A coalition of leading library, civil rights, and technology companies have written to the U.S. government to urge it to drop the Internet provisions from the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. With talks set to resume this week, Jamie Love reports that Canada has produced another secret document, Japan has developed an updated full ACTA draft, and that U.S. favours release of the draft this fall, though this is opposed by the European Union.
Groups Call on U.S. Government To Drop Internet From ACTA
July 16, 2009
Share this post

Law Bytes
Episode 263: The Lawful Access Act Roundtable With David Fraser and Robert Diab
byMichael Geist

March 30, 2026
Michael Geist
March 16, 2026
Michael Geist
March 2, 2026
Michael Geist
Search Results placeholder
Michael Geist on Substack
Recent Posts
Could Bill C-22 Make Canadians Less Safe? The Systemic Vulnerability Gap in Canada’s New Surveillance Law
Why the Verdict on Social Media Defective Design Harming Children Gets the Instinct Right But the Law Wrong
Scoping in the Tech Giants: Bill C-22’s International Production Order and the Shift to a Less Privacy-Protective Cross-Border Disclosure System
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 263: The Lawful Access Act Roundtable With David Fraser and Robert Diab
When Writing About Antisemitism Proves the Point: What the Replies Reveal
