Re:Epic win for transparency on ACTA
by tsuraan on Wednesday March 10, 2010 @09:29AM
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So that's going to be our victory then? We'll be getting a new copyright law with more term extensions, three strikes, ISP enforcement, and god only knows what else they manage to cook up, but at least we get to read it before congress passes it? That sure makes it better.
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From the article:
But this is just the beginning. This is a resolution by a virtually unanimous parliament, but it is not formally binding for the Commission. If they want to ignore us, they technically can. Then we will have to fight on
And once we do get access to the documents, the fight over the content of the agreement will begin in earnest. This was a big win, but it was only a battle. Most of the war remains.
Yes, it does make it better. It gives people not holed up in the meetings a chance to expose things and get them changed.
It's far from a guarantee, but not having transparency in this does guarantee abusive decisions are easier to make.
I don't think it's looking that bad... Read this for example: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,40057434...