Leaked documents indicate international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement talks moving toward heightened enforcement role for ISPs.
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"The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multilateral trade agreement being negotiated, mostly between OECD countries, in total secrecy. 7th round of negociations from Jan 26th to Jan 29th 2009, in Mexico, is a perfect occasion for exposing ACTA and raise awareness bout how dangerous it is for our fundamental freedoms..."
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Paul Rübig on ACTA
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A European parliament member explains rather poorly his reasons for suffocating the market
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MAFIAA (Copyright Cartel) Runs the Country
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Interactive timeline of secret copyright treaty
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Michael Geist writes, "The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is generating growing concern as many people learn about the secret copyright treaty for the first time. I've create a visual timeline to trace its emergence that includes links to the leaked documents, official government statements, and NGO letters and work in the area."
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GTKACTA the COTIF
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Get To Know ACTA the Confederated Opposition To Internet Freedom. Imagine a M$ with the ability to get Free Software developers kicked off the internet using secret allegatioms of possible IP infringements. Get To Know ACTA before you find it on an ISP near you.
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European Commission's views on ACTA draft Internet chapter leak
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This page is the link to the 7 page EC PDF. Is ACTA even keeping some elements of its horrific agenda secret from the nations it hopes will support its plans?
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Senator Bayh Responds on ACTA
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Senator Evan Bayh recently responded to a constituent's concerns about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Sadly, Senator Bayh's letter is troubling and frustrating
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ACTA is on Europe’s Agenda (Next Monday) as Patent Devils Lurk
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Attempts to exorcise software patents are met with resistance through secret trade agreements like ACTA
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Patent Tax and Microsoft Tax in Europe: An Update
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A look at the Gemstar case, ACTA-EU leak, Microsoft's second "TV tax", and an older video reedited
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The Distraction of Transparency: an ACTA News Roundup
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Senators have begun to express concern over the secrecy and content of ACTA, while the MPAA, RIAA ,,, rush to reassure them that ACTA — will be good for business and that "transparency is a distraction".
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Will secret copyright treaty restrict your digital rights?
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Most Americans expect that their laws are only passed after some period of public debate between Republicans and Democrats or their news-channel proxies. However, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may be an exception to this rule, and if it is signed, many United States laws concerning the Internet and ownership of data may become substantively different.
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Let's Act on ACTA Before it's Too Late
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It was over a year ago that I wrote about the “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” (ACTA), a new global standard for the enforcement of intellectual monopolies currently being discussed by representatives of the United States, the European Commission, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand.
Read more »Leaked ACTA Internet Provisions: Three Strikes and a Global DMCA
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The leaks confirm everything that we feared about the secret ACTA negotiations..including obligations on ISPs to adopt Three Strikes Internet disconnection policies, and a global expansion of DMCA-style TPM laws.act
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Sharing is the future
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"Around a hundred people gathered outside the parliamentary building in Oslo, Norway this evening to fight for citizen rights in the digital world..."
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