Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced
the country is suspending its ratification of the Anti-Counterfeitint
Trade Agreement. The announcement comes following huge protests in
cities across the country.
Last week, I delivered a keynote
address on copyright issues at the University of South Florida St.
Petersburg. The talk focused on the activism around SOPA and assessed
the global strategies employed by the U.S. and copyright lobby groups
of shifting away from WIPO toward closed negotiations such as the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
Slovenia's Ambassador to Japan offers a full explanation for why she signed ACTA:
I signed ACTA out of civic
carelessness, because I did not pay enough attention. Quite simply, I
did not clearly connect the agreement I had been instructed to sign
with the agreement that, according to my own civic conviction, limits
and withholds the freedom of engagement on the largest and most
significant network in human history, and thus limits particularly the
future of our children.
The Guardian features an exclusive
interview
with Kader Arif, the lead ACTA negotiator in the European Parliament
who quit his position over objections that review process is a charade.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced
the country is suspending its ratification of the Anti-Counterfeitint
Trade Agreement. The announcement comes following huge protests in
cities across the country.
Feb.03/12Comments (0)
Slovenia's Ambassador to Japan offers a full explanation for why she signed ACTA:
I signed ACTA out of civic
carelessness, because I did not pay enough attention. Quite simply, I
did not clearly connect the agreement I had been instructed to sign
with the agreement that, according to my own civic conviction, limits
and withholds the freedom of engagement on the largest and most
significant network in human history, and thus limits particularly the
future of our children.Feb.03/12Comments (0)
Transport Canada has reportedly
issued a DMCA takedown notice to Scribd over an on-the-record response
it provided to a journalist. The move is particularly odd (though not
unprecedented, see here and here) given the document was issued to
a journalist and the government changed its crown
copyright licence last year to allow for private and non-commercial
public use without the need for further permission.
Feb.02/12Comments (0)
It doesn't affect me because I look
at the internet as the new radio. I look at the radio as gone. [...]
Piracy is the new radio. That's how music gets around. [...] That's the
radio. If you really want to hear it, let's make it available, let them
hear it, let them hear the 95 percent of it.Feb.02/12Comments (2)
The Guardian features an exclusive
interview
with Kader Arif, the lead ACTA negotiator in the European Parliament
who quit his position over objections that review process is a charade.
Feb.02/12Comments (0)
The video
from Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian's excellent forum on
lawful access is now available. Well worth watching.
Feb.01/12Comments (1)
The CRTC yesterday released
new net neutrality complaints data. The data shows
a significant increase in the number of complaints in the last quarter
of 2011 when compared with the prior two years. I wrote
about the complaints issue in July 2011 based on data obtained under
the Access to Information Act.
Feb.01/12Comments (1)
European opposition to ACTA continues to mount with Poland's culture
minister admitting
that it may not be approved by the Polish parliament and the Slovenian
ambassador to Japan apologizing
for signing ACTA last week.
Feb.01/12Comments (1)
