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 challenges the government's secretive approach on ACTA and delves into a wide range of substantive issues including the prospect […]
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UK Cross Party Motion Tabled on ACTA
Members of Parliament representing the three major UK parties have all signed onto a cross-party motion calling for greater transparency. Tom Watson (Labour), John Whittingdale (Conservative), Lindsay Hoyle (Labour), and Don Foster (Lib Democrats) have all supported the following motion: That this House is deeply concerned by the secrecy surrounding […]
Doctorow on New Copyright Rules of the Road
Cory Doctorow's latest Guardian column examines ways to tweak current copyright laws so that they make more sense in the digital world.
UK Piracy Letter Campaign ‘Nets Innocents’
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.
Reporters Without Borders: ACTA a Threat to Online Free Expression
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 Agreement that is currently being negotiated.
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