The Netherlands Rejects ACTA, and Does One Better 112
Posted
by
timothy
from the don't-hold-your-breath-for-the-us-congress-to-join dept.
from the don't-hold-your-breath-for-the-us-congress-to-join dept.
New submitter Peetke writes "The Dutch House of Representatives unanimously accepted a motion to urge the Cabinet to reject ACTA [Dutch original] (if they ever get the change to do so; it may already end in the European Parliament). Additionally, an even stronger motion was accepted to reject any future treaty that may harm a free and open Internet. This is a good day for the Internet."
if they ever get the change to do so (Score:4, Funny)
if they ever get the change to do so
I hope that the dutch parliament can find the change to pass this resolution! It sounds like the parliament is coin-operated. Have they looked between the couch cushions?
Germany will do everything necessasry... (Score:5, Funny)
...to support the USA in their fight against weapons of mass destructions in the Netherlands.
Clearly this is an act of war (Score:5, Funny)
Send in Don Quixote!
Only he can challenge their army of windmills.
(hey, if nothing else, "Don Quixote vs. the Dutch" is a better plot than most of what the MPAA has been making in the last 30 years)
Re:One of many reasons (Score:2, Funny)
The Netherlands isn't socialist by any non-USian definition. According to Wikipedia, we're actually the oldest capitalist nation in the world. But don't let facts get in the way of a good quip.