European Parliament Rips Global IP Accord

March 10th, 2010 admin

The European Parliament delivered a political blow to Hollywood and the Obama administration, voting Wednesday 663 to 13 in opposition to a proposed and secret intellectual property agreement being negotiated by the European Union, United States and a handful of others. Wednesday’s developments concerning the Anti-Counterfeiting and Trade Agreement are substantial because the European Union’s 27 countries vastly outnumber the remaining countries negotiating the deal. They are Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States. Ambassador Ron Kirk, the top U.S. trade official, is spearheading the deal that began being crafted under the George W. Bush administration. Kirk’s office declined comment. To be sure, there is a dispute and heavy confusion concerning whether internet service providers under ACTA would be forced to punish customers deemed copyright scofflaws by reducing or …


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farmorgun (Gun Svensson)  : RT @klang67: RT @malini_aisola: RT @jerezim: #WD12 on #ACTA adopted! Congratulations to all #EU citizens who participated!..
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mmxals (mmxals)  : RT @EXGAE: El Parlamento Europeo ya tiene las firmas suficientes xa firmar contra#ACTA. Una victoria más. enhorabuena a todos los participar..
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bandaanchaeu (Joshua Llorach)  : RT @guisebatan: Aprobada la declaración escrita contra ACTA http://m.menea.me/mciy #ACTA #Manifiesto..
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WillTovey (Will Tovey)  : sounds like Written declaration 12/2010 has been adopted by the EP; maybe we'll get another blip of openness on #acta - probably won't last...
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puce0204 (Puce)  : Adoption de la déclaration anti-ACTA : "une grande victoire" (@Numerama) http://bt.io/FxEW..
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