SealLion
11.10.08, 01:39
There's a different web site that I found a couple of months ago a.k.a Wikileaks.
They've got some interesting news that you normally wouldn't find elsewhere.
Two digital rights advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) in an attempt to get the office to turn over information about a secret international treaty, involving New Zealand, being negotiated to step up cross-border enforcement of copyright and piracy laws......
It involves an act a.k.a Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
There's more, of course.
.......The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed comments offering suggestions for the trade agreement. Among its recommendations: Countries should allow investigators to treat piracy like organised crime, giving IP enforcement efforts additional resources used to fight organised crime. The RIAA also wants laws requiring ISPs to remove infringing materials posted by subscribers, the trade group said in its comments.
The Motion Picture Association of America also filed comments supporting ACTA and offering suggestions.
Other countries involved in the ACTA talks are Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
INteresting, eh??
read more here:
Secret IP pact involving NZ draws US lawsuits - Wikileaks (http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Secret_IP_pact_involving_NZ_draws_US_lawsuits)
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They've got some interesting news that you normally wouldn't find elsewhere.
Two digital rights advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) in an attempt to get the office to turn over information about a secret international treaty, involving New Zealand, being negotiated to step up cross-border enforcement of copyright and piracy laws......
It involves an act a.k.a Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
There's more, of course.
.......The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed comments offering suggestions for the trade agreement. Among its recommendations: Countries should allow investigators to treat piracy like organised crime, giving IP enforcement efforts additional resources used to fight organised crime. The RIAA also wants laws requiring ISPs to remove infringing materials posted by subscribers, the trade group said in its comments.
The Motion Picture Association of America also filed comments supporting ACTA and offering suggestions.
Other countries involved in the ACTA talks are Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
INteresting, eh??
read more here:
Secret IP pact involving NZ draws US lawsuits - Wikileaks (http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Secret_IP_pact_involving_NZ_draws_US_lawsuits)
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