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Anti-Counterfeiting Deal Aims For Global DMCA

An anonymous reader writes "Negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement continue on Wednesday as the US, Europe, Japan, Korea, Canada, Australia, and a handful of other countries secretly negotiate a copyright treaty that includes statutory... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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19 Sep 07 visit Misleading Data Undermines Counterfeiting Claims  »  slashdot An anonymous reader writes "Canada has been the home to a growing debate on counterfeiting with politicians, law enforcement, and copyright lobby groups all pushing for stronger copyright and anti-counterfeiting laws. Writing in the Toronto Star, Michael...
27 May 08 visit Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement  »  slashdot SpaceAdmiral writes "The Canadian government is secretly negotiating to join the US and the EU in an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The agreement would give border guards the power to search iPods and cellphones for illegal downloads, as well as to...
16 Oct 09 visit Secret ACTA Treaty May Sport "Internet Enforcement" Procedures After All  »  slashdot Andorin writes "Ars Technica writes about the recent work on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, and reveals that while the public does not have access to the text of the agreement, a handful of lawyers representing Big Content and numerous companies...
04 Nov 09 visit Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.  »  digg The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama's administration refused to disclose due to "national security" concerns, has leaked. It's bad.
15 Jan 09 visit EU Conceals Anti-Piracy Treaty Documents  »  digg The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) currently being discussed by several of the world’s leading countries, will undoubtedly lead to stricter ant-piracy legislation. The problem though, is that nobody really knows what it will entail. The ...

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