"Although 22 countries, including Britain, have technically adopted it, a rejection by the EU would effectively kill off the entire treaty."This is great news. ACTA has already been signed by the U.S. and is waiting the be enacted. If the EU rejects ACTA, the entire thing will die. This would be great, as the U.S. government seems to have to plans on repealing the bill.
"In a statement the EDPS said 'the lack of precision of the Agreement about the measures to be deployed to tackle infringements of intellectual property rights on the Internet may have unacceptable side effects on fundamental rights of individuals, if they are not implemented properly'. "The wording of ACTA is very loose and broad. There are very few restrictions to it and this leads to many worries. I have no idea how the US did not see this, but at least somebody did, and luckily they are large enough to make a huge impact on whether or not ACTA passes.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9225370/Acta-treaty-unacceptable-says-European-Data-Protection-Service.html
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