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Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Michael Geist sez, "The latest round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (the secret copyright treaty) talks have now wrapped up with the usual bland press release confirming that the talks focused on Internet and criminal enforcement, indicating that the next meeting will be in Mexico in January 2010, and pledging to complete the treaty as quickly as possible. More interesting...
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Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Michael Geist sez, "The latest round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (the secret copyright treaty) talks have now wrapped up with the usual bland press release confirming that the talks focused on Internet and criminal enforcement, indicating that the next meeting will be in Mexico in January 2010, and pledging to complete the treaty as quickly as possible. More interesting...
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The latest round of ACTA negotiations, which concluded yesterday in in Seoul, Korea, might have been summed up as secret talks on transparency, Michael Geist suggested. “Having spent the first day focused on the now-leaked Internet provisions and the second day on the leaked criminal provisions, negotiators will spend [...]
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What is the (Next) Message? (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... for archival preservation; because you own the copyrighted work that is locked up with DRM) Michael Geist, as usual, is on top of it with more details (thank you, thank you, thank you, Michael). This is write your Member of Parliament time, ladies and gentlemen. [Technorati tags: acta | negotiations | michael geist ]
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TechnoLlama (Free subscription) | yesterday
... infringement.There has been much written on the subject already, including the cited links. Michael Geist’s coverage is the first place to go to get all of your ACTA information. Although we are just starting to get glimpses of what ACTA will bring to the table, one thing that worries me is the lack of transparency in the negotiation process. Why the fear to air some of the proposals?...
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Michael Geist sez, "According to the official agenda, in a few hours the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement talks will continue on the Internet provisions and then move into the criminal provisions chapter. It is worth highlighting the ongoing criminal provisions as well. As previously leaked, the U.S. and Japan supplied the initial text for this chapter. Their proposal included...
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Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Michael Geist sez, "According to the official agenda, in a few hours the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement talks will continue on the Internet provisions and then move into the criminal provisions chapter. It is worth highlighting the ongoing criminal provisions as well. As previously leaked, the U.S. and Japan supplied the initial text for this chapter. Their proposal included...
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in propria persona (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Image via Wikipedia The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement , a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama’s administration refused to disclose due to “national security” concerns, has leaked. It’s bad. Secret copyright treaty leaks. Its bad. Very bad. — Boing Boing . Michael Geist has more: Despite the efforts to combat leaks, information on the Internet chapter...
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EXCESS COPYRIGHT (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
canada.com David Gonczol, Ottawa Citizen Here's Jamie Love in the Huffington Post on the ACTA leaks story broken by Michael Geist. Here's The Atlantic. Here's the New Zealand Herald. This is going into the main stream. If all or indeed any substantial portion of the rumours about ACTA (three strikes +, DMCA +, WIPO+, border searches of iPods, cell phone etc, for MP3s, etc.) are true,...
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Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Cory Doctorow tells us that the new "Anti-Counterfeiting" treaty that's being negotiated in secret has some very, very bad provisions - sounds like it's the RIAA/MPAA wet dream for taking the DMCA international to me, but go see what's being said about it - Michael Geist is none too pleased, for instance... Technorati Tags: stupidity
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ReadWriteWeb (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... and a huge burder for ISPs. "In order for ISPs to qualify for a safe harbor," writes Michael Geist, who has published the substance of the leaked material, "they would be required establish policies to deter unauthorized storage and transmission of IP infringing content. Provisions... include policies to terminate subscribers in appropriate circumstances." That...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... been fighting to keep the details secret. But according to Canadian law professor and campaigner Michael Geist , leaked details of the talks suggest that a global three strikes policy could be on the way and the dissolution of "safe harbour" or "mere conduit" rules for internet service providers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has more detail . • Hallowe'en...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Negotiations on the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement start in a few hours in Seoul, South Korea. This week’s closed negotiations will focus on “enforcement in the digital environment.” Negotiators will be discussing the Internet provisions drafted by the US government. No text has been officially released but as Professor Michael Geist and IDG...
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open... (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Michael Geist has some deeply disturbing details about what may well be in the Internet section of ACTA: 1. Baseline obligations inspired by Article 41 of the TRIPs which focuses on the enforcement of intellectual property. 2. A requirement to establish third-party liability for copyright infringement. 3. Restrictions on limitations to 3rd party liability (ie. limited safe harbour rules...
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Hayley and Rachel went out this Hallowe'en dressed, respectively, as Cory Doctorow (as depicted in the XKCD webcomic) and a floppy disk. GREAT costumes, folks! Look, it's Michael Geist! (Thanks, Rachel!)...
