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EU To Sign ACTA Later This Month

Posted by samzenpus on from the end-of-the-line dept.

rysiek writes "At a meeting of Polish Government officials with Polish NGOs and business representatives it was confirmed that the European Union is poised to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement as soon as January 26th. But all is not lost. The Treaty still needs to be ratified by the Euro Parliament and member states individually. The ratification vote is important, as it is an either-or vote — if not ratified there, ACTA gets rejected in its entirety. The Ministry of Administration and Digitization is not amused and has asked the Prime Minister (who promised this May to hold ACTA adoption until the kinks are worked out) to cancel the signing authorization for the time being."

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  1. Blackout? by bfandreas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Will Wikipedia, Google and TotalBiscuit black out for us?
    No?
    Damn, we're screwed.

    Picketing the EU Parliament won't work because most representatives don't show up anyway

    :(

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    20 minutes into the future
    1. Re:Blackout? by Seumas · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Of course they won't. People blew their wad on SOPA. They didn't give a fuck about the initial ACTA. They didn't give a fuck about NDAA. Hell, they didn't give a fuck about the PATRIOT Act. The flurry of activity against SOPA was an aberration.