[BBC] Acta: Controversial anti-piracy agreement rejected by EU

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The European Parliament has voted to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta).
The proposed agreement sought to curb piracy, but internet campaigners said it posed a threat to online freedoms. The rejection vote followed a failed attempt to postpone the decision because of ongoing investigations into Acta by the European Court of Justice. […]

As the decision was made, some of those in attendance held banners reading: « Hello democracy, goodbye Acta« . […]

« Without this opposition, our representatives would have waved this agreement through. It is now clear that it is becoming increasingly politically poisonous to be ‘anti-internet’. »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18704192