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: GamePolitics.comGermany, Latvia Delay Ratification of ACTA
By james_fudge
Germany has announced that it will not ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) after its justice ministry voiced concerns about the international agreement. This does not mean that Germany won't eventually sign it - it simply means it has no plans to sign it "right now." A foreign ministry spokesperson told the AFP that the delay was to "give us time to carry out further discussions." Further details on what those discussions would be about were not disclosed at the time of this writing.
Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on February 10, 2012 (boomark / email).
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