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European parliament rejects ACTA in massive 633 to 13 vote

Posted on | March 11, 2010 | No Comments

Euractiv writes, “The European Parliament defied the EU executive today (10 March), casting a vote against an agreement between the EU, the US and other major powers on combating online piracy and threatening to take legal action at the European Court of Justice.
An overwhelming majority of MEPs (663 in favour and 13 against) today voted a resolution criticising the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), arguing that it flouts agreed EU laws on piracy online.”

Glad to hear that there is still sense in politics every now and then – or as one user ‘TechForensics‘ commented on the story on Slashdot: “Talk about sudden outbreaks of common sense”.

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