Starting in 2007, ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, started to be negotiated in secret by the UK, US, Canada, European Union, and a handful of other countries.
After information on ACTA started to leak, and with the success of the SOPA/PIPA protests, the people of Europe took to the streets in protest. All five European Committees that were assigned to look at ACTA recommended not ratifying it.
As of July 4th, 2012, the Agreement was turned down by the European Union, effectively destroying any real credibility that the agreement had.
Micheal Geist has a great article on this.
Now, if only we can get the TPP stopped this way. Let our governments know that secretive backroom deals are not the way the public will accept things.
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