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  1. 22-06-2012, 12:07 PM #16
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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet

    Quote Originally Posted by musashi View Post
    Every book I read is pdf, I use MS Office to write letters, CVs, presentations (I even use Excel to do my accounting) I download 95% of the movies I watch and 100% of the music I listen to. And all of it is free thanks to the Internet. In effect the connectivity of the Internet has enriched my life and impoverished Microsoft/Sony et al.
    And you know what, I'm ok, I am OK.

    Acta/Sopa will not stop me.

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  2. 22-06-2012, 03:38 PM #17
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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet

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    Back you up on that !
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  3. 04-07-2012, 11:08 AM #18
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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet

    The European Parliament has just voted against ACTA.
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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet

    Quote Originally Posted by PaddyJoe View Post
    The European Parliament has just voted against ACTA.
    good news
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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet

    Quote Originally Posted by DCon View Post
    good news
    We do have our uses ......


    Nessa Childers MEP (@NChildersMEP)
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    MEPs stand up holding signs saying "Hello democracy, Goodbye #ACTA"
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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet: Update-EP votes ACTA down

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  7. 04-07-2012, 01:49 PM #22
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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet: Update-EP votes ACTA down

    Yes but will the Commission proceed with it anyway? They are an undemocratic bunch at the best of times.

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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet: Update-EP votes ACTA down

    Quote Originally Posted by jmcc View Post
    Yes but will the Commission proceed with it anyway? They are an undemocratic bunch at the best of times.

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    No they won't. The commission made a statement after the vote.
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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet: Update-EP votes ACTA down

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    No they won't. The commission made a statement after the vote.
    Unusual. They've no plan B to sneak it in by some backdoor legislation?

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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet: Update-EP votes ACTA down

    Gay Mitchell, Mairead McGuinness, Sean Kelly, Jim Higgins all abstained....
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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet: Update-EP votes ACTA down

    Quote Originally Posted by jmcc View Post
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    Yes but will the Commission proceed with it anyway? They are an undemocratic bunch at the best of times.

    Regards...jmcc
    No they won't. The commission made a statement after the vote.
    Unusual. They've no plan B to sneak it in by some backdoor legislation?

    Regards...jmcc
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    ACTA IS BACK: Leaked docs show Canada/European Commission trying to sneak ACTA into Canada & back into Europe

    While the court referral has attracted the lion share of attention, there is an alternate secret strategy in which Canada plays a key role. According to recently leaked documents, the EU plans to use the Canada - EU Trade Agreement (CETA), which is nearing its final stages of negotiation, as a backdoor mechanism to implement the ACTA provisions.

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    Default Re: EU signs ACTA - A Black Day for Freedom of the Internet: Update-EP votes ACTA down

    ACTA dead again.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12...st_last_rites/
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