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Internet body labels IRMA legal threat ‘spurious’
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| The recent threat of legal action from Irish music industry body IRMA to
| Irish ISP’s that do not comply to the same ‘three strikes’ terms as Eircom,
| has been labelled as “spurious” by the Internet Service Providers Association
| of Ireland (ISPAI).
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| Paul Durrant, general manager of the ISPAI, said there is “no evidence of
| wrong doing” on the part of Irish internet service providers (ISPs).
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| IRMA’s letter, received last month by ISPs across Ireland, asked these
| companies to follow Eircom in removing customers found to be illegally
| accessing copyright material. The letter stated that this request is in
| accordance with Irish and European law.
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http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/12506/comms/internet-body-labels-irma-legal-threat-spurious
Obama Continues Bush-Era Extremism on Liberties, Secrecy
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| Democrats in Congress and much of the political left have been silent or
| nearly so despite the evidence. You expect cowardice from Congress, which
| spent the Bush presidency in a perpetual bent-over posture. The Netroots
| folks who did so much to elect Obama should be screaming bloody murder by
| now. Too few are even slightly audible. A shame.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/15/obama-continues-bush.html
White House Declares Copyright Treaty State Secret
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/16/white-house-declares-copyright-treaty-state-secret
Recent:
Obama Administration Claims Copyright Treaty Involves State Secrets?!?
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| When the Obama administration took over, there was a public stance that this
| administration was going to be more transparent -- especially with regards to
| things like Freedom of Information Act requests. The nonprofit group
| Knowledge Ecology International took that to heart and filed an FOIA request
| to get more info on ACTA. The US Trade Representative's Office responded
| denying the request, saying that the information was "classified in the
| interest of national security pursuant to Executive Order 12958." This is a
| treaty about changing copyright law, not sending missiles somewhere. To claim
| that it's a national security matter is just downright scary. As KEI points
| out, the text of the documents requested have been available to tons of
| people, including more than 30 governments around the world and lobbyists
| from the entertainment industry, pharma industry and publishing industry.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090313/1456154113.shtml
ACTA: questions in the European Parliament
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| Whether the European Parliament will be able to scrutinise ACTA -
| Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - is the topic of an oral question
| tabled for the March session of the European Parliament. The question, from
| Swedish MEP Jens Holm , asks whether the final draft of of any forthcoming
| agreement will be published by the Council before final agreement and whether
| the European and national Parliaments will be able to scrutinise the text. A
| third question asks that the Council should not agree and rubber stamp the
| ACTA during the Parliament's recess for the elections.
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http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=260&Itemid=9
ACTA: An Attack on Common Sense?
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| James Love has published some details about the current ACTA negotiations.
| Copyright ideologues have been (successfully) pushing for extreme legislation
| for several years. Each time new legislation is passed, it is only a
| stepping stone towards even more extreme legislation. Any reasonable person
| picked up from the 70s and dropped in the 00s would be stunned by how
| completely copyright ideology has infected the legislative process. Indeed,
| by germinating in international fora, it subverts the process. Copyright
| ideologues use international treaties to enforce or extend domestic
| legislation, bypassing local legislatures and then requiring them to enact
| the provisions. Any time anyone objects about the disparity between the
| ideology and reality, they are slapped down with “International Obligations”.
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http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/acta-an-attack-on-common-sense/
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