As Germany is one of the most infuencial countries in the EU, we should also show solidarity to the people in other countries and help overturn this treaty entirely.
Where are you getting that from? It's standard practice, try reading some alternative media (fefe!) sometime. I have no matching links handy, but you can read about it pretty frequently if you look in the right places (e.g. during the Fukushima event).
The "alternative media" is what conspiracy theorists use to convince themselves that 9/11 was an inside job.
If by alternative you mean a place like HN where stories are being commented on then I agree but you will hardly find one sided support for that kind of claims here.
Which is why HN for all the bad trends we see here is still one of the best places to get our apriori views invalidated.
But well, of course, it's way better than most other pseudo-democracys.
This can now be stopped at the EU level, which will not be easy, but is doable.
Amnesty international asks EU not to sign ACTA.
I wish British politicians weren't useless, spineless, back stabbing, lying arseholes. They signed without blinking an eye.
> They signed without blinking an eye.
So would German big-party politicians. But... next year we have elections, and the Pirate party is already too popular to be ignored. Fear of greens and pirates is the one and only reason why this wasnt signed now. Maybe it will in a year, when the elections are over. Until then, the anti-internet parties are tryin to keep a low profile with repect to internet censorship.
Given what what was happening in the Czech Republic and Poland (and also the protests in Germany itself), it's not that surprising. Let's hope other EU countries follow.
