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@glennbeck secret ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) meeting leaked day 1 - http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/ 12 days ago |
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Can secret #ACTA agreements be legal, when they bypass all parliamentary and democratic systems? http://ow.ly/Bany 13 days ago |
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RT @Silona: ugh more #fail on ACTA boing boing http://ow.ly/Bans and the Canadian view pt http://ow.ly/Bany #EFF #copyright #patent 13 days ago |
More ACTA Details Leak: It's An Entertainment Industry Wishlist
Techdirt —
... by US trade reps that ACTA did not represent any kind of major change in copyright law, and thus didn't require public scrutiny, are nothing more than a myth. Despite ridiculous efforts to keep the document secret (some countries were given only physical, watermarked, copies of the latest drafts), some of the details are leaking out and it's not pretty at all. ...
Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
Boing Boing —
... any material that is accused -- again, without evidence or trial -- of infringing copyright. This has proved a disaster in the US and other countries, where it provides an easy means of censoring material, just by accusing it of infringing copyright.
Mandatory prohibitions on breaking DRM, even if doing so for a lawful purpose (e.g., to make a work available to disabled people; for archival preservation; because you own the copyrighted work that is locked up with DRM)
The ACTA Internet Chapter: Putting the Pieces Together ...
Secret copyright treaty is the most annoying thing you’ll read all year
CrunchGear —
... What the heck am I whinging about? It’s the leaked notes of an international copyright treaty, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, that’s in the process of being negotiated in Seoul. Everything’s very hush-hush, of course, and you don’t hear a damn thing about it on TV, no. No, that’s filled with crackpots on the left and right claiming that health care will fix everyone’s problems automatically or destroy the country as soon as it’s signed into law. As if things this complicated could be debated in 30-second segments. ...
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Talks Resume
Tech Daily Dose —
... Some bloggers like Michael Geist are quoting sources who say details of the proposed Internet chapter are starting to emerge. They say the baseline obligations are inspired by Article 41 of the TRIPs, which focuses on the enforcement of intellectual property and it includes a requirement to establish third-party liability for copyright infringement, with some restrictions. ...
Breakfast briefing: MySpace tightens up on scammers
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
U.S/International Copyright Treaty Leaked, Trouble Ahead for ISPs & Users
ReadWriteWeb —
... "In order for ISPs to qualify for a safe harbor," writes Michael Geist, who has published the substance of the leaked material, "they would be required establish policies to deter unauthorized storage and transmission of IP infringing content. Provisions... include policies to terminate subscribers in appropriate circumstances." That means a three-strikes rule would apply to anyone who was accused of violating copyright in any way; ISPs would be required to terminate the user's account after three complaints from the content owner. For something as culturally accepted as ...
Secret Anti-Piracy Treaty Turns ISPs into Pirates
TorrentFreak —
... Among other things, the ACTA draft calls for a global three-strikes policy to disconnect alleged file-sharers from the Internet, without solid evidence or a court order. If ISPs won’t do so, they will be held liable for the copyright infringements of their customers. ...
Advocates Renew Calls for Transparency in ACTA process
PolicyBeta —
... to review the US-authored Internet portion of the current draft under strict non-disclosure rules, such limited access does not allow for full analyses of the agreement and its implications (even by other CDT staff members, much less the broader public interest community). Some leaks have surfaced which suggest that ACTA could require DMCA-style notice-and-takedown and anti-circumvention laws, or even graduated-response obligations on ISPs (see coverage here and ...
