Negotiations over a controversial anti-piracy agreement have been described as a « masquerade » by a key Euro MP. […]
Kader Arif, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), resigned over the issue on Friday.…
A peine nommé rapporteur, l’euro député socialiste Kader Arif a démissionné, dénonçant cet accord scandaleux sur la forme comme sur le fond. L’absence de transparence est totale et au nom de la lutte contre la…
Protests have been held across Poland following the country’s decision to sign up to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which critics say will restrict internet freedom. […]
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PARIS — L’annonce par Twitter de la possibilité de bloquer des messages dans certains pays si la législation l’exige, « est une mauvaise nouvelle pour la liberté d’expression en ligne » et une forme de « collaboration avec…
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT INVESTIGATOR Kader Arif has quit his post over the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) that the European Union (EU) signed yesterday in Japan. […]
He published his reasons in French on his own web…
THE VICE PRESIDENT of major record label EMI’s Urban Promotions has come out against bills like SOPA and ACTA, saying that the best way to tackle piracy is not to introduce legislation – but to…
As the murky status of SOPA and PIPA keeps us in a fog, a Canadian digital policy expert warns us of a clandestine campaign to bring similar online piracy laws north of the border. […]
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[…] The campaign stopsopaIreland.com has collected over 30,000 signatures, and hundreds (possibly thousands) of emails, calls and other communications have been made to Mr Sherlock and other TDs. A vigorous online opposition to the law…
Le traité ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), un accord international renforçant les outils de lutte contre la contrefaçon, a été signé par l’Union européenne à Tokyo, jeudi 26 janvier.[…]
The UK and 21 other European Union member states have signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, better known as ACTA. […]
« In the last few days, we have seen encouraging protests by Polish and other EU…