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US Rejects Demands For ACTA Transparency
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."
The proposed ACTA is far more restrictive than the current copyright/patent/trademark fiasco we have now.
If people found out what the companies were trying to force down our throats, there'd be an uprising.
Which is why they don't want it released.
As an Alaskan, I'm appalled by what my neighbors to the south are doing.
Also, as a natural-born Alaskan, I'm so glad that (import) Sarah Palin is no longer here. May she stay away forever.
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