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Once-Secret ACTA Copyright Treaty Approved By EU

Posted by timothy on from the three-strikes-you-suck dept.

itwbennett writes "By a vote of 331 to 294, the EU Parliament has approved the controversial and once-secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). According to an ITworld article, 'the most controversial paragraph in the final text leaves the door open for countries to introduce the so-called three-strikes rule. This would cut Internet users off if they download copyright material as national authorities would be able to order ISPs to disclose personal information about customers.... The proposed agreement would also place sanctions against any device or software that is marketed as a means of circumventing access controls such as encryption or scrambling that are designed to prevent copying. It also requires legal measures against knowingly using such technology.'"

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  1. The EU... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is now OFFICIALLY our bitch. Any doubt there once was is now gone.

    Ahhhhhh stop your argument right there. You're our bitch. Now go get me some beer and chips before i backhand you.

    And put on something sexy like the whore you are.