ACTA headed for dustbin

[meow2u3]

“The wave of social protests rolls across Europe. Poles have given example on how to fight ACTA”, headlines Rzeczpospolita, after demonstrations against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) were held in 150 countries last weekend, the largest of those in Germany and the Netherlands. The controversial multi-national agreement aims to establish international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement, but its opponents claim it will have adverse effects on civil and digital rights.

“They’ve followed Poland’s example”, Rzeczpospolita is happy to note, stressing that the first mass protests against ACTA took place in January in many Polish cities, forcing the government to “suspend” the process of the agreement’s ratification.

http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1505091-acta-headed-dustbin

[Lawlbringer]

1. If only we could get this kind of momentum

here.

[Zalatix]

2. We did, against SOPA/PIPA

The problem is that these laws just keep coming back, over and over again, with more and more stealth.

[Lawlbringer]

3. But ACTA

is a whole different animal. And was actually covertly signed by the President, with the impression that it was kept a secret from us due to national security.