ACTA

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Congress Considers Anti-Piracy Bills That Could Cripple Internet Industries

Alex Howard | O'Reilly Radar | November 22, 2011

Imagine a world where YouTube, Flickr, Facebook or Twitter had never been created due to the cost of regulatory compliance. Imagine an Internet where any website where users can upload text, pictures or video is liable for copyrighted material uploaded to it. Imagine a world where the addresses to those websites could not be found using search engines like Google and Bing, even if you typed them in directly.

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Overwhelming Majority of European Parliament Members Vote To Strike-Down ACTA

David Hammerstein | David Hammerstein's Blog | July 4, 2012

It is the first time the European Parliament has rejected an international treaty already signed by the European Commission (and by 22 of 27 EU member states). The power of the EU´s legislative branch has been clearly reinforced.  This time the Parliament has not been the usual a rubber-stamp for questionable EU trade proposals.  Read More »