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."
BRAVO POLSKA! (Score:5, Insightful)
Thank you (Score:5, Insightful)
Thank you (again) Poland.
Heck yeah! (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:The U.S. hasn't ratified, either. (Score:4, Insightful)
The Executive branch has no Constitutional authority to enforce it as any kind of treaty without ratification by Congress. I know some are "debating" this, but the debate is nothing but BS. The Constitution spells it out pretty clearly.
Since when does it matter what's spelled out in the constitution? Seems it's been awhile, at least when it's inconvenient to the executive branch.
Well done Poland!!!! (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:awesome (Score:4, Insightful)
ALL american politicians would sign this. come on, guys! stop acting like this is partisan.
mpaa/riaa own all those in power. D/R does not really matter.
they do own more of the D's but I hardly think the 'less government' R's would really step back from this; not one bit!
if you want to hate obama, fine. but don't act like the other guys would have done us any better!
Re:Heck yeah! (Score:5, Insightful)
Voting for either D or R is throwing your vote away. The only vote that counts is one for a third party.
Re:awesome (Score:4, Insightful)
Who gave you the impression the R's are for less government? That's not even REMOTELY true. The Republicans are for less of certain kinds of government and absolutely for more of other kinds. The Dems are in the same position, wanting more of some kinds and less of others. The disagreement between the parties is which parts need less and which parts need more.
Re:Well done Poland!!!! (Score:5, Insightful)
Why is that surprising? They understand much better than many Western European states (or U.S. for that matter) why freedom matters, from recent and very personal experience.
Re:How can I thank my representative? (Score:5, Insightful)
Funny thing, there is not one party in Poland that can be trusted currently. Even these with the masks were just trying to cash in on the popularity, but they "woke up" only after massive protests started...