ACTA will lead to a situation where the decision of whether a given content and its use are legal or not is no longer in the hands of a judge, but falls under an automated censorship regime programmed by private parties. As a result, fair use and the right to a fair trial will be crushed.
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European Parliament Study Confirms ACTA Must Be Rejected
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As a result of the copyright lobbies' noxious influence, ACTA still includes a set of measures for stepping up the war on the sharing of culture over the Internet.
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New EU Software Rules Give FOSS the Inside Track
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Members of the Business Software Alliance, which offer proprietary software, are apparently contesting this provision.
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La Quadrature at the EU Net Neutrality Summit
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Today, Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson of La Quadrature du Net, participates in the Net neutrality summit co-organized by the European Commission and the European Parliament in Brussels.
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European Parliament Vs. ACTA: Rejection is the only option
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ACTA aims at circumventing democracy to impose now and later repressive legislation through secret negotiations. The European Parliament now has a unique occasion to firmly oppose it.
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European Parliament passes anti-ACTA declaration
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Today 377 members of the European Parliament adopted a written declaration on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in which they demand greater transparency, assert that ISPs should not up end being liable for data sent through their networks, and say that ACTA "should not force limitations upon judicial due process
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