Over the last two weeks, events have radically altered the course of the debate on ACTA and its ratification procedure, both at the EU and Member States levels. The tremendous citizen pressure definitely had an…
During the furor over sweeping anti-piracy bills in the US and Europe, a digital rights saga in Italy has gone largely unnoticed. Free speech groups have led a revolt against the so-called ‘Italian SOPA.’
Back in 2009, Arbor Networks, a company specializing in network management, announced that the peer-to-peer model of file sharing, wherein each client acts as a server, was in decline. Users were turning more and more…
The government seems to be failing in its attempts to reassure people that the trade agreement ACTA will not close the free and open internet […]
Protests against ACTA have been held in dozens of cities…
ACTA, l’Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ou Accord commercial anti-contrefaçon, est signé le 26 janvier par l’Union européenne. Une signature contestée, précédée et suivie de nombreuses manifestations et oppositions. Pourquoi ?
Tokyo, 26 janvier 2012, l’Union européenne…
It seems that the much-debated Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may very well be an agreement that is dead in the water. For several weeks now, the controversy surrounding this agreement has raised some strong and…
Last week, the Trade Commissioner De Gucht, the same who recently declared he was “not afraid of the anti-ACTA demonstrations”, went on to explain why, considering the wave of criticism on ACTA, he is now…
Brussels, February 29th, 2012 – The European Parliament may be adopting a strong political line on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), despite the EU Commission’s attempt to buy time and defuse the debate. Due to…
Ils sont près de deux millions et demi à vouloir tourner le dos à ACTA. Près de deux millions et demi, c’est le nombre de signatures collectées par l’organisation Avaaz. Elle a remis la pétition…
Brussels, February 27th, 2012 – Despite an attempt from the Commission to buy time and defuse the political debate, important meetings will take place this week in the European Parliament to decide on the future…