An interesting article on ACTA and SOPA

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Or how Europe saved the world from MPAA/RIAA's mind-bogging greediness, but a big merit in this silent war nobody speaks about, goes to Google and to Wikipedia for the critical contribution in bringing out of the dark this attempt at maximizing copyrights to the detriment of human rights (first and foremost the right of expression).
The world may have changed, and (at least in Italy) not a single journalist speaks about it.

For my fellow Europeans, July the 4th also marks a huge shift in the power balance of our Union, because for the first time our Parliament, democratically elected by us citizens, crushed the European Commission which was trying to force  ACTA to pass (they're still trying, the fight is not over unfortunately).
It's a big precedent towards the creation of a truly democratic union of our countries, and not merely an economical union ruled by banks and political lobbies, despite certain people who go as far as saying "We're supposeed to represent citizens, but since they are busy with other things, we are supposed to think for them!" (European Parliament member Marielle Gallo, www.pcinpact.com/news/71906-ma… translated from the French here: www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Tran… ).
I'm hugely simplifying, and I apologize for the heated tone. I hope it does not sound like demagoguery, because that's far from my intention. Here's an article that clarifies the second part of this journal: www.techdirt.com/articles/2012… (which has a lot of interesting articles, which I recommend reading).

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