Thursday, 26. January 2012
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 26, 2012 at 11:42:00 AM CET
Reporters Without Borders: Online freedoms threatened by another step towards treaty’s adoption
The Council of the European Union is about to adopt the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The agreement will be formally signed by EU governments during a World Trade Organization meeting that is due to take place in Geneva from 15 to 17 December. It will then be up to the European Parliament to adopt or reject it.
Thirteen members of the Sakharov Network of winners of the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought appeal today to MEPs to reject the agreement in order to protect freedom of expression and of information.
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