ACTA Gets Death Certificate In Europe

Posted by samzenpus on Friday December 21, 2012 @01:04AM from the end-of-the-line dept.

First time accepted submitter Seeteufel writes "The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is now officially pronounced dead in the E.U. The European Parliament broadly rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement a while ago, but there was still a court case pending at the European Court of Justice about the legality of ACTA. The Commission was open about its intent to reintroduce ACTA ratification to the Parliament after a positive Court decision. Now we learn the Commission has withdrawn its questions to the Court."

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This may not be as good as you think! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-21 01:12 · Score: 5, Interesting

First thought: GREAT!
Second thought: It's better for them to not have a court ruling saying that some of the ACTA content violate some EU principles when they will try to re-introduce the same content in CETA.