Comments of Knowledge Ecology International on the Proposal for ACTA

The Lack of Transparency is Not Encouraging. The Request for Comment in the February 15, 2008 Federal Register (Volume 73, Number 32), contains very little information about the proposal. The “Fact Sheet” on the USTR website has very little real
information. We have, in fact, located an undated “Discussion Paper on a Possible Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement,” that has apparently been circulated to lobbyists for some businesses, but not to civil society groups, which contains far more detail than one can obtain from the Federal Register Notice or the USTR web page. KEI suggests USTR be more open about this project….

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