Οριστική & Τελική ταφόπλακα στην ACTA (R.I.P)
Δημοσιεύτηκε: 20 Δεκ 2012, 15:01
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201212 ... ment.shtml
EU Officially Pronounces ACTA Dead As Commission Withdraws Court Of Justice Assessment
from the pining-for-the-fjords dept
Failures, by Mike Masnick, Thu, Dec 20th 2012 12:02am
In case you weren't sure yet, ACTA is now pretty officially dead in the EU. While it was mostly dead back in July, when the EU Parliament vociferously rejected (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201207 ... what.shtml) ACTA, the EU Commission, who had helped negotiate the treaty, still held out hope that it would be vindicated by the EU Court of Justice. As you may recall, to try to appease those arguing against ACTA, the EU commissioner with responsibility for the treaty, Karel De Gucht, had submitted the agreement to the EU Court of Justice for a determination on whether or not it really went against EU laws, and he had insisted that even with the Parliament's rejection that he would push forward (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201206 ... week.shtml) with that case.
Except... months later, the EU Commission has quietly dropped its request for the EU Court of Justice to weigh in (http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/eu-r ... 55737.html), more or less putting that final nail in the coffin for ACTA in the EU. It's about a year late, but it appears that the EU Commission has finally realized that ACTA was a mistake for Europe.
EU Officially Pronounces ACTA Dead As Commission Withdraws Court Of Justice Assessment
from the pining-for-the-fjords dept
Failures, by Mike Masnick, Thu, Dec 20th 2012 12:02am
In case you weren't sure yet, ACTA is now pretty officially dead in the EU. While it was mostly dead back in July, when the EU Parliament vociferously rejected (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201207 ... what.shtml) ACTA, the EU Commission, who had helped negotiate the treaty, still held out hope that it would be vindicated by the EU Court of Justice. As you may recall, to try to appease those arguing against ACTA, the EU commissioner with responsibility for the treaty, Karel De Gucht, had submitted the agreement to the EU Court of Justice for a determination on whether or not it really went against EU laws, and he had insisted that even with the Parliament's rejection that he would push forward (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201206 ... week.shtml) with that case.
Except... months later, the EU Commission has quietly dropped its request for the EU Court of Justice to weigh in (http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/eu-r ... 55737.html), more or less putting that final nail in the coffin for ACTA in the EU. It's about a year late, but it appears that the EU Commission has finally realized that ACTA was a mistake for Europe.