okay today is the day that the EU has signed ACTA :wtf:
this is a rough translated version of the news

    

Amsterdam - In Japan signed the European Commission and several individual European countries anitpiracy Thursday the controversial ACTA treaty.



Despite the signing by the Commission, the Convention (pdf), not yet. After that the European Parliament and individual Member States have their opinion about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agremeent (ACTA) to give.

In Poland, the last few days have significant protests in the Netherlands are MPs unhappy about the treaty negotiations which are still shrouded in mystery be.

These negotiations took place behind closed doors because many so the conclusion is unclear. Controversial measures such as the offline unceremoniously out of websites have been deleted.

downloaders

Yet the example easier to downloaders to address the convention and would be contrary to national and EU regulations. Maxime Verhagen, Minister of Economic Affairs, said earlier that ACTA does not go beyond the laws that apply in the Netherlands.

Activist group Anonymous has announced in recent days action at the various websites which threatens to attack.

Tweakers.net reports that the Dutch ambassador has not signed the CTBT because there is no time would be given permission. What is the reason is unknown. The signing will take place probably later.

ACTA must also physical piracy by preventing fakes.

luckly enough signing ACTA does not affect my country (the netherlands).

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