We used to have the same problem with French - twenty years ago to preserve charset compatibility, I would even go as far as writing French with no accents. Today, we even start using accented capitals again and there are fierce debates about dash variants and their appropriate uses. Technology has reached a point where it no longer constraints language expression but empowers it - just start using the available tools to their full potential... And teach other users about them !
In French contract law, no specific formalism is required for contracts with value less than ?1500 or when the object of the contract is a commercial operation between professionals. So this case would probably be judged the same way in France.
This Written Declaration is certainly not the end of the story, but it is a strong signal that the Parliament will not stand for the text as is is proposed. The Commission may be negotiating ACTA secretly, but in the EU the Parliament ultimately holds legislative power - which is a Good Thing™.
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Poles are not alone...
We used to have the same problem with French - twenty years ago to preserve charset compatibility, I would even go as far as writing French with no accents. Today, we even start using accented capitals again and there are fierce debates about dash variants and their appropriate uses. Technology has reached a point where it no longer constraints language expression but empowers it - just start using the available tools to their full potential... And teach other users about them !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots_exclusion_standard
In French contract law, no specific formalism is required for contracts with value less than ?1500 or when the object of the contract is a commercial operation between professionals. So this case would probably be judged the same way in France.
The beginning of an international consensus...
We had already noticed similar opinions from Woodrow Wilson and Leon Trotsky... And now we can add Kennedy to the political leaders who spoke against secrecy. Good find !
Press conference in progress
For live commentary of the press conference of the initiators of Written Declaration 12/2010 follow @jerezim on http://identi.ca/jerezim
Parliament has legislative power
This Written Declaration is certainly not the end of the story, but it is a strong signal that the Parliament will not stand for the text as is is proposed. The Commission may be negotiating ACTA secretly, but in the EU the Parliament ultimately holds legislative power - which is a Good Thing™.