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Secret ACTA Treaty Emerges Blinking into Sunlight (Ars Technica)

The much-maligned, drafted-in-secret, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is an odd beast. Its being drafted by a group that includes the US, the EU, and Japan… but also Canada, Mexico, and Korea, which are on US Trade Representatives “special 301” watch list … Continue reading

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European Parliament to EU: Turn over ACTA docs! (Ars Technica)

The European Parliament has demanded more transparency in the EU, and it made a point of singling out the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Parliament has been considering a general transparency bill, but one amendment to the bill demanded access to … Continue reading

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Paris ACTA Meetings Wrap Up: We’re Safe Until March 2009 (Ars Technica)

“Negotiations on the controversial and largely secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) race ever onward, but the process isnt moving quite as fast as proponents had hoped. No deal will now happen before the end of the year, nor before a … Continue reading

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