EFF, Public Knowledge Sue Over Secret IP Pact

Cowards Anonymous writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge have filed a lawsuit against the Office of the US Trade Representative in an attempt to get the office to turn over information about a secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement treaty being negotiated to step up cross-border enforcement of copyright and piracy laws. ACTA could include an agreement for the US, Canada, the European Commission and other nations to enforce each others' IP laws, with residents of each country subject to criminal charges when violating the IP laws of another country, according to a supposed ACTA discussion paper [PDF] posted on Wikileaks.org in May."

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Re:piggy backing

[Anonymous Coward]

I agree that we shouldn't be able to go around and violate the laws of other countries.

That's assinine - have you seen the USA's laws? As a non-american, I have no desire to be subject to their insanity.

It's called WIPO and the WTO

[Anonymous Coward]

Sadly, your high levels of ignorance is pretty normal though.