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Global ACTA Coverage Picks Up Again

The global coverage of ACTA picked up again this week with the leak of the European analysis of the Internet chapter. New coverage includes: CBC (Canada) – Canadian copyright law to trump ACTA, Clement says Spiegel Online (Germany) Heise Online (Germany) Netties.be (Belgium) Punto Informatico (Italy) Numerama (France) ZDNet.co.uk (UK)

December 2, 2009 — 6 comments — News

ACTA Leak Generates Wide Coverage

The latest ACTA leak generated a new round of press coverage, with articles from AOL Daily Finance and Wired. Meanwhile, European ISPs are expressing their concern with ACTA.

December 1, 2009 — 4 comments — News

Secret ACTA Deal To Change IT Forever

Rafael Ruffolo posts an opinion piece for ComputerWorld Canada that focuses on the impact of ACTA on IT industry.

December 1, 2009 — 1 comment — News

EU ACTA Analysis Leaks: Confirms Plans For Global DMCA, Encourage 3 Strikes Model

The European Commission analysis of ACTA's Internet chapter has leaked, indicating that the U.S. is seeking to push laws that extend beyond the WIPO Internet treaties and beyond current European Union law (the EC posted the existence of the document last week but refused to make it publicly available). The […]

November 30, 2009 — 90 comments — News

Swedish Minister To Demand ACTA Be Opened Up

Swedish Communications Minister Åsa Torstensson visits Washington, DC next week with a meeting with the USTR on the agenda. According to a press release , the message on ACTA will be simple: open up the process to the public and do not adopt a three-strikes model.

November 27, 2009 — 10 comments — News