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Comment Exaggerating? (Score 1) 75

by neurodon on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @04:02PM (#25631673) Attached to: Concerns About ACTA In EU, Canada

The leaked document contains no indication that patent infringement is slated to be criminalised or content filtering introduced. There is only a vague statement about renegotiating the liability regime for service providers, which could mean anything from obtaining cross-border subscriber information to implementing notice-and-takedown to full-on filtering.

Also, this document reads like a public press release. In what sense was it 'leaked'?

Concerns About ACTA In EU, Canada 75

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @03:29PM from the back-rooms-and-dark-alleyways dept.

Elektroschock writes "An EU document on the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty was leaked. The main purpose of the trade agreement is to impose the European enforcement measures for IPR infringements on the US and emerging economies, widen the enforcement measures to include criminal sanctions for patent infringements, and introduce internet content filtering measures. Civil society groups such as the FFII criticize the ACTA process because negotiation documents are not made publicly available by the governments. The EU document ('fact sheet') from the EU Trade Commissioner explicitly mentions: 'Internet distribution and information technology — e.g. mechanisms available in EU E-commerce Directive of 2000, such as a definition of the responsibility of internet service providers regarding IP infringing content.'" And an anonymous reader adds Michael Geist's push for more transparency around ACTA negotiations in Canada.

Submission + - EU admits ACTA is about internet content control

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Elektroschock

on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @09:12AM

Elektroschock writes: "An EU document on the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty(ACTA) was leaked. The main purpose of the trade agreement is to impose the European enforcement measures for IPR infringements on the United States and emerging economies, widen the enforcement measures to include criminal sanctions for patent infringements and introduce internet content filtering measures. Civil Society groups criticise the ACTA process because negotiation documents are not made publicly available by the governments. The EU document ('fact sheet') from EU Trade-Commissioner Ashton explicitly mentions:
Internet distribution and information technology — e.g. mechanisms available in EU E-commerce Directive of 2000, such as a definition of the responsibility of internet service providers regarding IP infringing content.
"

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