ACTA negotiating parties finally succumb to pressure; release draft document of the agreement (pdf) and released text of draft ACTA agreement (pdf): "The decision to release a draft document of the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement is,
ACTA negotiating parties finally succumb to pressure; release draft document of the agreement (pdf) and released text of draft ACTA agreement (pdf):
“The decision to release a draft document of the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement is, above all, a belated act of common sense from the side of the negotiating parties. For the last 2 years, the future of internet as we know it has been negotiated behind closed doors, without the least care for public scrutiny. This is now changing.”
MEPs Stavros Lambrinidis (Greece), Francoise Castex (France), Alexander Alvaro (Germany) and Zuzana Roithova (Czech Republic).