Tag: European Parliament
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UKIP Shipping Forecast
Power base decreasing, variable, becoming unelectable, GOOD. (via soundhog) P.S. the last bit especially is a reference not only to The Archers but also this bit of stupidity from a UKIP councillor.
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Ding Dong The Wicked ACTA is Dead!
I spend far too long complaining about this injustice or that, so it’s nice for once have good news – European Parliament yesterday threw out the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The right decision – people will blather on about rights-holders and piracy, but a much bigger issue was how the US steamrollered this treaty (it…
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First SOPA/PIPA – then ACTA. Round 2!
OK fresh from the wins of the Great Internet Blackout, it’s time to remember that ACTA, The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (remember that?) has NOT gone away, it’s coming up for the final vote in the European Union, despite major problems with the lack of transparency, a massive vote against it in 2010, private and public…