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Canadian ACTA Consultation Report Revealed
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| In an earlier post, I noted that the Department of Foreign Affairs will be
| holding a consultation meeting on ACTA next week. DFAIT first consulted on
| ACTA in the spring of 2008. While I discussed some of the findings based on
| documents obtained under the Access to Information Act, I did not previously
| have access to the entire draft report. I do now (through ATIP) - it is
| posted below for research and news reporting purposes.
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3800/125/
Consumer Interest Groups Ask Obama To Stop Appointing RIAA Lawyers
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| With the Obama administration appointing a whole bunch of copyright
| maximalists to various positions (despite an early indication that perhaps he
| recognized issues with copyright law), a bunch of public interest and
| consumer interest groups have gotten together to write a letter to Obama,
| asking him to recognize that he seems to be filling every open slot with a
| very heavily biased viewpoint which could do significant harm towards
| innovation. Some of the letter may be inspired by the rumored candidates for
| the IP Czar position -- all of whom also fall into the copyright maximalist
| camp. Though, the fact that it's taken Obama so long to appoint this position
| (upsetting the Senators who wrote the law requiring the position in the first
| place) suggests (at the very least) he isn't considering this to be a
| priority.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090402/1801344362.shtml
Recent:
ACTA Stakeholders' Consultation Meeting
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| Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission is organising a
| meeting to inform and consult interested parties about the negotiation of a
| plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
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| The goal of ACTA is to provide an improved framework for countries committed
| to intellectual property protection, in view of effectively addressing the
| challenges of IPR infringement today.
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http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/a2k/2009-March/004079.html
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