Dutch parliament rejects ACTA, prohibits government to sign or ratify.
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Re: Dutch parliament rejects ACTA, prohibits government to sign or ratify.
#2Especially resolution 3 is pertinent:
"3. Resolution of Member Verhoeven (21 501-30, No. 288), 29 May 2012 (original Dutch text in PDF)
The House of Representatives,
- observes that treaties like ACTA lead to a further formalization of copyrights rules on the international level,
- observes that such treaties are very difficult to modify and as a result can be an extra impediment for future reforms of copyright law,
- observes that strict enforcement of intellectual property on the internet is no solution for the ongoing difficulties regarding copyright law and interferes with internet freedom,
- requests the government to vote against new similar treaties,
- requests the government to focus the copyright policy on economic growth opportunities offered by the internet through, amongst others things, new revenue models for legal content.
Verhoeven (D66 – Democrats 66)"
I hope this will be a catalyst for other countries to implement similar regulations.
Re: Dutch parliament rejects ACTA, prohibits government to sign or ratify.
#3Earth to Congress, Europe is starting to turn against this treaty drafted in secret, when are you going to come out against this on the side of the American people?
Re: Dutch parliament rejects ACTA, prohibits government to sign or ratify.
#4As a Dutch resident (British citizen), who's working on a file sharing startup, this news really makes me happy. Hopefully other countries will follow
Re: Dutch parliament rejects ACTA, prohibits government to sign or ratify.
#5It's things like these that makes it hard for me to ignore that the U.S. is heading down the wrong path and most of its governmental arms are controlled by corporations. Let the people decide on something for once.
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#6Good news to start off the day. I hope many will follow.
Re: Dutch parliament rejects ACTA, prohibits government to sign or ratify.
#7I'm happy that privacy is still on the political agenda
Re: Dutch parliament rejects ACTA, prohibits government to sign or ratify.
#8Especially resolution 3 is pertinent: "3. Resolution of Member Verhoeven (21 501-30, No. 288), 29 May 2012 (original Dutch text in PDF) The House of Representatives, - observes that treaties like ACTA lead to a further formalization of copyrights rules on the international level, - observes that such treaties are very difficult to modify and as a result can be an extra impediment for future reforms of copyright law,…
How strong are these "observes" and "requests"? Why not "requires"?
Re: Dutch parliament rejects ACTA, prohibits government to sign or ratify.
#9Thank you, Netherlands! (from the Polish, whose Prime Minister initially thought signing ACTA was a good idea "because everyone else did")
Re: Dutch parliament rejects ACTA, prohibits government to sign or ratify.
#10Two critical notes to the general "holland is fantastic" fuzzy feelings.
The Netherlands are European leaders when it comes to wiretapping communications. Its laws gives the intelligence communities extensive powers to tap, filter and store. This was already the case well before 9/11. Secondly, privacy is usually not a political or social issue of any real significance.