[A2k] EFF, Public Knowledge Sue Over Secret IP Pact

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  As an FYI

See:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public
Knowledge have  http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;36816586
filed a lawsuit against the Office of the US Trade Representative in an
attempt to get the office to turn over information about a secret
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement treaty being negotiated to step up
cross-border enforcement of copyright and piracy laws. ACTA could
include an agreement for the US, Canada, the European Commission
and other nations to enforce each others' IP laws, with residents of
each country subject to criminal charges when violating the IP laws of
another country, according to a supposed ACTA
http://file.sunshinepress.org:54445/acta-proposal-2007.pdf
discussion paper [PDF] posted on Wikileaks.org in May.

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