Public Knowledge, 18 Feb 2010
Michael Geist is reporting that a new document about the secretive Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has just been leaked. The document, a report on the most recent round of ACTA negotiations in Mexico, reveals more about where the parties are and what topics they are actually discussing.
The much-discussed Internet chapter was apparently only discussed among the ACTA parties in this latest meeting, and then not completely. As we keep noting, significant differences exist in the form and interpretation of the laws of the various ACTA-involved countries (this meeting was attended by Australia, Canada, representatives of the European Union, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States), making promises not to alter domestic laws hard to deliver on. Full Story
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Leaked ACTA draft reveals plans for internet clampdown - Computerworld
