ACTA's EU Future In Doubt As Poland Suspends Ratification 139
superglaze writes "Poland has suspended its ratification process for ACTA, throwing the copyright crackdown into doubt for the whole European Union. ACTA is being handled as a 'mixed agreement' in the EU due to its criminalization clauses, so if a single EU member state (such as Poland) fails to ratify it, it is null and void across the entire union. If that were to happen, at least six of the remaining international signatories would have to ratify ACTA for it to apply anywhere in the world. Outside the EU, only eight countries — including the U.S. — have signed."
The industry's next move (Score:5, Funny)
Kick Poland out of the EU
Re:Heck yeah! (Score:5, Funny)
My thanks go out to the Polish people that are making enough of a stink about this
today, in their honor, I will refrain from making polish sausage jokes.
Re:backlash? (Score:5, Funny)
Sources in Washington report the extraordinary rendition of 15 Polish politicians for copyright violation from the Parliament Building of the European Union early today. Acting on secret orders from the MPAA and RIAA, spokesmutants claimed yet another victory in the War Against Piracy and Terrorism. The sources added, an additional 4 British journalists were also captured when they pointed out that it was a British copyright that was infringed upon, not an American copyright. The journalists are said to be 'settling in quite nicely' at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray...
Re:Thank you (Score:1, Funny)
Perhaps somebody should try again, doing it properly this time ?
Re:backlash? (Score:5, Funny)
See! That's ONE difference between them and the Nazis!