Bulgaria refuses to ratify ACTA

Bulgaria refuses to ratify ACTA

Bulgaria has become the sixth country that has refused to support the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

­The agreement is sponsored by the US and Japan, and meant to toughen intellectual property rights enforcement, but critics say limits freedom of speech on the Internet.

Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov says Sofia will not ratify the agreement until the EU member states elaborate a joint position on the document..... MORE

Source:  RT.com

URL: http://rt.com/news/acta-bulgaria-protesters-ratification-353/