R.I.P. ACTA!

Minst 2 miljoner brev och mail har skickats i vädjan till EU-parlamentarikerna att ta sitt förnuft till fånga. Ytterligare miljoner har manifesterat ute på gator och torg runtom Europa med krav om att värna medborgerliga rättigheter och nätfrihet.

Europa har talat! Och nu så även EU-parlamentet...
ACTA-avtalet as we know it är död!

ÄNTLIGEN!

Allt slit och hårt arbete har gett resultat, det bringade en paus i EU-maskineriet, byråkratin, hemlighetsmakeriet och snabbehandlingarna... det fick våra folkvalda att börja tänka till och ifrågasätta, om än för en kort stund.

Bra jobbat alla! A job well done! Travail bien fait! Gut gemacht!

Läs mer hos:
HAX, Rick Falkvinge, Christian Engström, Anna Troberg, Piratpartiet press, ACTA-bloggen

TorrentFreak - ACTA Is DEAD After European Parliament Vote
SvD - Acta-avtalet avslutat kapitel för EU
SR - EU röstade nej till Acta-avtalet

"ACTA: understanding the adoption process in an image"

After a request by Mattias Bjärnemalm, Head of Office to Pirate MEP Amelia Andersdotter, I took the liberty to translate a graphics presentation (original version in French) that gives a better understanding of how the ACTA process has and will proceed within the European Union.

I also encourage you to help spread this information and graphics in any way you can.
Thank you!

JP Anderson, board member of the Swedish Pirate Party.

"Institutions of the European Union issued a computer graphics to understand the adoption process of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). They also recalled the main discussions of key dates from 2006 to present."

Click here to download graphics in fullsize.

"To better understand the adoption process of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the institutions of the European Union have produced a graphic that explains how the continent will make its decision. We thus find the opinions of various committees of Parliament, any recourse to the European Court of Justice and the plenary session of Parliament this summer.

In addition the computer graphics present the key dates in the ACTA negotiations from 2006 (when the negotiations started) up until today. Note however two omissions: the first is the revelation by Wikileaks (in May 2008) of the existence of discussions. The second, noticed by Françoise Castex, for the reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union that was entered by the European Commission."