A European Human Rights Court Ruling, according to Techdirt, says that copyright doesn't violate human rights. This ruling will allow the European Parliament to make another attempt to ratify ACTA regardless of the opposition. If copyright is compatible with the EU's human rights law, then so is ACTA. Seeing the Chris Dodd, MPAA chairman is very pleased on the ruling and even suggesting that the EU must again ratify ACTA.
With ACTA ratified and into full force after six ratifications, patent trolls will have the right to harass consumers, schools, universities, and businesses for money. Non commercial uses can be treated as commercial copyright infringement including parodies, mashups, etc. Even singing a copyrighted song in the shower or the song "Happy Birthday" which is owned by Time Warner is infringement
One patent troll coming by the name Project Paperless, sued several companies for using copiers they claim to patent, whether the patent is owned by companies such Microsoft, Xerox, Currently, US Congress are trying to pass legislation to combat Patent abuse. With ACTA ratified into full force, Project Paperless is free to continue on harassing and suing businesses until they go bankrupt and shut down.
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