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Bye ACTA, Hello CETA

Posted by Unknown on from the hide-it-in-subsection-c-part-seventeen dept.

New submitter xSander writes "Is anyone really surprised by this? ACTA may have been rejected by the European Parliment, but it is far from dead yet. Apparently, the EU is trying to revive ACTA through the Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA)." The article contains a handy side-by-side comparison of the CETA clauses that are nearly identical to ones found in ACTA.

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  1. Great by Cyphase · · Score: 4, Funny

    Trade is good.

    Right?

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    by Cyphase ( 907627 )
  2. So... by cheesybagel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can we blame Canada now?

  3. Synonyms by TemperedAlchemist · · Score: 5, Funny

    You say, "I don't want to be raped by your dildo," and they respond with, "Well, how about this one? It's a different color!"

    1. Re:Synonyms by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

      You say, "I don't want to be raped by your dildo," and they respond with, "Well, how about this one? It's a different color!"

      Well they say "the Mounty always gets his man".

  4. Re:Sigh by solidraven · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, and that might obscure the more worrying issue here. They infringed on the writer of ACTA's rights by copying said clauses!