Politics and Culture in the Age of Christina: ACTA from a Conference Held at the Wenner-Gren Center in Stockholm, May 4-6, 1995 (ACTA Universitatis Stockholmiensis)
Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
TVO's Search Engine turns to ACTA this week with an interview with me on the latest developments and the implications for future Canadian copyright policy.
MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday
Acta has no hard feelings toward Nats
Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Georgia Straight features an editorial on ACTA by NDP MP Charlie Angus. His conclusion: the Tories have to come clean on ACTA. This treaty spells bad news for citizens, democratic rights, and the development of an innovation agenda. Canadian citizens need to get active and fight back. As it stands now, the Conservative government appears ready to sell us down the digital river to...
MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday
Acta: It's time to focus on Tribe's future
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
ACTA Energy Hydrogen Bike and University of Madison Hydrogen Scooter Well, this is the week for hydrogen bikes and scooters as we have two separate developments in these areas. First up is the ACTA hydrogen bike which was exhibited at the EICMA Motor Show in Milan, Italy. This hydrogen assisted bike can either be motivated by pedal [...]
Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Jamie Love has a great post comparing the level of transparency during the FTAA negotiations with the ACTA talks. Several drafts of the FTAA agreement were released to the public, refuting claims that ACTA secrecy is standard practice.
open... (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
I've written several times about the trick that ACTA uses to blur the distinction between large-scale, criminal counterfeiting, and domestic, personal copyright infringement. Sadly, the EU seems to be following the same script: In Europe, counterfeiting and piracy have a dramatic and damaging effect on business and they have the potential to become even more problematical due to the recent economic...
Twit World Report (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
TWRF A.C.T.A. is BAD: Hollywood taught me about DemocracyJesse Brown reported a very scary story How do y.. http://chilp.it/?fbfbfd
Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
As public discussion and media coverage of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement continues to mount ( Search Engine , Angus editorial ), it is worth considering whether Canada will play host to an ACTA meeting next year. The locations and dates for the next two meetings in 2010 have already been disclosed : Mexico (week of January 25th) and New Zealand (week of April 12th). Given the determination...
Hydrogen Cars and Vehicles (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Well, this is the week for hydrogen bikes and scooters as we have two separate developments in these areas. First up is the ACTA hydrogen bike which was exhibited at the EICMA Motor Show in Milan, Italy. This hydrogen assisted bike can either be motivated by pedal power or fuel cell. The hydrogen is stored at [...]
MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday
Manny Acta has selected Jon Nunnally as his hitting coach, rounding out a staff that also includes pitching coach Tim Belcher, bullpen coach Scott Radinsky, bench coach Tim Tolman, third-base and infield coach Steve Smith and first-base and catching coach Sandy Alomar Jr.
Kempton - ideas Revolutionary (Free subscription) | yesterday
Have a listen to the latest TVO Search Engine episode (mp3). Here is the show description. “Industry Minister Tony Clement won’t talk about the secrets of ACTA. Instead, he’s pointed curious critics to Michael Geist’s website. This week, Michael explains why he’s the wrong man for that job.” Posted in Canada, copyright, FairCopyright, Law, World, World Affairs...
AterSlash (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
According to Ambassador Ron Kirk, the head of US Trade Representatives, the secrecy around the ACTA copyright treaty is necessary because without that secrecy, people would be ‘walking away from the table.’ If you don’t remember, that treaty is the one where leaks indicate that it may contain all sorts of provisions for online copyright enforcement, like a global DMCA with...
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Click World News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "According to Ambassador Ron Kirk, the head of US Trade Representatives, the secrecy around the ACTA copyright treaty is necessary because without that secrecy, people would be 'walking away from the table.' If you don't remember, that treaty is the one where leaks indicate that it may contain all sorts of provisions for online copyright enforcement,...
