November 5th, 2009

ACTA Internet Chapter Leak Signals Far-Reaching Copyright Policy

Kaitlin Mara, Intellectual Property Watch

As governments negotiating the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) meet in Seoul this week, public interest concern has surfaced over leaked information on internet enforcement.

The leaks “confirm everything that we feared,” wrote Gwen Hinze of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “It’s bad. Very bad,” said Cory Doctorow, at influential blog BoingBoing.

It “provides firm confirmation that the treaty is not a counterfeiting trade, but a copyright treaty,” said University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist.

Related Issues: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

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