The ACTA Internet Chapter: Putting Pieces Together
ACTA Guide, Part 1: The Talks To-Date
ACTA Guide, Part 2: The Documents (Official and Leaked)
ACTA Guide, Part 3: Transparency and ACTA Secrecy
New ACTA Leak: U.S., Korea, Singapore, Denmark Do Not Support Transparency |
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Thursday February 25, 2010
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Throughout the debate over ACTA transparency, many countries have taken public positions that they support release of the actual text, but that other countries do not. Since full transparency requires consensus of all the ACTA partners, the text simply can't be released until everyone is in agreement. Of course, those same countries hasten to add that they can't name who opposes ACTA transparency, since that too is secret. No longer. In an important new leak from the Netherlands (Dutch, Google English translation, better English translation), a Dutch memorandum reporting back on the Mexico ACTA negotiation round names names, pointing specifically to which countries support releasing the text and which do not (note that the memo does not canvass everyone - Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are known to support transparency but are not named in the memo). According to the Dutch memo, the UK has played a lead role in making the case for full disclosure of the documents and is of the view that there is consensus for release of the text (there is support from many countries including the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, and Austria). However, the memo indicates that several countries are not fully supportive including Belgium, Portugal, Germany, and Denmark. Of these four countries, the Dutch believe that Denmark is the most inflexible on the issue. Outside of the Europe, the memo identifies three problem countries. While Japan is apparently supportive, both South Korea and Singapore oppose ACTA transparency. Moreover, the U.S. has remained silent on the issue, as it remains unconvinced of the need for full disclosure. In doing so, it would appear that the U.S. is perhaps the biggest problem since a clear position of support might be enough to persuade the remaining outliers. The memo also provides additional new information on the substance of the Mexico meeting. It confirms that countries are still not willing to make significant concessions. The countries are closing in on agreement on the border measures chapter, but are finding disagreements on civil enforcement due to differing legal systems. There is still no agreement on transit shipments or exports, nor on the scope of the treaty (EU continuing to push for broader coverage). This is an important leak, since it provides at least one perspective on who remains a barrier to ACTA transparency. Those in the U.S., South Korea, Singapore, Belgium, Portugal, Germany, and Denmark should be demanding answers from their leaders. Comments (13)
Jan Wildeboer
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Better translation I have put up a better translation here: http://jan.wildeboer.net/2010/02/the-dutch-acta-leak-rough-translation/ HTH Jan |
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Better translation 2 Here is Bigwobber's translation: http://www.bigwobber.nl/2010/02/25/dutch-internal-acta-documents/ |
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... Well maybe a little shame pointing in the right direction will help move things along. Really it doesn't even matter if the document is correct. Once the finger starts to get pointed at some one and the heat gets turned up they are likely to start throwing each other under the bus to deflect attention. |
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Ditto the warnings above Apparently this site can harm my computer (or so Safari tells me). Still, it's worth the potential little problems here and there to read articles like this. Keep poking them in the ribs. Hopefully they'll get so annoyed the'll just throw the information at you to get you to leave them alone. Wish there was someone like you here in Oz that could help point shed some light on the actions of the Government. |
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