Here's a fun fact for our "self-serving non-signatory" colleague: Poland signed ACTA on Jan 26th, while Germany hasn't until now.
Also, you might be interested to know that Poland isn't merely killing ACTA with the use of fig leaves, like US did with SOPA and PIPA. Poland has actually started a public debate - and a loud and mainstream one - not only about ACTA, but about the current IP regime and the sense of existing copyright protections.
(For instance, during the 7-hour meeting mentioned in the article, a govt minister actually suggested that perhaps we should roll back some of the current IP protections, because they don't fit the social media sharing reality.)
So we're not putting the issue to rest, so that it resurfaces later under a different disguise. We're actively taking it apart.
Also, you might be interested to know that Poland isn't merely killing ACTA with the use of fig leaves, like US did with SOPA and PIPA. Poland has actually started a public debate - and a loud and mainstream one - not only about ACTA, but about the current IP regime and the sense of existing copyright protections.
(For instance, during the 7-hour meeting mentioned in the article, a govt minister actually suggested that perhaps we should roll back some of the current IP protections, because they don't fit the social media sharing reality.)
So we're not putting the issue to rest, so that it resurfaces later under a different disguise. We're actively taking it apart.