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Dutch Parliament unanimously rejects ACTA

Dutch Parliament unanimously rejects ACTA

David Liu May 29, 2012 0

Dutch lawmakers have voted unanimously against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), an international bill with severe repercussions against both free speech and information access. Although the EU’s vote is not scheduled until June, Holland’s

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ACTA: Bulgaria and The Netherlands Withdraw Support In Response To Weekend Protests

ACTA: Bulgaria and The Netherlands Withdraw Support In Response To Weekend Protests

Michael Convente February 14, 2012 0

Today Bulgarian and Dutch officials announced their withdrawal of support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, better known as ACTA.  The move comes in response to massive protests that took place in almost 200 European

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Thousands Rally against big brother Anti-Piracy agreement ACTA

Thousands Rally against big brother Anti-Piracy agreement ACTA

Mo Choudhury February 11, 2012 2

Tens of thousands of people marched in  coordinated protests in more than a dozen European cities Saturday against a controversial anti-online piracy trader agreement that  could limit Internet freedom.  Significant marches were held in

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ACTA: Worse Than SOPA/PIPA

ACTA: Worse Than SOPA/PIPA

Michael Foley January 30, 2012 3

The small victory the internet community and civil liberty supporters celebrated at the demise of SOPA/PIPA due to the mass online protests gave big media the opportunity to draw attention away from a far

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