ACTA talks – the ‘highest level of secrecy’

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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Last week Canadian officials travelled to Seoul for the latest round of closed-door negotiations on an international treaty called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). While battling commercial counterfeiting would seem like a good idea, the ACTA process has been marked by unprecedented secrecy as well as leaks revealing that the treaty is really about copyright rather than counterfeiting. From the moment the talks began last year, observers noted the approach was far different from virtually any other international treaty negotiation.