July 19th, 2009

EFF, libraries: Keep your ACTA out of our Internet!

By Nate Anderson, Ars Technica

This is precisely what the EFF, the Center for Democracy & Technology, Public Knowledge, and the American Library Association fear. In most respects, they don't oppose the idea of ACTA. "Rather, we believe the [US Trade Representative] also should be pursuing this objective in a manner that benefits, rather than harms, US technology companies and consumers," they wrote in a letter (PDF) this week to the US Trade Rep., Ron Kirk.

Related Issues: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, International

Related Cases: FOIA: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

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