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Leak Shows US Lead Opponent of ACTA Transparency

Posted by timothy on from the putting-on-an-acta dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Throughout the debate over ACTA transparency, the secret copyright treaty, many countries have taken public positions that they support release of the actual text, but that other countries do not. Since full transparency requires consensus of all the ACTA partners, the text simply can't be released until everyone is in agreement. A new leak from the Netherlands fingers who the chief opponents of transparency are: the United States, South Korea, Singapore, and Denmark lead the way, with Belgium, Germany, and Portugal not far behind as problem countries."

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  1. Poorly written summary by Anonymusing · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Um, just to be clear... the article says "the U.S. has remained silent on the issue, as it remains unconvinced of the need for full disclosure. In doing so, it would appear that the U.S. is perhaps the biggest problem since a clear position of support might be enough to persuade the remaining outliers." (emphasis added)

    In other words, we haven't said anything. I wish we'd said something in support of transparency, but it is not fair to lump the U.S. in with countries who are actively opposing transparency.

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  2. Re:apt quote by erroneus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In the first U.S. revolution, a very small few got the ball rolling. By the time retaliation started happening, it was enough to polarize the rest of those who participated in the U.S. revolution to fight as they were going to get punished by England's response anyway.

    What would happen here? It's hard to say... we have a tendency to want to see it on TV but not on our streets.

    Were it to happen on my street? I don't own any firearms. What could I do? I would like to own firearms but it is presently too much of a pain in the ass to get them legally. And further, to practice using them is also a pain in the ass. This is, of course, "by design."

    So when the time comes, I will have to visit the local drug dealers and gang members to see what I can afford. We all know that's who has the guns these days.