ACTA could have perverse anti-competitive effects on business models in the IT field. By strongly promoting copyright enforcement as a key function and legal responsibility of Internet Server Providers (under the guise of “self-regulation), it encourages the “functional bundling” of…
Consumers and ACTA
Notes on ACTA from a Consumer Perspective 1. Is ACTA really an anti-counterfeiting agreement? Consumers are in favour of measures that confront commercial fraud, especially when it affects public safety and health, the quality of consumer products or the false…
Some simple notes for ACTA debate
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION REJECTS ASKING FOR A EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE OPINION ON the LEGALITY OF ACTA. DESPITE MANY DOUBTS AND LEGAL UNCERTAINTIES IN THE ACTA TEXT THE EC REFUSES TO ALLOW A European Court opinion on its legality and…
Copyright extremists Gallo and Barnier now block orphans
MEP Gallo´s and Commissioner Barnier´s crusade against access to our cultural legacy French Member of the European Parliament Marielle Gallo is leading a destructive political campaign to close the door on easing access to the vast cultural legacy of millions…
ACTA´s Democratic Vacuum in EU
European Digital Rights on ACTA´s Democratic Vacuum The European Parliament has given its legal service the task of explaining why a circle is a square – or rather why ACTA is simultaneously in line with existing EU legal provisions, while…
Shoving ACTA down the throat of the European Parliament
As ACTA D-day approaches the debate heats up in Brussels. Today French Sarkozyist MEP Marielle Gallo started leading the forward charge of the music and entertainment lobbyist light brigade. MEPs are already being bullied into rushing into parliamentary approval of…