Remember the secret/classified ACTA treaty? Well, some in government are questioning it.

[thewayne]

"Legislators around the world are demanding more information on the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. US Senator Ron Wyden demanded answers in a letter to the USTR (PDF) this week, ACTA arose in the UK House of Commons yesterday, and French Deputy Nicolas Dupont-Aignan raised ACTA questions in the National Assembly late last year. All of this comes on top of earlier efforts from Swedish Member of the European Parliament Jens Holm, as well as New Zealand MP Clare Curran, who has repeatedly raised concerns about ACTA, and NDP MP Charlie Angus, who posed questions about ACTA in the Canadian House of Commons late last year."

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/01/09/0341208/Politicians-Worldwide-Asking-Questions-About-ACTA?art_pos=2

Negotiating an international copyright treaty: not good. I'm very glad to hear that there are some people in power questioning it.

Comments

[crowdaughter.livejournal.com]

Hi, there! I found you via lj search, when I tried to find out if others have written about ACTA on lj, too. May I link to this entry? I think these negotiations need more attention on lj and other social networks, too.

Greetings, Aislynn