acta ACTA Could be Passed in 10 Weeks

[ThePitt]

After the successful fight against both the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act, governments around the world thought it would be a good time to showcase that they?re secretly discussing ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Acting basically as a worldwide version of SOPA, the bill has already been opposed by various countries with the European Parliament due to send ACTA to the European Court of Justice. However, they?ve decided against that and will instead make the decisions themselves in regards whether to pass it or not. Thus, the bill could be passed in the next ten weeks.

What?s surprising is the nature of how the confirmation of not sending ACTA to Europe?s highest court has been carried out. Protests in European regions had taken place with the committee responsible for ACTA in the European Commission responding to the protests by stating they would send ACTA to the European Court of Justice. This would have led to seeing if the highly controversial legislation being eligible with human rights and such. If they had decided to consult with the court, an extra year or two would have been added onto ACTA before a decision could be made for it to be passed or not.

http://www.akascope.com/2012/04/02/acta-passed-10-weeks-action-late/

[ArialBlue]

Good. Let us watch the world burn.

[Ently]

Good. Let us watch the world burn.

Burn or yearn?