Tag: ACTA

ACTA Lives: How the EU & Canada Are Using CETA as Backdoor Mechanism To Revive ACTA

By James Barnley   Posted in Cyber Security Governance
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Last week, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to reject ACTA, striking a major blow to the hopes of supporters who envisioned a landmark agreement that would set a new standard for intellectual property rights enforcement. The European Commission, which negotiates trade deals such as ACTA on behalf of the European Union, has vowed to revive …

ACTA gets final stake through heart as EC drops court referral

By James Barnley   Posted in Governance Internet Technology
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement can no longer come back from the grave in Europe, after the European Commission dropped its bid to have the copyright treaty’s legality confirmed by the union’s top court. Parliamentarians roundly rejected ACTA back in July. They had many reasons for doing so, primarily the large physical demonstrations taking place across …