‘Grave concerns’ over ACTA

ACTA RED ‘Grave concerns’ over ACTAFrom p2pnet:

Last week, “the United States met behind closed doors with dozens of other countries in Seoul, South Korea to consider a global agreement on the enforcement of intellectual property rights,” say KEI and Public Knowledge in a joint statement.

“This agreement, though named the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), implicates changes to international intellectual property norms far broader than its name suggests,” they say to the US Senate Judiciary Committee; Senate Finance Committee; House Committee on the Judiciary; House Committee on Energy and Commerce; and, House Committee on Ways and Means.

“We write today to register our grave concerns with the provisions purportedly contained within ACTA, and their effects upon the public,” say the two public interest organizations, going on…

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