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ACTA's EU Future In Doubt As Poland Suspends Ratification

Posted by Soulskill on from the hitting-the-brakes dept.

superglaze writes "Poland has suspended its ratification process for ACTA, throwing the copyright crackdown into doubt for the whole European Union. ACTA is being handled as a 'mixed agreement' in the EU due to its criminalization clauses, so if a single EU member state (such as Poland) fails to ratify it, it is null and void across the entire union. If that were to happen, at least six of the remaining international signatories would have to ratify ACTA for it to apply anywhere in the world. Outside the EU, only eight countries — including the U.S. — have signed."

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  1. BRAVO POLSKA! by n1ywb · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Let me be the first to say "BARDZO DOBRZA! ACTA JEST GUWNO!" ("Very well done! ACTA is shit!")

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  2. Thank you by qmaqdk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thank you (again) Poland.

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  3. Heck yeah! by robinsonne · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My thanks go out to the Polish people that are making enough of a stink about this that their government had to (maybe) reconsider.

    1. Re:Heck yeah! by Hatta · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Voting for either D or R is throwing your vote away. The only vote that counts is one for a third party.

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  4. I love you, Poland! by HBI · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There's an immense store of goodwill towards Poland in the US, despite the ludicrous actions of our corporations and government. When it counts, it will be repaid.

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  5. Re:The U.S. hasn't ratified, either. by NoKaOi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Executive branch has no Constitutional authority to enforce it as any kind of treaty without ratification by Congress. I know some are "debating" this, but the debate is nothing but BS. The Constitution spells it out pretty clearly.

    Since when does it matter what's spelled out in the constitution? Seems it's been awhile, at least when it's inconvenient to the executive branch.

  6. Re:Well done Poland!!!! by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is that surprising? They understand much better than many Western European states (or U.S. for that matter) why freedom matters, from recent and very personal experience.

  7. Re:How can I thank my representative? by SharpFang · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Funny thing, there is not one party in Poland that can be trusted currently. Even these with the masks were just trying to cash in on the popularity, but they "woke up" only after massive protests started...

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