[pp.int.general] The EU will sign ACTA on 26 Jan

[Jack Allnutt]

Now is the time to mobilise against ACTA, hot off the heels of the SOPA
and PIPA protests. We have just a week until the EU signs ACTA:

> Today at the Chancellery of the Polish Prime Minister a meeting between Polish NGOs, businesses and government officials (Ministry of Culture and National Heritage; Ministry of Economy; Ministry of Justice) has been held, under the aegis of the newly established Ministry of Administration and Digitalization (unfortunately, Minister Michał Boni was not present). Main topic was ACTA — it was obviously nicely aligned with the anti-SOPA and anti-PIPA blackout that was in fact still going on at 11AM CET when the meeting started.
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> It was tense, it turned out that in just a week, on Jan 26, ACTA will be signed by the European Union; after that the treaty has to be ratified, first by the European Parliament, then by member states. In Poland, the decision about the upcoming ACTA signing has been made on Nov 25, 2011 in a so-called "circulatory mode", i.e. not on an actuall government meeting. Documents have been sent to all the Ministries, and when none voiced comments nor concerns (which would prompt a meeting), it was deemed accepted. 

http://rys.io/en/59

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Jack Allnutt
Deputy Campaigns Officer,
Pirate Party UK