treaty secret from Congress & citizens, but given to industry

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> 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  
> columnist
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Warren
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>
> [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  
> property
>
> Sen. 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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