The European Commission 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 t
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
The UK Digital Economy Bill is facing mounting criticism, as an influential group of MPs has expressed concern the bill may violate human rights.
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
...2009. Notwithstanding the regular claims that the Canadian digital music market cannot develop without copyright reform, the Canadian market grew faster than the U.S. market for the fourth conse...
Thursday February 04, 2010
...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
... Review Panel in the forthcoming Speech from the Throne. The panel report included recommendations for copyright reform, which focused on the need for balance in rewarding creators and stimulati...
Thursday February 04, 2010
The Guardian reports that the UK government's bid to push the digital economy bill through has been dealt another setback after Siôn Simon, the creative industries minister appointe
Thursday February 04, 2010
...Justice Cowdroy confronts claims that ISPs terminate subscribers for non-payment of accounts, so why not for copyright infringement: Regardless of the actual quality of the evidence gathering of Dte...
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
...s such as anti-circumvention legislation. The Europeans continue to push for the extension of ACTA beyond copyright and trademarks to also include patents. Some countries have become more open t...
Tuesday February 02, 2010
...concern in Europe. EuroISPA, the world's largest ISP association has spoken out against the secret copyright agreement, while two more members of the European Parliament have raised question...
Tuesday February 02, 2010
CBC.ca has responded to mounting online criticism about its use of iCopyright . TVO's Jesse Brown then responds to the response.
Tuesday February 02, 2010
There is lots of coverage of the CBC.ca's use of the iCopyright system. I reference it in this week's column as an example of what a publicly funded institution should not be do
Monday February 01, 2010
CIRA CEO Byron Holland has a great piece on ACTA, three strikes and the danger of "unintended negative consequences."
Monday February 01, 2010
Add French Member of the European 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
...bsp; Meanwhile, U.S. lobby groups have stated that they view ACTA as a mechanism to pressure Canada into new copyright reforms. While Canadian officials may put on a brave face regarding the prospec...
Thursday January 28, 2010
International 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 wo
Thursday January 28, 2010
Embassy reports on the Canada - EU Trade Agreement, which concluded the second round of talks last week (Cyndee Todgham Cherniak notes the government's "failure to communicate"
Thursday January 28, 2010
...S. government requested comments on the draft texts, which were available, among other places, from the U.S. Copyright Office. Two other documents offer similar reviews of the transparency of negot...
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
...Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA); notes that any agreement reached could affect the measures to protect copyright online currently being debated in the Digital Economy Bill; believes that if the ...
Wednesday January 27, 2010
Cory Doctorow's latest Guardian column examines ways to tweak current copyright laws so that they make more sense in the digital world.
Wednesday January 27, 2010
The BBC reports that an anti-file sharing campaign in the UK has resulted in over 150 people wrongly receiving demands to settle illegal file sharing claims.
Wednesday January 27, 2010
...systems that could result in thousands of people losing access to the Internet based on three allegations of copyright infringement. Leaked ACTA documents indicate that encouraging the adoption of thr...
Tuesday January 26, 2010
...ders is very concerned about the threat to online free expression from measures to combat digital piracy and copyright violations in an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that is currently being nego...
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
...systems that could result in thousands of people losing access to the Internet based on three allegations of copyright infringement. Leaked ACTA documents indicate that encouraging the adoption of thr...
Monday January 25, 2010
...he transparency issue. There has been some helpful mainstream media coverage from the Washington Post (Copyright Overreach Takes a World Tour, Q & A on ACTA) and the Irish Times (Secret agre...
Monday January 25, 2010
A U.S. judge has reduced the damage award in a Minnesota file sharing case from $80,000 per song to $2,250. The 97% reduction comes as the judge found the original jury award shocking a
Monday January 25, 2010
...that have not visited the site, I've embedded Rip! The Remix Manifesto, the award-winning documentary on copyright , culture, and remix in streaming HD below. ...
Friday January 22, 2010
...ian Publishers' Council is important because it highlights the hopes of those lobbying for extensive new copyright reforms. The submission makes clear that those groups hope that CETA could ...
Thursday January 21, 2010
The Register reports on how 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
...hat U.S. ISP Verizon has begun terminating service for some subscribers alleged to have repeatedly infringed copyright . While this is not quite three strikes and you're out - a subscriber ca...
Thursday January 21, 2010
OK Go's Damian Kulash has a great post on the band's site explaining the challenges of posting and embedding videos online.
Wednesday January 20, 2010
...'ve released an iPhone app that bring together my blog postings, tweets, Twitter discussion, videos, and copyright postings in one application. ...
Tuesday January 19, 2010
...e Agreement IP chapter. It follows a leaked draft of the EU proposal for the chapter itself, including copyright term extension, anti-circumvention rules, and resale rights. I also recentl...
Tuesday January 19, 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
...onth, revealing demands for dramatic changes to Canadian intellectual property law. This would include copyright term extension (to life of the author plus 70 years), anti-circumvention rules, r...
Monday January 18, 2010
...nce Canada has experienced this form of advocacy before and it has proven effective. In 2007, the Fair Copyright for Canada group I launched grew to 90,000 members and was credited by some with ...
Monday January 18, 2010
