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Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

Europe's ACTA Freak Out: How Hollywood Holds Back the Trade Agenda

Harold Feld | Posted 04.18.2012 | Business
Read More: Ustr, Sopa Protest, Free Trade Agreements, Sopa Pipa, Acta, Mpaa, Free Trade, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, US Trade Representative, Trade Agreements, Riaa, Sopa, Hollywood, Business News
Harold Feld

Whenever there is an international trade agreement negotiation, Hollywood jumps in, takes over, and starts driving the crazy train off a cliff by demanding all kinds of nonsense in the name of "stopping piracy."

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Thousands Take To Streets To Protest Anti-Piracy Agreement

Reuters | Erik Kirschbaum and Irina Ivanova | Posted 04.12.2012 | Technology
Read More: Acta Protests, Europe Acta Protests, Video, Acta, Acta Protest, Protest Acta, Reuters, ACTA Protests Europe, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Technology News

(Corrects to clarify that Slovakia is a country not a city) By Erik Kirschbaum and Irina Ivanova BERLIN/SOFIA, Feb 11 (R...

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Are Property Rights and Human Rights in Competition?

Brad Reid | Posted 04.01.2012 | Business
Read More: Intellectual Property, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Human Rights, Twitter, Copyright, Censorship, Health Care, Business News
Brad Reid

Twitter's recent announcement concerning compliance with national censorship requirements adds a popular dimension to the information access debate.

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Gerry Smith

ACTA Sparks Protests In Latest Anti-Piracy Battle

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.27.2012 | Technology
Read More: Copyright Treaty, Protect Ip Act, Anti-Piracy, Video, Stop Piracy Online Act, Copyright, Acta, Poland, Pipa, Electronic Frontier Foundation, European Union, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Internet Protest, Sopa, Technology News

In the United States, a massive Internet protest last week led by Wikipedia and Google drove congressional leaders to place controversial anti-piracy ...

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Will Anonymous Attack Change This Country's Stance?

AP | VANESSA GERA | Posted 03.24.2012 | Technology
Read More: Poland Acta, Video, Acta, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Acta Poland, Poland Hack Acta, Acta Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Ap, Acta Poland Hack, Technology News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials vowed Monday to stick to plans to sign an international copyright treaty that has outraged Internet activists...

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Treaty Aims to deputize ISPs on copyrights

CNET News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Isps, Acta, Isp Copyright, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ACTA Treaty, Internet Provider Copyrights, Internet Service Provider Copyright, Technology News

Internet service providers could become copyright cops encouraged to block access to suspected pirate Web sites, according to a previously secret draf...

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White House Creates Secret Process as Solution to Transparency For Key IPR Negotiation

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Ustr, Anti-Counterfeiting-Trade-Agreement, Acta, Nda, Inside DC, Politics News
James Love

The U.S. government has created a secret process for insiders to view key negotiating documents for trade agreements -- as an alternative to demands for more openness.

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ACTA -- A Patriot Act For the Internet

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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James Love

Earth to politicians -- you work for us, not the International Chamber of Commerce. Make the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations public!

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Shouldn't Be This Hard to Kill Bad Policy

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: National Security, United State, Freedom of Information Act, Presidency of George W. Bush, Office of the United States Trade Representative, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Freedom of Information Legislation, George W. Bush, Politics News
Leslie Harris

One of President Obama's first official acts in office was taking the power of the presidential pen and shredding the cloak of secrecy the Bush Admini...

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