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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

Rep. Mike Doyle on ACTA

Congressman Mike Doyle on ACTA: "The USTR has communicated to me that ACTA won’t cement current provisions in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act – provisions that I’d like to see changed, like the anti-circumvention provision.  And they’ve said that ACTA won’t require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to become “copyright cops” […]

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January 13, 2010 3 comments News

IIPA Lawyer: ACTA Would Help Bring Canada Into 21st Century

Google hosted a debate on ACTA yesterday that included perspectives from all sides of the issue.  Rebecca Tushnet has posted a live blog of the event and Mike Masnick tweeted that Steve Metalitz, a lawyer with the IIPA, stated that ACTA would help bring Canada into the 21st century.  The […]

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January 12, 2010 6 comments News

Union des Consommateurs Files ACTA Protest

Union des Consommateurs has posted a public letter expressing concern over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

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January 11, 2010 Comments are Disabled News

UK Gov’t On ACTA: Lack of Transparency Not In the Public Interest

The UK Government discusses the lack of transparency in an EU access to information request: "More broadly with respect to ACTA the UK considers that transparency is crucial to ensure the legitimacy of the agreement and to stop the spread of rumours. We believe the lack of transparency is unhelpful […]

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January 4, 2010 3 comments News