ACTA Document Leaks With Details On Mexico Talks

An anonymous reader writes "A brief report from the European Commission authored by Pedro Velasco Martins (an EU negotiator) on the most recent round of ACTA negotiations in Guadalajara, Mexico has leaked, providing new information on the substance of the talks, how countries are addressing the transparency concerns, and plans for future negotiations. The document notes that governments are planning a counter-offensive to rebut claims of iPod-searching border guards and mandatory three-strikes policies."

Comments

Great! What's in it about patents??

[H4x0r Jim Duggan]

Make a backup. We don't want another case like Wikileaks, where a leaked draft goes online and then the site comes down for planning and doesn't come back up.

Whatever's in there about patents, please make notes here:

* http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement

Thanks.

Re:Great! What's in it about patents??

[H4x0r Jim Duggan]

Bandwidth wasn't the problem. They need funding to keep going, so, to show how essential they are, they took everything off line and said they'll keep it off line until they receive enough donations to keep going. They hoped to be back on line by January 18th, but they're still off line.

I think it's a tactical blunder. They even broke all their links - instead of being redirected to a "we need donations", you just get a 404! Messers.

Re:show me what's on the table

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's an easy fix. STOP STEALING SHIT! If people would stop stealing shit like a serial rapist, they wouldn't feel the need to lock things down as if it were their daughter's chastity.

AND YES, PIRATING IS A FORM OF THEFT! Want to argue? Then you'd be wrong. Go steal some stocks or bonds from a company and see how they feel about it after you've devalued their company. You won't find anyone who doesn't call people committing this crime a theif - and yet its EXACTLY like pirating.

Pirates are thieves. Period. End of discussion.

Want to fix the NEED for draconian laws? Start treating pirates like the thieves they are.