Am 04.07.2012 21:50, schrieb Anne Roth:
I'm sure most have come across this news today but just in case: the European Parliament rejected ACTA today with a huge majority: 478 against, 39 in favour, 165 abstentions. ACTA is over.
Technically ACTA could enter into force outside the EU when ratified by its non-EU members. Politically it is cratered. Commissioner Karel de Gucht argued the Commission would seek approval ("consent") again after an opinion of the European Court of Justice. That won't happen, simply because the ECJ would probably dismiss the case as the process is terminated, and even if they ruled it legal the Commission couldn't reconsult.
It's possible. Not sure if we can win the war (referring to a keynote of the CCC congress some years ago) but we can definitely win battles.
That is the main step on the learning curve of successful Europarl battles, a positive attitude towards representative democracy, escaping defaitism. But we don't need insane campaigns for the impossible. In early stages it takes very few persons and small resources. Four years ago it was possible to put it asleep with approx. 10k and a bit complicated technical voodoo. What's hardly known is that this week, yesterday, the EU Parliament strengthened the EU customs enforcement framework, the corresponding element of the ACTA package in the acquis communautaire: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+REPORT+A7-2... I sincerely hope people would not waste their capacity upon the INDECT honeypot now. Best, Andri _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE