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1:33pm

Fri February 10, 2012
Tech news

Germany balks at global anti-piracy agreement, echoes concerns over SOPA

Originally published on Fri February 10, 2012 11:58 am

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Germany is putting off signing an international anti-piracy accord known as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

ACTA, as the agreement is known, has been controversial for years. In many ways, it's been controversial in the same way that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been in the United States.

We reported about the accord back in 2009, but slowly it's been watered down and signed by many countries including the United States, Japan and many European countries.

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