...n has posted a response to one of the many questions raised by members of the European Parliament about ACTA . The EC seeks to pacify the ACTA concerns by arguing that the treaty will be limited ...
Monday February 08, 2010
The New York Times has a feature story on ACTA today that includes comments from an EU official rejecting a single solution to Internet issues as well as comments from a Swedish official call
Monday February 08, 2010
... Finnish Member of the European Parliament Heidi Hautala has added her voice to the concerns over ACTA , calling for greater transparency. ...
Monday February 08, 2010
Faced with mounting criticism over ACTA secrecy, officials from both the U.S. and the EU are speaking out. In a letter to the editor at the Financial Times, the USTR's Stanford McCo
Friday February 05, 2010
NDP MP Charlie Angus has launched a new Facebook group called ACTA : End the Secrecy.
Friday February 05, 2010
...e Australian press is reporting that government officials say they oppose inclusion of three strikes in ACTA and confirm that talks on the secret copyright treaty could extend into 2011. ...
Thursday February 04, 2010
The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro has a piece on ACTA , expressing concern about the secret copyright treaty and fears that things may get worse.
Thursday February 04, 2010
...ent. When combined with today's reports that Australia has opposed three strikes as part of the ACTA talks, there is considerable good news on the copyright front coming from down under....
Wednesday February 03, 2010
Lost amidst the ACTA news last week (on this blog at least) was the launch of the Public Domain Manifesto, a terrific initiative produced by a European group focused on the digital public dom
Wednesday February 03, 2010
The USTR won't reveal ACTA , but it claims that fears associated with the still-secret treaty are based on "misconceptions."
Wednesday February 03, 2010
Spiegel Online runs a lengthy feature on ACTA from a German perspective.
Wednesday February 03, 2010
With the conclusion of the 7th round of ACTA negotiations in Guadalajara, Mexico last week, participating countries issued the now-standard boilerplate statement that merely repeats the agend
Tuesday February 02, 2010
ACTA continues to generate concern in Europe. EuroISPA, the world's largest ISP association has spoken out against the secret copyright agreement, while two more members of the Euro
Tuesday February 02, 2010
CIRA CEO Byron Holland has a great piece on ACTA , three strikes and the danger of "unintended negative consequences."
Monday February 01, 2010
... Parliament Françoise Castex to the list of elected officials around the world demanding greater ACTA transparency. ...
Monday February 01, 2010
The summary statement from the Mexico ACTA talks has been posted online. As predicted, it is a bland statement confirming discussions on civil enforcement, border measures, and Internet issues.
Friday January 29, 2010
The 7th round of ACTA negotiations will conclude around lunch time today in Mexico. If past meetings are any indication, a few hours later the participating countries will issue a bland
Friday January 29, 2010
Questions about ACTA typically follow a familiar pattern - what is it (Part One of the ACTA Guide), do you have evidence (Part Two), why is this secret (Part Three), followed by what would AC
Thursday January 28, 2010
... Trade Minister Peter Van Loan's office has responded to NDP MP Charlie Angus' public letter on ACTA . According to the Wire Report, Van Loan says that "ACTA would comply with Canadi...
Thursday January 28, 2010
Part Three of the ACTA Guide (Part One on the agreement itself, Part Two on the official and leaked documents [update: Part Four on local effects]) focuses on the issue that has dogged the pr
Wednesday January 27, 2010
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement generated wide media coverage in Canada yesterday as a web-based press conference sponsored by Quebec's Union des consommateurs (I was a participan
Wednesday January 27, 2010
NDP MP Charlie Angus used the launch of the ACTA talks in Mexico to issue a four-page letter to International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan demanding answers on ACTA . The letter challen
Wednesday January 27, 2010
...erned by the secrecy surrounding international negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA ); notes that any agreement reached could affect the measures to protect copyright online cu...
Wednesday January 27, 2010
...ds of people losing access to the Internet based on three allegations of copyright infringement. Leaked ACTA documents indicate that encouraging the adoption of three-strikes - often euphemistically d...
Tuesday January 26, 2010
Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about the threat to online free expression from measures to combat digital piracy and copyright violations in an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreemen
Tuesday January 26, 2010
Negotiations in the 7th round of the ACTA talks open this morning in Mexico with civil enforcement issues on the agenda. Yesterday I posted on the developments to-date, including a chro
Tuesday January 26, 2010
Coverage of ACTA as the Mexico round of negotiations kick off are picking up steam. Recent coverage include stories from France, France, Poland, Sweden, and New Zealand.
