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Petition - This Week We Kill ACTA - Or Get Locked Down In Monopolies For Decades

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J-Mac:
I really hope that the Europeans can stop it - or at least cripple it, because we don’t seem to be able to do a damn thing about it on this side of the pond unfortunately. And it's our reps/companies/idiots that are trying to impose their collective will on the rest of the world.

I am so disheartened that the powers-that-be are now more powerful than ever, or at least it appears that way. They seem to revel in their power more publicly now, as if to show-off that they have no fear of the American public at all. Sickening. I've been disillusioned with our reps for a long time but never quite so much as now.

Jim

IainB:
Despite the success, here's somewhat disheartening news via Slashdot: Bye ACTA, Hello CETA
Posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 10, @05:10AM
from the hide-it-in-subsection-c-part-seventeen dept.

New submitter xSander writes "Is anyone really surprised by this? ACTA may have been rejected by the European Parliment, but it is far from dead yet. Apparently, the EU is trying to revive ACTA through the Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA)." The article contains a handy side-by-side comparison of the CETA clauses that are nearly identical to ones found in ACTA.
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EDIT 2012-07-11 1531hrs (NZT) - possibly this CETA bill is not an issue? (from falkvinge.net)
Alarm over CETA appears premature

EDIT 2012-07-13 1842hrs (NZT)
Oh dear, looks like it is an issue. (from falkvinge.net)
Bad faith from European Commission indicates CETA may be ACTA episode II after all

IainB:
^See edit above.
EDIT 2012-07-11 1531hrs (NZT) - possibly this CETA bill is not an issue? (from falkvinge.net)
Alarm over CETA appears premature
-IainB (July 10, 2012, 07:35 AM)
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IainB:
See edit above:
EDIT 2012-07-13 1842hrs (NZT)
Oh dear, looks like it is an issue - an issue of Trust for the EC. (from falkvinge.net)
Bad faith from European Commission indicates CETA may be ACTA episode II after all
-IainB (July 10, 2012, 07:35 AM)
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tomos:
^ from that

The showdown over this thing called CETA continues in late August or early September at the earliest [after summer holidays]
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