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treaty secret from Congress & citizens, but given to industry
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 16:57:05 -0500
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From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com> Date: January 9, 2010 4:52:47 PM EST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: treaty secret from Congress & citizens, but given to industry
More of "our" government of conglomerates, by conglomerates, for conglomerates! --jim; Jim Warren, open-govt & tech-civlib advocate & sometime columnisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Warren justjim36 on twitter | Jim Warren on Facebook [Pointer received from R. McClure] http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/01/senator-demands-details/ Senator Demands IP Treaty Details * By David Kravets Email Author * January 7, 2010 | * 5:39 pm |* Categories: Digital Millennium Copyright Act, intellectual propertySen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)That a U.S. senator must ask a federal agency to share information regarding a proposed and "classified" international anti- counterfeiting accord the government has already disclosed is alarming. Especially when the info has been given to Hollywood, the recording industry, software makers and even some digital-rights groups.Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) is demanding that U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk confirm leaks surrounding the unfinished Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, being negotiated largely between the European Union and United States. Among other things, Wyden wants to know if the deal creates international guidelines that mean consumers lose internet access if they are believed to be digital copyright scofflaws.He also wants to know whether internet service providers could lose "safe harbor" protection for failing to police their customers' digital content for copyright infringement violations. Such a move would heap copyright liability onto the ISP, and fundamentally alter U.S. copyright law....<BIG SNIP>...
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