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Last week 22 EU member states signed up to the ACTA treaty. The rapporteur of the treaty for the EU Parliament, Kader Arif, immediately resigned, describing the agreement as a “farce”. OWNI spoke to him shortly afterwards.
In the US the cultural industries are pushing two bills before officials intended to strengthen their ability to combat online piracy. But opponents claim the proposed legislation amounts to Internet censorship, threatening the very American tradition of freedom of expression.
A new international treaty, Acta, threatens to shift the balance of copyright law in favor of the creative industries. Two MEP’s discuss the potential consequences and the role of the EU in negotiations surrounding the treaty.