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Poland Signs ACTA! 10's of Thousands March!

  1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16735219

    More than 10,000 people have taken to Poland's streets to protest the signing of an international treaty activists say amounts to internet censorship.

    Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his government will on Thursday sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

    The treaty, known as Acta, aims to establish international standards to enforce intellectual property rights.

    But critics say it could curb freedom of expression, and government websites have been hacked in protest.

    Several marches took place in cities across the nation on Wednesday, says the BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw.

    Crowds of mostly young people held banners with slogans such as "no to censorship" and "a free internet".

    After convening a special government meeting to discuss the issue, Mr Tusk said the government would not be blackmailed by the treaty's opponents.

    There would be ample time for public discussion about the treaty before it was ratified by the Polish parliament, he said.

    The agreement has so far been signed by the US, Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea. Poland is expected to sign it in Tokyo on Thursday.

    Acta shares similarities with America's Stop Online Piracy Act, which US lawmakers set aside last week after Wikipedia and Google blacked out or partially obscured their websites for a day in protest.

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    HKE

    this one is easier to read

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  3. So in political wordplay...

    Citizen's objection to a law that would fuck them in the ass even without the Internet issue = blackmail?

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  4. Polands government must've been paid well.

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  5. PM Tusk has some balls.

    jamesownsall said:

    Citizen's objection to a law that would fuck them in the ass even without the Internet issue = blackmail?

    You missed the part where their sites got hacked.

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    HKE

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  7. Polandball, I am disappoint

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