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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. Re:How do we folllow the law? by Conchobair · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not a law yet. They are trying to keep things quiet so that there is not enough time to mount large scale opposistion to the proposal. This will allow them to pass it before most people are aware of the implications. Once its a law it will be a lot harder to repeal or change what they decided in these secret meetings.

  2. Re:Just who did we elect to do this? by zach_the_lizard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who's representing the US in the ACTA negotiations. If it's just the usual **AA people, then good luck getting this past The Senate.

    The DMCA made it past the Senate, as did the PATRIOT act, the war on (some) drugs, Prohibition, and I believe the Corwin Amendment. I feel your faith in the Senate is misplaced. You see, to have real influence in the Senate, you must either be someone with enough cash to make a difference in an election, such as a CEO, or you must be someone who represents a collection of people that have that power, such as union bosses.

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  3. Since when does transparency... by macraig · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... , to the very people who elected them, require consensus? Shouldn't it be opacity that requires unanimous consensus?

    Seriously, people, how much more clue do you need that "reform" isn't going to cut it? Only another "R" word is going to put an end to this. If you're not firing up the furnace and making ready to beat your plowshares into swords, you're not doing enough.