Controversial anti-counterfeiting agreement stalls in face of protests as European commissioner says it is unlikely to pass. […]
Speaking on Friday, Kroes said that “we are now likely to be in a world without Sopa” – the US’s proposed Stop Online Piracy Act – “and Acta.” […]
Ryan Heath, a spokesman for Kroes’s office, said the European commission has not changed its position on the usefulness of Acta, and was continuing to work toward its ultimate ratification, but added that Kroes was “observing political reality”. […]
“After the tremendous mobilisation of citizens around the world against Sopa and Acta, it would be extremely dangerous politically for the commission to propose a new repressive scheme,” said Jeremie Zimmermann, from internet advocacy group La Quadrature du Net. […]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/08/acta-europe-kroes