On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
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One does well to follow Michael Geist's blogs on this
[
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/ here]. He has been on top of this issue since
it started, and provides links to developments on his left sidebar.
ACTA is probably more damaging outside the US than within because it imposes
US views in other countries without any of the due process that would
normally be available to US persons. The entire agreement is a trade
agreement which only happens to have copyright as a major content element.
It seeks to protect the interests of American business. By framing the
issues in terms of "trade" and "enforcement", it ignores how
seriously
fucked-up copyright law has become.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/14071517529/new-petition-asks-whi…
33,765 votes so far.
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-r…
If I understand correctly, Obama has issued an executive order
approving ACTA, but that executive order is suppressed as a state
secret. And the administration hasnt given it a number because there
are no gaps in the numbering of Obama's EO list..?
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Barack_Obama/Executive_orders
And in the EU,
'Kader Arif, the "rapporteur" for ACTA, has quit that role in disgust
over the process behind getting the EU to sign onto ACTA.'
http://www.blogrunner.com/snapshot/D/3/3/european_parliament_official_in_ch…
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John Vandenberg