[Foundation-l] Fwd: [WL-Volunteers] [WL-News] ACTA trade agreement brief for July 29-31 Washington DC

[geni]

2008/8/1 John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com>:
> Under customs enforcement for example it proposes:
>
>   * Increased inspection of goods to detect potential shipments

I understand one of the functions of being a sovereign nation is that
you can inspect pretty much anything that comes across your boarders
unless it is a diplomatic bag.

>   * Under civil enforcement rights holders will have more say on the
> damages involved as well as more compensation to cover their legal
> enforcement costs including "reasonable attorney's fees";.

Err so what? The loser pays system in the UK appears to work

> The exact composition of the business "side" is not known, which
> reflects the lack of transparency afflicting the ACTA process. Whether
> trade representatives can be forced to reveal the make-up to the press
> or policy groups remains to be seen.

The EU is involved so any formal documents would have to translated
into rather a lot of languages.

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geni