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Yet Another European Government Drops ACTA
An anonymous reader writes "The government of Bulgaria, which had already signed ACTA, yesterday reversed itself, and announced that it would not seek ratification of the treaty. This comes after similar moves by Poland, Germany and the Netherlands, and a weekend of massive protests against ACTA across the European continent."
The FFII reports they convinced the Parliament of The Netherlands to adopt an anti-ACTA motion:
As Amnesty, OSCE, Human Rights Commissioner Reding and others have their doubts it looks like a poison pill.
TFA is just a LMGTFY??
This must be a new low.
It looks like ACTA is pretty much dead in the EU, as it will only enter into force if all the EU countries agree to it unanimously. However, it will still remain in force for the other signatories as long as at least 6 states sign it. So far United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Korea have all signed it, so at least three of those need to back out for the treaty to die completely.
Well, is Canada protesting like places across Europe?
Not that I'm aware of. There isn't really anything that people in Canada can do. Our weird political system has given someone with less than 50% of the popular support a *majority government*. That means we have a fascist party in government with no effective means to control them.
Hopefully they will be gone after the next election. The people up here aren't too bright and might re-elect them.
I don't know how or why people have kept missing this, but the United States has not ratified ACTA either, and there is about zero chance it is going to.
A U.S. representative signed it, but it was never ratified.
Pull your heads out, folks.
Summary is not entirely correct. Germany, Poland, Netherlands did not also "drop" ACTA, they delayed proceeding on it in pursuit of further clarification. Their actions are not the same as Bulgaria's. There are still internal conflicts in the governments of those countries and ratification is still likely after amendment. I understand there is a desire on slashdot to portray an unstoppable tide of anti-ACTA sentiment in Europe, but we can't make up what we want.
your thin skin doesn't make me a troll
welcome to ACTA north, currently being quietly forced through parliament AGAINST the will of the CITIZENS. Text has been presented to the Canuckistan government in secret, after text had been prepared by FOREIGN agitators, influencing OUR way of life. Everyone, do the world a favour and kill and American politician, executive, or lawyer.