"ACTA is effectively dead, the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda admitted Friday. An official spokesman said the “political reality” was the fight was over. Neelie Kroes, speaking at a conference in Berlin, told delegates: “We have recently seen how many thousands of people are willing to protest against rules which they see as constraining the openness and innovation of the Internet. “This is a strong new political voice. And as a force for openness, I welcome it, even if I do not always agree with everything it says on every subject. “We are now likely to be in a world without SOPA and without ACTA.”" - Miguel Caetano from Bookmarklet