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WTO responds to concerns of the European Parliament on ACTA
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| In a letter dated 4 May 2010, the Director
| General of the World Trade Organization
| (WTO), Pascal Lamy has responded to questions
| and concerns of the European Parliament
| regarding the Anti Counterfeiting Trade
| Agreement (ACTA). Several MEPs had written to
| the WTO Director General on April 15
| requesting the "World Trade Organization
| (WTO) to provide an expert assessment and
| analysis of the current provisions of ACTA
| from your institutional viewpoint as one the
| two specialised organisations entrusted with
| the issue of norm-setting in the field of
| intellectual property rights and related
| issues."
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http://keionline.org/node/838
Liberal Democrats take on challenge of UK 3-strikes policy
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| The Digital Economy Bill will provide an
| immediate test for the UK's new coalition
| government. Will the LibDems keep their
| pledge to repeal it?
|
| Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat economic
| spokesman, has been made Secretary of State
| for Business under the new conservative-
| Liberal Democrat coalition government in the
| UK.
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http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=526&Itemid=9
Digital Economy Act: Some Unfinished Business
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| Remember the Digital Economy Act? Yes, I
| thought you might. It's still there, hanging
| like a proverbial sword of Damocles over our
| digital heads. But a funny thing happened on
| the way to the forum, er, Houses of
| Parliament: that nice Mr Clegg found himself
| catapulted to a position of some power.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2962&blogid=14
Digital Economy Bill minister stabbed
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/14/stephen_timms_stabbed/
Recent:
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
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