Europe’s leading e-communications service providers welcome the efforts of both the European Parliament and the Commission to address concerns regarding the potentially negative impact of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on the EU citizens’ rights and on the existing balance between IPR enforcement and user’s privacy.
Concerns remain regarding the introduction of criminal sanctions for IPR infringements which go beyond the current EU legislation, say e-communications providers in Europe. Industry shares similar concerns about the provision within ACTA on cooperative agreements within the business community as a means of addressing copyright infringement. Such text could lead to the introduction of extra-judicial cooperation, thereby also contradicting current EU law.[…]
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