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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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    My UID is prime. Hah!
  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.

  4. 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.