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Experts Say ACTA Threatens Public Interest

langelgjm writes "In the lead up to next week's Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations in Lucerne, a conference that drew over 90 academics and experts from six continents has released a statement issuing a harsh condemnation of both the substance and process of the agreement. Held last week at American University's Washington College of Law, the attendees say, 'We find that the terms of the publicly released draft of ACTA threaten numerous public interests, including every concern specifically disclaimed by negotiators.' The 'urgent communique' covers more than the usual ACTA topics of interest on Slashdot: in addition to the agreement's effect on the Internet, it also considers the effects on access to medicines, international trade, and developing countries. Meanwhile, Public Knowledge has an action alert where you can send a note to the White House expressing your opposition to ACTA."

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  1. Re:Crazy radical extremists by Kitkoan · · Score: 5, Interesting
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    Attention... all grammer nazi"s! Is they're anything; wrong with: my post,
  2. Re:Enough is enough by hairyfeet · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Please quit buying *.A.A crap so they won't have the money to bribe our legislators and force these crap laws onto your countries. Sincerely America

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    ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
  3. Re:getting pretty close to Tree-of-Liberty time by Findeton · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In my opinion, not everything is your fault. 70% of the votes are casted on voting machines, which are again and again proved prone to be manipulated. Yes, I'm saying that it's very possible elections are rigged. The first thing you should do is going back to counting votes with your hands.