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
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| 19 Sep 07 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 ... |