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Friday April 13, 2012 |
The Socialists and Democrats Group at the European Parliament, the
second largest bloc of MEPs, has announced
that it plans vote against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, yet
another indication that ACTA is likely to be defeated later this spring
at the EP.
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Wednesday April 04, 2012 |
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David Martin, the ACTA rapporteur at the European Parliament, has
published an op-ed
expressing skepticism about the agreement's effectiveness, noting "so
far there is little evidence that it will have the intended effect.
Indeed several non-signatories have stressed their opposition to the
agreement."
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Wednesday March 28, 2012 |
The European Parliament's INTA Committee yesterday soundly
rejected a proposal to refer the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
Agreement to the European Court of Justice for review. ACTA critics viewed
the proposal
as a delay tactic designed with the hope that public opposition to the
agreement would subside in the year or two it would take for a court
review. The 21-5 vote against the motion means that the INTA committee
will conclude its ACTA review later this spring with a full European
Parliament vote expected in June or July. The lack of support for ACTA
within the European Parliament is now out in the open with multiple
parties indicating they will not support the agreement. For example,
MEP Bernd Lange stated:
Today's decision not to ask for legal
advice from the Court of Justice is the first sign that this Parliament
is ready to reject ACTA. It was a mistake from the beginning to put
counterfeit goods and internet content in the same agreement. The
European Parliament was not involved in the negotiations and now we are
asked to say either yes or no, without the possibility of amending the
shortcomings. We cannot support the text as it is. ACTA will probably
be buried before the summer.
There were similar comments from other MEPs, who, after being shut out
of the ACTA process for years, are now unwilling to delay voting on the
agreement within the next few months. I spoke at the INTA
Committee workshop on ACTA
earlier this month - the sense the European Parliament would reject
ACTA was openly discussed then - and my report on the agreement should
be released shortly.
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Wednesday March 28, 2012 |
PIJIP has prepared a comparison of ACTA and the TPP's IP chapter with a
document on the main
highlights and a line-by-line
analysis.
The documents provide further evidence that the TPP would require
Canada to fundamentally overhaul its copyright laws, including many of
the provisions found in Bill C-11.
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