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Thursday December 20, 2012 |
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The European Commission has dropped its appeal
of ACTA at the European Court of Justice. Earlier this year, the EC
promised to take ACTA to the ECJ to review its compatibility with
fundamental rights. With ACTA now politically dead in Europe, the EC has
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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 February 22, 2012 |
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The European Commission, which has been a staunch supporter of the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, today announced that it is referring ACTA to the European Court of Justice to determine
whether ACTA is incompatible - in any way - with the EU's fundamental
rights and freedoms. While the move may mean European delay of ACTA
ratification, it comes
as a growing number of countries and European Parliament members signal
their willingness to vote against the agreement.
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Thursday November 24, 2011 |
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The European Court of Justice has issued
a crucial
ruling
on Internet freedoms, concluding that national courts are not permitted
to order ISPs to block file sharing activities. The court stated that
"the filtering system would also be liable to infringe the fundamental
rights of its customers, namely their right to protection of their
personal data and their right to receive or impart information, which
are rights safeguarded by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU."
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