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ACTA Confidentiality Requirements Revisited: Is The U.S. the Key Barrier?

After watching the Google DC debate on ACTA with its emphasis on the issue of transparency, it is worth revisiting the ACTA document spelling out confidentiality requirements among the negotiating countries. The document, which specifies the U.S. approach, discusses the confidentiality requirements associated with ACTA documents including marking the documents […]

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January 14, 2010 7 comments News

EU Official Confirms ACTA Will Change Domestic Laws

IPTegrity reports that the Commissioner-designate for the Internal Market, Michel Barnier, has acknowledged that ACTA will change domestic legislative frameworks.  Despite claims that ACTA will not change the law in Europe, the comments suggest that changes are on the way.

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January 14, 2010 4 comments News

Video of Google DC ACTA Debate Posted Online

The video of the often-contentious ACTA debate hosted by Google in Washington earlier this week has been posted online.  Well worth watching.

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January 14, 2010 Comments are Disabled News

Wind Mobile Responds To Criticism Over Blocked Ports

Wind Mobile has faced growing criticism over the past couple of days from its user community about blocked ports for those on unlimited data plans.  The reports indicated that the port blocking was effectively blocking access to a wide range of applications include streaming media, MSN, and Google Talk.  The […]

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January 13, 2010 6 comments News

Google’s New Approach to China

Lots of coverage of Google's surprising and welcome announcement that it is changing its approach to China and dropping censorship of search results in Google.cn: Google posting, Nart Villeneuve, Rebecca MacKinnon, Jonathan Zittrain and James Fallows are good places to start.

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January 13, 2010 3 comments News