Many people will have become aware over the last few months of the battle going on in the US (and the rest of the ‘net) over the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, which opponents say would seriously damage the freedom of speech over the internet.
The public backlash against them, the shutting down of sites like Wikipaedia caused them to be put firmly on the back-burner. But all the while SOPA/PIPA have been progressed through the US system, another similar proposal has been quietly and secretively put in place. That is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
ACTA is put forward as a ‘plurilateral agreement’ (an agreement between a few countries), which is designed to put in place international standards for intellectual property rights protection and enforcement. That will allow counterfeit goods and internet copyright infringement to be targeted.
But while SOPA and PIPA have been pursued by its advocates in open forum, the manner with which ACTA has come about has raised serious concerns.
There have even been claims that ACTA is a prime example of ‘policy laundering’, where the origin of political decisions, laws or treaties are disguised or obscured.
This agreement was signed by Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States on 1st October 2010. It has now been signed by 22 of the EU states. ACTA would come into force 30 days after the sixth signatory signs the document.
ACTA is put forward as a ‘plurilateral agreement’ (an agreement between a few countries), which is designed to put in place international standards for intellectual property rights protection and enforcement. That will allow counterfeit goods and internet copyright infringement to be targeted.
But while SOPA and PIPA have been pursued by its advocates in open forum, the manner with which ACTA has come about has raised serious concerns.
There have even been claims that ACTA is a prime example of ‘policy laundering’, where the origin of political decisions, laws or treaties are disguised or obscured.
This agreement was signed by Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States on 1st October 2010. It has now been signed by 22 of the EU states. ACTA would come into force 30 days after the sixth signatory signs the document.
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