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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. People are fighting ACTA by click2005 · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.stopacta.info/alertbox

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  2. documenting it on http://en.swpat.org by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Luckily for democracy, the process is leaking like an old bucket anyway.

    swpat.org is a publicly editable wiki, help in documenting this is very welcome.

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  3. Re:maaaan by commodore64_love · · Score: 5, Informative

    Corporations (or tress or rocks or other non-humans) should not be allowed to lobby the People's representatives.

    And yes I know corporations consist of people. They are still allowed to speak, as individuals.

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