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By Karl-Friedrich Lenz
Techdirt reports on the ACTA discussion at the European Parliament. The Member of Parliament in charge of the ratification just resigned from that post, with a strong message of protest.
I think that this kind of legislation should not be done behind closed doors in trade negotiations. The questions addressed have nothing to do with trade. If you want to discuss intellectual property, do so in your national Parliaments in the usual open process. Using the “trade” label as a loophole to work around these requirements leaves you with a Treaty with zero legitimacy.
It will be interesting to see how the ratification process in Parliament will proceed.
I recall having discussed some of the issues in the text of ACTA back in 2010. I am not convinced that there is much merit to that text, even if it were not enacted in this matter offensive to basic values of democracy.
Full post as published by Lenz Blog on January 27, 2012 (boomark / email).
European Commission Tells Parliament ACTA Must Be Minimal
European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht today told the plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg that it has become clear the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) could only be concluded by sticking to a minimum consensus...
EU Commission Says Little on ACTA at European Parliament Hearing
IPTegrity.com covers today's European Parliament Trade Committee hearing on ACTA, where European Commission officials did little to alleviate the concerns of Members of the European Parliament...
European Parliament Gives ACTA the Cold Shoulder
The European Parliament reacted to the leak of the Internet portion of the Secret ACTA Treaty(TM) that it voted 633 to 13 with 16 abstentions on Wednesday to oppose the treaty. The EP also threatened to sue the European Commission...
No ACTA Deal Yet As EU Parliament Seeks Narrower Scope, More Transparency (IP-Watch)
"As negotiations on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) continued in Paris this week with again no public details the European Parliament Thursday sent a strong signal by requesting transparency in the negotiations...
Leaks Show Real Aim Of ACTA, As Trade Chief Declares It Binding
The recently completed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), negotiated by the countries that own most of the world's intellectual property rights, is aimed at developing countries they hope will give value to those rights by protecting them, leaked documents show, according to French group La Quadrature du Net...
ACTA In Secret Reading Room For EU Parliament
Members of the European Parliament will be able to read the current draft of the much-debated Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in the “secret reading room” for the Parliament, Green Party Member Jan Philipp Albrecht told Intellectual Property Watch after this week’s committee sessions with EU Commissioner Karel DeGucht...
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