Stewart Baker, who was with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security while ACTA was being negotiated, states: It seemed like a sweetheart deal for a few intellectual property owners, who’d get free government enforcement of their private rights, potentially to the detriment of security and traditional customs enforcement. Worse, the […]
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