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Netherlands rejects ACTA, and forbids any similar legislation -

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The Dutch government has decided that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) is not good for privacy or internet freedom and therefore shouldn’t be signed. In doing so, the Netherlands has opted not to wait for the EU’s vote on Acta, scheduled for June.

Not only that, however, but Dutch MPs have also ruled that the government will never sign any treaties that are similar to Acta. A motion was passed promising to reject any future treaty that might harm a “free and open” internet. Acta needs to be ratified by the European and national parliaments in order to enter into full effect.

Acta is an international agreement that aims to create international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement. The title of the treaty suggests the agreement deals with counterfeit goods, such as medicines and luxury goods. However, the treaty actually has a much broader scope and will deal with tools targeting internet distribution and information technology. It has come under heavy criticism from civil rights and privacy campaigners who are concerned about the sneaky way that the treaty was developed and the lack of clarity in the wording of the treaty.

For more detail, see our comprehensive guide to Acta and why you should be worried about it.

The Dutch house of representatives ruled (according to a translation by Dutch blog Bits of Freedom) that the treaty interferes with the liberties of the individual internet users and that it leaves too much room for “extensive interpretation with negative consequences for the privacy and internet freedom of citizens and innovation for enterprises”.

The government pointed out that international-level agreements like this are very difficult to modify and can, therefore, impede future reform of copyright law. MP Kees Verhoeven said in a statement that “strict enforcement of intellectual property on the internet is no solution for the ongoing difficulties regarding copyright law and interferes with internet freedom.”

Instead, the government intends to focus copyright policy on enabling new revenue models for legal content online, which can help drive economic growth.

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Yeah! At least one country understands we need a free and open internet!

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How Will They Classify You?: Here's the US military's entire plan for internment camps -

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May 30

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The violence started at 2 p.m. on the MacArthur Causeway off-ramp.
Witnesses said that a woman saw two men fighting and flagged down a police officer, who came upon the naked man mauling the other man.

The officer, who was not identified, ordered the naked man to back away, but when the man continued the assault, the officer shot him, the Herald said. Witnesses told the Herald the wounded attacker continued to eat his victim, so the officer continued firing.Witnesses said they heard at least a half-dozen shots.

The naked man was later seen lying face down on the pedestrian walkway just below the newspaper’s two-story parking garage.

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The highly secretive Bilderberg Group is currently meeting in Chantilly, Va this year. Most likely the will discuss secretly the method of the collapse of the Euro, what countries need bombing, and martial law in the U.S. and Europe.

As this meeting is secret and not only CEO’s and representatives of the Queen of England and the Rothschilds, but some of our politicians will be there too, making it completely illegal via the Logan Act.

Thousands are expected to attend in protest and media coverage is growing tremendously compared to the media blackout over the last fifty years.

3 Years After Taxpayer Bailout, Bank of America Ships Jobs Overseas -

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Bank of America, which last fall announced plans to lay off 30,000 workers, is about to go on a hiring spree—overseas.

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America’s second-largest bank is relocating its business-support operations to the Philippines, according to a high-ranking Filipino government official recently quoted in the Filipino press. The move, which includes a portion of the bank’s customer service unit, comes less than three years after Bank of America received a $45 billion federal bailout.

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