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UK signs ACTA as activists urge resistance

...member states have signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, better known as ACTA. The countries signed the treaty, which aims to harmonise copyright enforcement across... Read more

26 January, 2012 by David Meyer

ACTA to see Euro vote in June as delay averted

...s top court. A European Parliament committee has decided not to refer ACTA to Europe's top court, paving the way for a vote on... Read more

28 March, 2012 by David Meyer
<endeca_term>ACTA</endeca_term> to be examined by top EU court

ACTA to be examined by top EU court

...Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement to Europe's highest court to check that ACTA really does comply with existing EU laws. ACTA will be referred to... Read more

22 February, 2012 by David Meyer
<endeca_term>ACTA</endeca_term>'s EU future in doubt after Polish pause

ACTA's EU future in doubt after Polish pause

...on Friday, after Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said he was suspending ACTA's ratification in his country. Polish prime minister Donald Tusk, pictured here... Read more

3 February, 2012 by David Meyer

ACTA stumbles in Germany

...pact. Germany, one of the five EU members that has not signed ACTA, has put its next step on hold. The country's Auswärtiges Amt... Read more

10 February, 2012 by David Meyer

EU promises no law change as full Acta text released

...on flights," an EU official close to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) negotiations explained. One such contentious phrase involves the provision of criminal penalties... Read more

6 October, 2010 by David Meyer

MEPs castigate Acta secrecy as negotiations 'conclude

...on Friday saying that the final round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) negotiations had "concluded successfully" and that an agreed text would be released... Read more

5 October, 2010 by David Meyer

Acta will not force ISPs to police users, says BT

...the Commission had "reassured" the company that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) will not require ISPs to monitor their networks for copyright infringement, but... Read more

21 September, 2010 by Darren Pauli
Minister cuts ribbon on Herts village fibre

Minister cuts ribbon on Herts village fibre

...surprised many of those present by saying he had never heard of Acta, the global copyright treaty being negotiated behind closed doors. Reacting to a... Read more

11 August, 2010 by David Meyer
Activists, artists review state of digital rights

Activists, artists review state of digital rights

...concessions made by governments in the negotiation of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), a global treaty that could firm up copyright enforcement around the world... Read more

28 July, 2010 by David Meyer

White House eyes new powers over 'offshore' websites

...and piracy online". It also endorses the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and lauds internet providers, including Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, and Time Warner Cable... Read more

2 April, 2012 by Declan McCullagh

US backs strict intellectual-property rules in trade pact

...implement these strict intellectual property provisions in the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (Acta). For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see US trade plans... Read more

28 March, 2011 by Mahesh Sharma

ACTA sees official referral to ECJ over rights

The European Commission has officially referred the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, to the European Court of Justice. The Commission said in February that... Read more

14 May, 2012

ACTA likely to fail, European Commission admits

...admitted for the first time that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, will probably be defeated in Europe. The failure of ACTA to be... Read more

4 May, 2012

ACTA: Facts, misconceptions and questions

...good to see that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, otherwise known as ACTA, is at last getting the attention it deserves. I suspect this is... Read more

29 January, 2012

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