According to David Hammerstein's notes of a closed-door debriefing in the European Parliament the final agreement to be signed in Tokyo late this month will be 'ACTA light'.
What is clear is that the EU representative wants to show that he is being responsive to the concerns being expressed about ACTA and that the new “unidentified, undisclosed and flying” ACTA will be lighter, more vague and a happy medium for all. Though he gave us a large serving of political marketing and double speak, it is evident that the anti-ACTA campaign is having a deep impact on the parties involved.
Eric Devigne, the EU's ACTA negotiator, also said that internet enforcement measures will be voluntary. He insisted that no enforcement measure in ACTA should threaten “privacy, freedom of expression or fundamental rights”.
