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
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.
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...
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,...
Computer Nerds Blog (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,...
open... (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The other day I was writing about the great digital bait and switch : Counterfeiting morphed into copyright infringement ... there's clearly a collateral campaign underway to support ACTA by hammering on the wickedness of counterfeiting - allowing the bait and switch game to be played again. Now it looks like Microsoft is joining in: a common tactic of intellectual property holders is to blur...
EXCESS COPYRIGHT (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The indispensable Jamie Love has posted a leaked “non-paper” from Canada which proposes an ACTA “Council”, i.e. secretariat, that would stand apart from WIPO and the WTO. Let us assume that this document is authentic. If it isn't, Canada should promptly say so. This document not only suggests that ACTA will be a fertile turf for cultivation by ambitious bureaucrats...
