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US Rejects Demands For ACTA Transparency

Posted by Soulskill on from the yet-we-still-see-right-through-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The US Trade Representative issued a release just prior to the launch of the New Zealand round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations that has left no doubt the US is the biggest barrier to official release of the ACTA text. Unlike most other ACTA countries that have called for transparency without condition, the US has set conditions that effectively seek to trade its willingness to release the text for gains on the substance of the text."

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  1. Re:Then fuck it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yep, we went from a white dufus, to a long-legged mac-daddy muslim half-breed. Everything else stayed the same.

  2. Re:Then fuck it. by ground.zero.612 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    can any of the americans explain this to us here ?

    You wanted hope and change? You got it. Hope you like it.

    O)ne B)ig A)ss M)istake A)merica.

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  3. Re:Hope, Transparency, Change. by unity100 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    and a gop administration would be different, how ? are you forgetting that this acta was cooked during gop term ?

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  4. Re:Then fuck it. by Shotgun · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Take for example his attempts to reach out to Iran, he was called a coward for it and we were all told he was making us look weak

    Yeah, Ahmadinejad shouldn't have talked about Obama like that, but you've got to admit that it looks fairly pathetic to go around bowing to every tin-pot dictator in the world.

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  5. Re:Then fuck it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    can any of the americans explain this to us here ?

    As an American, no i can't. We the public did not create this, have no say in this and have nothing to do with this. I wouldn't even know where to send a strongly worded letter to.

    You gutless supine wimp. How dare you claim the title of American!!! Public apathy is not what this country is founded on. You weak willed idiots created this monster by disregarding your civic duty.

  6. Re:Then fuck it. by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, I personally voted for the other "other" guy.

    Hey AC, we don't all want the hope and change that's being shoveled down our throats, mkay?

    Well.....it's obvious you are a racist.

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  7. Re:Hope, Transparency, Change. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    By world standards Obama is extremely right wing. He only appears left wing when compared to the lizzard people in the republican party.