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ACTA Draft Release Was Apparently A One Time Deal: Now We're Back To Secrecy
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| After about a year or so of very public
| questions over the incredible level of
| secrecy of ACTA (including the patently
| ridiculous claim that details couldn't be
| revealed for national security reasons),
| including a complete smackdown by the EU
| Parliament concerning the whole ACTA
| process, the negotiators finally (and very
| reluctantly) released the latest draft in
| April. Of course, by then, the full
| document had already leaked. Still, the
| officially released document left out some
| of the key parts that were in the leaked
| draft. Funny how that works.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100512/1326489398.shtml
Will Nick Clegg push to repeal the Digital Economy Act?
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| For ORG supporters, there is a lot that we
| can hope for from the new administration.
|
| * We can hopefully assume that talk of
| a repeal of the Human Rights Act is
| now shelved.
| * ID cards and their database should be
| scrapped
| * The DNA database should be restricted
| or scrapped
| * Promises of a Data Freedom Act are
| welcome
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/will-nick-clegg-push-to-repeal-the-digital-economy-act
Recent:
EC's ACTA Negotiator Devigne: Rejected U.S. "Blackmail"
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| Luc Devigne, the European Commission's lead
| ACTA negotiator, recently appeared before
| the International Trade Committee which
| brought together Members of the European
| Parliament and ACTA negotiators. Sources
| say Devigne revealed several key things:
|
| * the release of the draft ACTA text
| may be a one-time deal. There are no
| current plans to release the updated
| text following future rounds of talks.
| * Devigne reportedly told the MEPs that
| the EC successfully rejected U.S.
| "blackmail", a reference to U.S.
| demands for changes on the scope of
| ACTA in return for greater
| transparency.
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5029/125/
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