etc. Then when the internet came along, they kept up with the times and started digital pirating. Condemning such scapegoats as "The Pirate Bay" only serves to help keep the guise up. As such, we've been locked in battle ever since - Corporate America and its music labels versus the European Union (EIC) and its highly sophisticated piracy. You need look no further for evidence of my claims than European music. See: Basshunter.
In all honesty guys, this one was obvious.
Don't get your hopes up, in the Metric system 98% isn't a majority.
Is it sad that I want to give you mod points just because you managed to use the correct spelling for "effect" here?
Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.
There's nothing wrong with effectively becoming affectionate about proper spelling :)
Is it sad that I want to give you mod points just because you managed to use the correct spelling for "effect" here?
American is probably not the poster's mother tongue. He or she would therefore have an unfair advantage communicating in English.
Next time they'll just hide it on page 1023 of something about cucumbers and get it through that way.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Nah, it's just a sudden, unexpected outbreak of common sense (probably not even that - it's probably just our politicians playing anti-American again).
Yeah, our politicians hate it when the US politicians act like sissies. We want laws where we can tear limbs off copyright infringers and we like it that way !
May contain traces of nut.
Made from the freshest electrons.
Wait wait wait... You can download beer? Can I order the equipment from NewEgg?
Wait wait wait... You can download beer? Can I order the equipment from NewEgg?
Of course you can't download beer, silly!
The intrawebs are a series of *tubes*, not taps, and those trucks don't say "Budweiser" on the side.
Strat
Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
There is something wrong when seeing use of the correct word in the right manner starts becoming funny...
Moved to http://soylentnews.org/. You are invited to join us too!
On the other hand, this is slashdot, so UK bashing is an easy way to get mod points.
I can't help but notice that you're at +5, whereas the post to which you are replying is below my threshold...
Maybe complaining that other people are going for easy mod points is the easy way to get mod points?
Is 1563649 a prime number?
There are two candidates, one being the reigning president, the other being a right wing nutjob
So THAT'S where Ron Paul went!
For a site about things like basic rights, Slashdot users sure do like to censor "dissent".