Top official Kader Arif has quit in protest after the EU signed up to the ACTA anti-piracy treaty, which opponents say will fundamentally alter the nature of the internet. […]
The treaty, which must still be ratified by the European parliament, has been mired in controversy over its secret drafting. It aims to prevent counterfeiting and piracy, and introduces tougher sanctions on copyright theft. It has already been the subject of street protests in Poland, where politicians put on masks to support hacker group ‘Anonymous’. […]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9044699/Europe-signs-up-to-controversial-ACTA-web-treaty.html