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Originally Posted by JoeD
I'll concede that's possible 
Equally they may have had no influence at all and members took on board the recommendations and concerns of the EU trade committee who recommended MEP's vote against it due to the vague wording of the treaty.
However it happened though, I'm happy with the outcome. Though, I expect this won't be the last we see of ACTA, maybe individual countries will press ahead with passing legislation at a national level instead.
We may need better solutions to tackle piracy but ACTA and SOPA were just poorly thought out and risked causing more harm than good. |
Apparently MEP's were deluged with emails and phone calls and the main petition created against ACTA was signed by 2.8 million people, which is 10% of the entire EU population. That's an incredible number considering the nature of the debate and how much attention most people pay to politics and trade agreements.
No doubt there were a lot of influences creating that groundswell, but having a few MEP's standing up in Parliament and pointing out ACTA's flaws can't have hurt.