ACTA voted down

[=sw=warlord]

The European Parliament has voted against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) that aimed to enforce intellectual property rights and combat the trade of counterfeit goods.The law had previously been approved by all EU countries, including Ireland, as well as a number of other countries including the United States, Canada and Japan. However, the European Parliament’s failure to ratify the process means that neither the EU nor its individual member states can join the agreement, casting doubt on the future of the treaty.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0704/breaking34.html (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0704/breaking34.html)

http://i.imgur.com/neVmK.png

[Siliconmaster]

Wooooo

[DarkHalo003]

Yay.

[Tnnaas]

Get 'em Europe, get 'em!

[nuttyyayap]

I'm happy to see the world is opposed to this kinda shit :iamafag:

[n00b1n8R]

woo eu,way to keep looking like a decent place to go live if australia goes full US

[DarkHalo003]

woo eu,way to keep looking like a decent place to go live if australia goes full of US citizens
For some reason I read that like this.

[neuro]

keep in mind that the -main- reason this shit got voted down isnt because HURR DEMOCRACY

it's because the wording was vague enough to be applicable to anything and everything and such.
NOT because people everywhere protested like hell

i'm sure a BUNCH of people there voted no because they feel like they actually represent the people (As they should) but i really doubt the majority feels that way.

[TVTyrant]

At least the semi governing body of your weird confederation did the right thing

We can't even get our own powerless retards to do that

[DarkHalo003]

At least the semi governing body of your weird confederation did the right thing

We can't even get our own powerless retards to do that
They're not exactly powerless, but they are brainless.

Our Politics also strives off of a bureaucracy, so shit never really gets done unless there's a fuck ton of hype involved from somewhere.

[Bodzilla]

it's not that they're brainless.

they're just owned by someone else.

[DarkHalo003]

it's not that they're brainless.

they're just owned by someone else.
As true as this is, I still believe the concept that they lack a mind of their own....or if they do have one they are completely self-centered.

[Bodzilla]

they just dont have morales.

their vote goes to the highest bidder

[Rainbow Dash]

appeasement

a pease ment

say it with me folks

[neuro]

yup, here we go:

http://boingboing.net/?p=170057
(http://boingboing.net/?p=170057)
While the court referral has attracted the lion share of attention, there is an alternate secret strategy in which Canada plays a key role. According to recently leaked documents, the EU plans to use the Canada - EU Trade Agreement (CETA), which is nearing its final stages of negotiation, as a backdoor mechanism to implement the ACTA provisions.

edit:
another article on the subject

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120709/07420719630/actas-back-european-commission-trying-to-sneak-worst-parts-using-canada-eu-trade-agreement-as-trojan-horse.shtml

[Rainbow Dash]

saw this coming a million miles away

it's so cute that people think that once these bills get shut down once they're done lol

[Warsaw]

The battle never ends.

:saddowns:

[Bodzilla]

the thing is, it takes EVERYONE to be proactive to stop shit like this happening.
but when it comes to humanity as a whole because we're lazy as fuck and conditioned to NOT care about politics at all except for ridiculous issues, we remain responsive.

but if we miss the time or find out late and it's already happened. we're fucked.
welcome to humanity.

[DarkHalo003]

I called it. I just didn't want to be a pessimist and post it. :allears:

[rossmum]

saw this coming a million miles away

it's so cute that people think that once these bills get shut down once they're done lol
it's a problem rampant in our society, as soon as something drops off the front page of the newspaper or out of peoples' facebook updates it's completely forgotten about