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• Following Up for the Week Ending 12/13/2009

  
  The Command Line — Authority: 435
  IPRED used to demand subscriber info for the first time Cable cos now arguing against neutrality for their 1st amendment rights Another Digital Economy Bill clause to worry about Global, open letter against ACTA Share
  19 hours ago

• Interactive timeline of secret copyright treaty

  
  Boing Boing — Authority: 879
  The ACTA Timeline on Dipity. Michael Geist writes, "The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is generating growing concern as many people learn about the secret copyright treaty for the first time. Ive create a visual timeline to trace its emergence that includes links to the leaked documents, official government ...
  3 days ago

• Organizations: sign onto letter opposing secret copyright treaty!

  
  Boing Boing — Authority: 879
  French activist Jérémie Zimmerman sez, A worldwide coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations, consumers unions and online service providers associations publish an open letter to the European institutions regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) currently under negotiation. They call on the ...
  4 days ago

• Lobbyist: Canada cans copyright deal in exchange for U.S. dropping Buy America

  
  ZDNet Government — Authority: 128
  U.S. Lobbyist suggests Canada agree to Copyright Agreement in exchange for waivers of Buy America in U.S. Recovery & Reinvestment Act.
  4 days ago

• NZ Coalition Forms to Fight ACTA

  
  The Command Line — Authority: 435
  ComputerWorld NZ has the details of this new coalition (via Michael Geist ). So far, the public interest groups have just set up a site to share information. Among those groups is the Creative Freedom Foundation which worked successfully on the black out NZ campaign to defeat some draconian copyright ...
  4 days ago

• Questioning ACTA

  
  Ben.geek.nz — Authority: 120
  InternetNZ , and others, have created a website to consolidate information regarding ACTA and its impact in New Zealand. Activity around ACTA is not slowing down: ACTA negotiations are heading to New Zealand in April , and the MED is holding a Q&A session next week . I’m submitting a couple of questions in ...
  4 days ago

• Manny Acta talks Indians at the winter meetings

  
  Beside the Point: The Blog by Patrick McManamon — Authority: 502
  New Indians manager Manny Acta met with the media at baseballs winter meetings in Indianapolis this past week. Obviously, I was not there, but MLB provided a transcript of the interview. Here are a few highlights from Acta, and he spoke before the team announced the injuries to Carlos Santana and Adam Miller. His ...
  4 days ago

• Secret copyright treaty meeting coming to New Zealand; activists get ready

  
  Boing Boing — Authority: 879
  An upcoming round of negotiations for the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA, the notorious, punishing secret copyright treaty) is schedulef for New Zealand in April 2010. Under the terms of the treaty, New Zealand could be forced into accepting the "three strikes" rule that was defeated after a lengthy ...
  4 days ago

• Winter Meetings Wrap: AL Central

  
  Back Porch FanHouse — Authority: 581
  Filed under: Indians , Royals , Tigers , Twins , White Sox , AL Central INDIANAPOLIS -- Not sure if you heard, but there was a trade involving an AL Central team at the annual Winter Meetings. The Tigers teamed up with the Yankees and Diamondbacks to form a three-team, seven-player blockbuster trade. It ...
  4 days ago

• The ACTA Timeline: Tracing The Secret Copyright Treaty

  
  Michael Geist Blog — Authority: 674
  The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is generating growing concern (witness todays release of a protest letter from civil liberties groups from around the world) as many people learn about the secret copyright treaty for the first time.  Ive posted video talks and interviews on ACTA, but some have asked for ...
  4 days ago

• New Zealand Coalition Forms To Fight ACTA

  
  Michael Geist Blog — Authority: 674
  ComputerWorld NZ reports that a new New Zealand coalition has formed to fight ACTA.
  5 days ago

• ACTA circuses coming to town

  
  goNZo Freakpower Brains Trust — Authority: 422
  According to the new acta.net.nz site, the Ministry of Economic Development is holding a series of meetings next week, on Wednesday 16th December, to give an update on the ACTA treaty: The invite reads: "Last November 2008 at an intellectual property rights enforcement workshop organised by the Ministry of Economic ...
  5 days ago

• Estado Alemão resolve patrocinar e proteger a microsoft atacando a privacidade dos internautas

  
  O Vigia — Authority: 418
  Tendo em conta os diversos projectos de Software Livre que o Governo Alemão ao longo dos tempos tem patrocinado e implementado, que amiude por aqui tenho divulgado, tais como o software de cifra, GnuPG , a implementação de Software Livre no Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros , o grande projecto de ...
  5 days ago

• Is EU Parroting the ACTA Lie?

  
  open... — Authority: 569
  Ive written several times about the trick that ACTA uses to blur the distinction between large-scale, criminal counterfeiting, and domestic, personal copyright infringement. Sadly, the EU seems to be following the same script: In Europe, counterfeiting and piracy have a dramatic and damaging effect on business ...
  5 days ago

• Canada To Host ACTA Meeting in 2010?

  
  Michael Geist Blog — Authority: 674
  As public discussion and media coverage of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement continues to mount ( Search Engine , Angus editorial ), it is worth considering whether Canada will play host to an ACTA meeting next year.  The locations and dates for the next two meetings in 2010 have already been disclosed : ...
  6 days ago

• Angus Op-Ed on ACTA

  
  Michael Geist Blog — Authority: 674
  The Georgia Straight features an editorial on ACTA by NDP MP Charlie Angus.  His conclusion: the Tories have to come clean on ACTA. This treaty spells bad news for citizens, democratic rights, and the development of an innovation agenda. Canadian citizens need to get active and fight back. As it stands now, the ...
  6 days ago

• Search Engine on ACTA

  
  Michael Geist Blog — Authority: 674
  TVOs Search Engine turns to ACTA this week with an interview with me on the latest developments and the implications for future Canadian copyright policy.
  6 days ago

• ACTA

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 626
  I’m getting nervous on the copyright front. I was pleased the Government suspended the introduction of the “guilt upon accusation” S92A. I was also pleased with their proposed policy replacement , that came out on 7 August. Didn’t agree with everything in it, but it was a lot better than the law passed by ...
  6 days ago

• Odds and Ends From Tuesday in Indy

  
  Back Porch FanHouse — Authority: 581
  Filed under: Astros , Athletics , Brewers , Cardinals , Diamondbacks , Giants , Indians , Mets , Rays , MLB Hot Stove INDIANAPOLIS - Tuesday at baseballs annual Winter Meetings, a blockbuster trade went down, two free agent signings were announced as officially complete and nine managers addressed a media ...
  6 days ago

• Debunking Secrecy as Normal to Trade Negotiations

  
  The Command Line — Authority: 435
  James Love of KEI shared this post which further substantiates the complaint that he pressed in person recently to Ron Kirk of the USTR. It is a pretty comprehensive look at the Free Trade Area for the Americas, “[p]roposed as a giant expansion of NAFTA”. As Love explains, the FTAA initially started as a ...
  6 days ago

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