On October 23, 2007, the U.S., E.U., Canada, and a handful of other
countries announced plans to the negotiate the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
Agreement.
This morning, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly against the
agreement, effectively killing ACTA within the EU. The vote was 478
against, 39 in favour, with 165 abstentions This is a remarkable
development that was virtually unthinkable even a year ago. Much credit
goes to the thousands of Europeans who spoke out against ACTA and to the
Members of the European Parliament who withstood enormous political
pressure to vote against the deal.
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