Tuesday January 26, 2010
New Zealand MP Clare Curran has posted on ACTA , calling for greater transparency in the talks.
Monday January 25, 2010
...ds of people losing access to the Internet based on three allegations of copyright infringement. Leaked ACTA documents indicate that encouraging the adoption of three-strikes - often euphemistically d...
Monday January 25, 2010
... provisions, and (one hour for) transparency. Over the next five days, I plan to post a five-part ACTA Guide that will include sourcing for much of the discussion on ACTA , links to all the leake...
Monday January 25, 2010
The UK Liberal Democrats have issued a press release calling on the government to release the details of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
Monday January 25, 2010
... UK MPs have been denied access to information about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The ACTA talks resume next week in Mexico. ...
Thursday January 21, 2010
The next (seventh) round of ACTA negotiations is scheduled for Guadalajara, Mexico next week. The agenda has now been posted, revealing that the meeting will be the longest yet, with th
Tuesday January 19, 2010
...ment official as saying that CETA will not override the copyright consultations, when combined with the ACTA talks that resume next week, the prospect of a made-in-Canada approach may be quickly slipp...
Monday January 18, 2010
...dents to help work on the issue. While much more detail is needed - where does the party stand on ACTA , CETA, fair dealing, anti-circumvention rules, C-60/C-61, etc. - this is a promising start....
Friday January 15, 2010
...gital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, appeared yesterday in hearings on her priorities in the coming years. ACTA was discussed during the hearings, with Kroes indicating that the EU plans to stand firm in...
Friday January 15, 2010
After watching the Google DC debate on ACTA with its emphasis on the issue of transparency, it is worth revisiting the ACTA document spelling out confidentiality requirements among the negoti
Thursday January 14, 2010
... reports that the Commissioner-designate for the Internal Market, Michel Barnier, has acknowledged that ACTA will change domestic legislative frameworks. Despite claims that ACTA will not change...
Thursday January 14, 2010
The video of the often-contentious ACTA debate hosted by Google in Washington earlier this week has been posted online. Well worth watching.
Thursday January 14, 2010
Congressman Mike Doyle on ACTA : "The USTR has communicated to me that ACTA won’t cement current provisions in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act - provisions that I’d like
Wednesday January 13, 2010
Google hosted a debate on ACTA yesterday that included perspectives from all sides of the issue. Rebecca Tushnet has posted a live blog of the event and Mike Masnick tweeted that Steve
Tuesday January 12, 2010
Union des Consommateurs has posted a public letter expressing concern over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
Monday January 11, 2010
...ion on the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. French Deputy Nicolas Dupont-Aignan raised ACTA questions in the National Assembly late last year, expressing concerns about a global three...
Friday January 08, 2010
... the lack of transparency in an EU access to information request: "More broadly with respect to ACTA the UK considers that transparency is crucial to ensure the legitimacy of the agreement and...
Monday January 04, 2010
...ck of debate, it is striking to see how much more open the WIPO Internet treaties were than the current ACTA negotiations. The memo states: Drafts of the treaties to be negotiated at the Conf...
Wednesday December 23, 2009
...ot;made-in-Canada" approach promoted by Industry Minister Tony Clement - already under threat from ACTA - would be lost entirely, replaced by a made-in-Washington-and-Brussels law. The leaked ...
Monday December 21, 2009
...ot;made-in-Canada" approach promoted by Industry Minister Tony Clement - already under threat from ACTA - would be lost entirely, replaced by a made-in-Washington-and-Brussels law. The leaked ...
Monday December 21, 2009
...European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association has issued an expert contribution on the ACTA negotiations. The ETNO expresses concern about the lack of transparency and dispropor...
Friday December 18, 2009
The recent New Zealand government ACTA briefing materials have been posted online. The powerpoint presentation confirms widely known information, but fails to shed new light on the agre
Friday December 18, 2009
...ent negotiations has understandably generated enormous public concern as leaked documents indicate that ACTA would have a dramatic impact on Canadian copyright law. The U.S. has proposed provisi...
Wednesday December 16, 2009
