Netherlands Pre-Warns EU Parliament That It Will Not Accept ACTA
from the good-for-them dept
With critical votes in the EU Parliament on ACTA quickly approaching, the Dutch House of Representatives decided to take a pre-emptive strike, and unanimously accept a motion that urged the Cabinet to reject ACTA, while also rejecting "any future treaty that may harm a free and open Internet." Of course, this is the same Netherlands whose courts are currently censoring a local political party for setting up an internet proxy, so it appears there's at least some confusion in that country. Either way, it's nice to see this pre-emptive strike, though it's not clear how much power the Dutch government would have to reject ACTA if the EU Parliament accepted it...Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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It's the elections..
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eu law
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Alea iACTA est
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Yes we have elections coming, but that doesn't argue against it. In Dutch Constitutional law we have the confidencly principle (vertrouwensbeginsel) which states that once the House has decided over a specific matter it should leave it there even if another House arrives.
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Judges vs. Parliament
It's entirely possible that they're at odds, altough it's usually the judicative branch which keeps the legislative one in check, not the other way round.
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Pre-warn??
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If they follow the way US politics works, everyone will vote no except for the six countries required for activation, then run back to their constituents and say "sorry, we tried, but were 'obligated' to follow the rules."
On the other hand, if it worked the way US politics did, they'd have just set a deadline for automatic activation, hold it up in "committees" until after the deadline had passed, and then everyone could vote no, at which point the vote would be meaningless and despite unanimous rejections they would not be able to garner the 2/3 or 3/4 vote necessary for repeal.
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Ratification
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Date Fix
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ACTA is now dead in the EU.
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News Headline.
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There was another small interesting part of the motion!
Anyway, one of those two motions also explicitly said (quoted in Dutch): "Ik verzoek de regering tot slot het auteursrechtbeleid toe te spitsen op de economische groeimogelijkheden die het internet biedt via onder meer nieuwe verdienmodellen voor legaal aanbod."
Which means (approx.): "Lastly, I request the government focus the copyright policy on economic growth possibilities that the internet offers through, amongst others, new business models for legal offerings".
The very fact that a motion, passed by the House, not only condemns ACTA but explicitly says that the "solution" to the current "problem" is to make stuff available legally in consumer-friendly ways, is (IMHO) a very big deal.
Yay for The Netherlands! After that retarded judge thinking he can block TPB, we can be finally proud of our country again. GO WINDMILLS! GO WOODEN SHOES! INTERNET FOR ALL :D
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Good news!
https://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-a-blow-to-copyright-fundamentalism-in-the-legal-affair s-committee
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