Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in Tokyo on Thursday.

BBC: Thousands march in Poland over Acta internet treaty

Is the tide in the European Union starting to turn against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement?

FORBES: Bulgaria Withdraws From ACTA

Over at Techdirt, Mike Masnick has some big news for the ongoing Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) debate.

FORBES: Germany Won't Sign ACTA, At Least Not Yet

Earlier versions of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, for example, would have made Internet companies legally responsible for the content their users posted online.

FORBES: WCIT, TPP, Russia PNTR: Growing Recognition of Internet Freedom As A Trade Issue

After the publication of a draft agreement following the 8th round of negotiations held in April 2010, in New Zealand, negotiating States of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ( ACTA) met in Lucerne from 28 June to 1 July 2010 for a 9th round of negotiations.

UNESCO: CULTURE

The internet may have been very quick to rest on its laurels after the successful opposition to SOPA. First there was the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, a highly restrictive, multi-national law that looked a lot like SOPA and covered everything from music downloads to crops.

FORBES: The TPP is the Next Battleground in the War Over the Internet

There are reassuring signs that the SOPA battle has some resonance for Internet users, who now understand the breadth of threats to the Internet and are willing to fight them whether they come in the form of international regulation of the Internet through the UN or trade pacts like the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

FORBES: Another Fall, Another Push By SOPA Supporters As Congress Returns

Now it's Europe's turn, with demonstrations over the weekend against another piece of anti-piracy legislation Acta, the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement. (By the way, there is a good explanation of all of the various anti-piracy measures here.) Now, for all the online anger, this is not an issue that has really caught the public imagination in the UK. The crowd at London's anti-Acta demo numbered no more than a few hundred.

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