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Straight Talking About the Unspeakable ACTA

[ Thanks to E5Rebel for this link.
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“A leaked discussion paper mentions types of provisions
that could be included. According to the European Commission’s
website, a “path breaking” agreement is foreseen. For this reason
the Commission likes to work outside the normal formal structures.
Indeed, the leaked document contains unprecedented measures. We
will analyse the Community’s competence to conclude ACTA and
proportionality issues.

“The Community’s efforts to fight piracy suffers from a
fundamental misconception. It fails to make adequate distinctions
between commercial piracy enterprises, legitimate/lawful activities
undertaken by business competitors, or even the common activities
of ordinary Europeans. As a result harsh measures aimed at
commercial piracy enterprises also hurt business competitors and
civilians.”


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